The thalassinid shrimp, Upogebia major, is also very abundant. Very recently a habitat of the amphioxus, Branchiostoma belcheri, was discovered. It is twenty minutes from the station by our research boat and the animal will be available as experimental material in future. The station has no regular periodical publication. It is written in two languages, English and Japanese.
Facilities Running sea water is supplied to all research rooms.
Dormitory facilities can accommodate a maximum of 30 students and 3 instructors. There is no meal service to visiting researchers, but many restaurants and some supermarkets are located within a distance of 20 minutes by foot. Researchers are allowed to cook their own meals. It is equipped with a radar, and echo-sounder and an electric winch for dredging. In addition the station has two small boats.