What islands are home to Rhinosolea microlepidota and are known in Japanese as the "Nansei" Islands?
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Rhinosolea microlepidota Rhinosolea microlepidota is a species of sole native to the Pacific Ocean from around the Ryukyu Islands. This species grows to a length of 2.4 cm SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.
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Ryukyu Islands The Ryukyu Islands (琉球諸島 , Ryūkyū-shotō ) , more commonly known in Japanese as the "Nansei" Islands (南西諸島 , Nansei-shotō , lit. "Southwest Islands") and also known as the Ryukyu Arc (琉球弧 , Ryūkyū-ko ) , are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ōsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), with Yonaguni the southernmost. The larger are mostly high islands and the smaller ones are mostly coral islands. The largest of the islands is Okinawa.
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Yonaguni horse The Yonaguni or Yonaguni uma (与那国馬 ) is a critically- endangered Japanese breed of small horse. It is native to Yonaguni Island, in the Yaeyama Islands in south-western Japan, close to Taiwan. It is one of eight horse breeds native to Japan.
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Japanese archipelago The Japanese archipelago (日本列島 , Nihon Rettō ) is the group of islands that forms the country of Japan, and extends roughly from northeast to southwest along the northeastern coast of the Eurasia mainland, washing upon the northwestern shores of the Pacific Ocean. It consists of islands from the Sakhalin island arc and the Northeastern Japan arc.
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Sea of Hyūga The Hyuga-nada Sea (日向灘 , Hyūga-nada ) is the part of the Pacific Ocean that lies off the eastern shore of the island of Kyushu, to the south-west of the island of Honshu, off the south coast of Japan. Its name is derived from the former province of Hyūga, which corresponded to the prefecture of Miyazaki before the Meiji Restoration.
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Izena Island Izena Island (伊是名島 , Izena-jima ) is located in the East China Sea, north-west of Okinawa Island, in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. During the Meiji period, it was part of the Okinawa Prefecture. The island has a diameter of about 5 km and is surrounded by coral reefs, blue sea, and white beaches. The five villages of about equal size and population which are located on the island are Izena, Nakada, Shomi, Uchihana, and Jicchaku (also called Serikyaku).
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Iejima Iejima (伊江島 , Iejima , Okinawan: "Ii shima") , previously romanized in English as Ie Shima, is an island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, lying a few kilometers off the Motobu Peninsula on Okinawa Island. The island measures 20 km in circumference and covers 23 km2 . As of December 2012 the island had a population of 4,610. Most islanders live in Ie Village, which has a ferry connection with the town Motobu on Okinawa Island. Iejima is generally flat. The most notable geographic feature is a peak called Mount Gusuku (or "Tatchuu" in Kunigami) at a height of 172 meters. The mountain resembles a volcano but is actually an erosion artifact.
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Îles Nuageuses The Îles Nuageuses (Cloudy Islands in English) comprise a group of small islands that are part of the subantarctic Kerguelen archipelago, a French territory in the southern Indian Ocean. They are important as a breeding site for seabirds, especially penguins and albatrosses, and for fur seals.
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Ryukyu robin The Ryukyu robin ("Larvivora komadori") is a bird endemic to the Ryūkyū Islands, of Japan.
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Tricyrtis formosana Tricyrtis formosana is an East Asian species of herbaceous plant in the lily family. It is native to Taiwan and to Nansei-shoto (also known as the Ryukyu Islands, part of Japan).
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Osteomeles anthyllidifolia Osteomeles anthyllidifolia, commonly called ʻ Ūlei, eluehe, uʻ ulei, Hawaiian rose, or Hawaiian hawthorn, is a species of flowering shrub in the rose family, Rosaceae, that is indigenous to Hawaiʻ i (all islands but "Kahoʻ olawe" and "Niʻ ihau"), the Cook Islands, Tonga, Pitcairn Island, and Rapa Iti, Taiwan and the Ryukyu islands of Japan.
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Obstruction Islands The Obstruction Islands are an archipelago east of New Guinea island, located within Milne Bay Province in the southeastern region of Papua New Guinea.
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Iwasaki's snail-eater Iwasaki's snail-eater, Pareas iwasakii, is a species of snake in the family Pareidae. The species is endemic to the Yaeyama Islands in the southern Ryukyu Islands, Japan.
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Kohama Island Kohama Island (小浜島 , Kohama-jima ) (Yaeyama: "Kumoo" Okinawan: "Kubama") is an island in the Yaeyama Islands group at the southwestern end of the Ryukyu Islands chain, and part of Taketomi, Yaeyama District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The island has an area of 7.84 km2 , with a surrounding area of 16.6 km2 . The island is located about 25 minutes by ferry from Ishigaki Island, which is the transportation and business center of the Yaeyama Islands.
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Daikon Island Daikon Island (大根島 , Daikon-jima ) is a volcanic island in the middle of Nakaumi, a brackish lake between Tottori and Shimane prefectures in Japan. Daikon Island is administered as part of Matsue, Shimane Prefecture. Daikon-jima takes its name from the daikon, the large, white East Asian radish. The island was, however, known throughout Japanese history as "Tako-shima", meaning "Octopus Island."
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Kuroshima (Okinawa) Kuroshima (黒島; Yaeyama: "Fishiima" Okinawan: "Kurushima"), also known as "Kuro Island", is an island in Taketomi Town, Okinawa, part of the Yaeyama archipelago. The island has the approximate shape of a heart symbol when viewed from the air, and is marketed as "Heart Island". The name means "Black Island".
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Kakeromajima Kakeromajima (加計呂麻島 ) or Kakeroma-tō is one of the Satsunan Islands, classed with the Amami archipelago between Kyūshū and Okinawa.
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Matsushima Prefectural Natural Park Matsushima Prefectural Natural Park (県立自然公園松島 , Kenritsu shizen kōen Matsushima ) is a Prefectural Natural Park on the east coast of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. First designated for protection in 1902, the park spans the municipalities of Higashimatsushima, Matsushima, Rifu, Shichigahama, and Shiogama. The park centres upon the eponymous pine islands of Matsushima (Special Place of Scenic Beauty).
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Tōshijima Tōshijima (答志島 ) is an inhabited island located in Ise Bay off the east coast of central Honshu, Japan. It is administered as part of the city of Toba in Mie Prefecture. It is the largest of the outlying islands of Toba.
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Japanese Alps The Japanese Alps (日本アルプス , Nihon Arupusu ) is a series of mountain ranges in Japan which bisect the main island of Honshu. The name was coined by archaeologist William Gowland, and later popularized by Reverend Walter Weston (1861–1940), an English missionary for whom a memorial plaque is located at Kamikochi, a tourist destination known for its alpine climate. When Gowland coined the phrase, however, he was only referring to the Hida Mountains.
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Chàm Islands The Cham Islands (Vietnamese: "Cù lao Chàm" ) constitute a group of 8 small islands of Quảng Nam, which form a part of the Cu Lao Cham Marine Park, a world Biosphere Reserve recognized by UNESCO, in the South East Asia Sea in Vietnam. The islands are approachable from Cửa Đại beach. The islands are also recognized as Vietnam's national scenic site.
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Shimokoshiki-jima Shimokoshiki Island (下甑島 , Shimokoshiki-jima ) is the largest island in the Koshikijima Islands. Its coasts are washed by East China Sea. The island's highest peak is Mount Otake 604 m housing a long-range radar station of Japan Air Self-Defense Force at .