Abstract
Faunal surveys of Intertidal zones of 6 stations located on the rocky shore and artificial coast of Enoshima Island in Sagami Bay of central Japan, were carried out from April to May in 2017. In this study, 262 species of macrobenthic animals comprising 6 species of Porifera, 9 species of Cnidaria, 4 species of Platyhelminthes, 2 species of Nemertea, 1 species of Sipuncula, 1 species of Echiura, 24 species of Annelida, 111 species of Mollusca, 79 species of Arthropod, 6 species of Bryozoa, 15 species Echinodermata, 4 species of Urochordata (among the Chordates), were recorded. This was the biggest record of microbenthic appearances since 1992.
