@article{oai:u-ryukyu.repo.nii.ac.jp:02020356, author = {Reimer, James Davis and ライマー, ジェイムズ·デイビス and Mizukami, Iori and 水上, 伊織 and Emmeline Jamodiong and Fourreau, Chloé Julie Loïs and フロー, クロエ·ジュリー·ロイス and Abram, Anže and アブラム, アンジェ and Britta, Fiedler and Sato, Taigi and 佐藤, 大義 and Ueda, Ryunosuke and 上田, 龍之介 and Nakakouji, Hiroshi and 中小路, 浩 and Tamae, Masayuki and 玉榮, 將幸}, journal = {Fauna Ryukyuana}, month = {May}, note = {We report here on a large Heliopora reef at depths of 2 to 10 m off the east coast of Okinawajima Island, Japan. The reef was approximately 4610 m2 in area, and was made of up “Heliopora sp. group sp. 2” sensu Taninaka et al. (2021). This reef is almost twice as large as a previously reported Heliopora reef in Oura Bay, also on the east coast of Okinawajima I., but of a different lineage. The discovery and presence of these large Heliopora reefs on the east coast of Okinawajima I. demonstrate both the diversity of the genus and how underwater surveys are still needed for this coastline. Future research on the east coast of Okinawajima I. may yet find further unreported Heliopora assemblages.}, pages = {19--23}, title = {A large Heliopora-dominated reef off the east coast of Okinawajima Island, Japan}, volume = {69}, year = {2024} }