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Prefectural Natural Monument
Other invertebrates

Onomichi Yellow Coral

Dendrophyllia cribrosa

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This is a non-reef-building coral also found around Tobishima Island in Yamagata Prefecture. It has orange, branching colonies attached to rock and does not host symbiotic algae. Tobishima is known as its northern distribution limit, and the site is protected as a prefectural Natural Monument together with other corals.

Scientific name
Dendrophyllia cribrosa
Group
Other invertebrates
Prefectures
Yamagata
日本語
オノミチキサンゴ
简体中文
尾道黄珊瑚

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Yes. The Onomichi Yellow Coral is protected as a Natural Monument (0 national and 1 prefectural designations). Each designated site is listed under "Natural Monuments related to the Onomichi Yellow Coral" on this page.

The Onomichi Yellow Coral is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Yamagata.

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