Horseshoe Crab Breeding Ground (Kasaoka)
カブトガニ繁殖地 · Kabutoganihanshokuchi
Photo: Daiju Azuma / CC BY-SA 2.5 / Wikimedia Commons
- Designated by
- National / Natural Monument
- Designation type
- Habitat / breeding site
- Designated on
- March 24, 1928
- Location
- 岡山県笠岡市
- Prefectures
- Okayama
- Scientific name
- Tachypleus tridentatus
About the Tri-spine Horseshoe Crab
A marine arthropod with a hard shell and sword-like tail, called a living fossil because its form has changed little since ancient times. It spawns on tidal flats along the Seto Inland Sea and in northern Kyushu. Land reclamation has reduced its habitat, and breeding sites in Kasaoka, Okayama, and Imari, Saga, are national Natural Monuments, while one in Saijo, Ehime, is a prefectural Natural Monument.
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The designated site is in 岡山県笠岡市.
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