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Fig. 1.

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1. Map showing the Ryukyu Archipelago and the Pacific coast of Japan with information on the Kuroshio Current (KC) in the northwestern Pacific region (a) and Google Earth photograph showing the southern Boso Peninsula, Japan (b). The blue line shows the KC. The dotted line indicates the Ryukyu Archipelago (RK). Other locations referred to in the main document are as follows: IG, Ishigakijima Island; ON, Okinawajima Island; TK, Takarajima Island; HJ, Hachijojima Island; OT, Otsuki; SH, Shirahama; BP, Boso Peninsula (a); BN, Banda; OK, Okinoshima, NJ, Cape Nojimazaki; SR, Shirosaki; KT, Katsuura; TB, Tateyama Bay (b).