In a historic roll call of the ocean, a scientific survey has found approximately 33,629 kinds of sea creatures in the waters surrounding Japan--the widest diversity of species in 25 oceanic regions.The Census of Marine Life--a group of about 360 researchers from 13 nations and regions--released the results Tuesday, which were compiled from a database on sea creatures based on information obtained during the survey. It recognized the existence of about 230,000 kinds of sea creatures.Although the waters surrounding Japan account for just 1 percent of the world's oceans, about 15 percent of all sea creature species live there. Among them, mollusks, including snails, squid and octopi, marked the largest number with 8,658 species; arthropods, including crustaceans such as crabs and prawns, followed with 6,393 species recorded."The high diversity Japanese sea creature life can be traced to the varied environments existing in Japanese waters--from Hokkaido where ice floes come adrift in winter to Okinawa Prefecture where coral reefs grow," said Katsunori Fujikura, a researcher at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology.
My opinion
Japan is very lucky! There are so many creatures in their ocean region. Japanese sea is very beautiful. I am very interested in it. I want to go for a look. Sea always is a very mysterious region. It has diversity and wonderful sea creatures. Japan has about 23000o kinds of sea creature. It is really a precious resource. Maybe, this is the reason why mostly Japanese food culture is about seafood. Except take pride in this, Japanese also need to consider how to protect this sea environment. How can we do for keeping sea creature living environment non-pollution? This is a big headache for government today.
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