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Sentosa
Tanjung Rimau |
cable car shore | checklist
A shore doomed to reclamation?
Checklist of marine life sighted on shores east and west of cable
car tower
during visits on 14 Apr, 17-19 May 07
in
red listed among the threatened plants and animals
of Singapore from Ng, P.
K. L. & Y. C. Wee, 1994. The Singapore Red Data Book: Threatened
Plants and Animals of Singapore.
FISHES
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Family
Antennaridae (frogfish)
Amblygobious stethophthalmus (Head-stripe goby)
Amphiprion ocellaris (False
clown anemonefish)
Flatfish (in net)
Hippocampus
sp. (sea horse)
Family Monacanthidae (filefish)
Sillago sp. (Whiting) |
ECHINODERMATA (Sea stars, sea cucumbers and relatives)
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Holothuria
leucospilota (Black
sea cucumber)
Laganum depressum (sand dollar)
Phyllophorus sp. (Ball sea
cucumber) |
CNIDARIA
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Sclerectinia
(hard corals) |
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Acroporidae
Montipora sp.
Agariciidae
Pavona sp.
Dendrophylidae
Turbinaria sp.
Euphylliidae
Euphyllia (ancora?)
Favidae
various species
Fungidae
Fungia sp.
Herpolitha limax
Polyphyllia talpina
Merulinidae
Hydnophora sp.
Oculinidae
Galaxea sp.
Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora sp.
Poritidae
Goniopora sp.
Porites sp.
Siderastreidae
Psammocora sp.
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Alcyonacea
(leathery corals) |
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Sacrophyton
sp.
Sinularia sp. |
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Actiniaria
(sea anemones) |
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Phymanthus
sp.
Stichodactyla sp. (Carpet anemone)
Stichodactyla mertensii |
ARTHROPODA
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Limulidae
(horseshoe crabs) |
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Tachypleus
gigas
(Coastal horseshoe crab) |
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(crabs)
Callapidae
Matuta lunaris (Moon crab)
Ocypodidae
Uca vocans (Orange fiddler crab)
Scopimera sp. (Sand bubbler crab)
Pilumnidae
Pilumnus sp.
Portunidae
Portunus pelagicus
Thalamita spinimana
Xanthidae
Atergatis floridus (Brown
egg crab)
Atergatis integerrimus (Red egg crab)
Leptodius sp.
Shrimps and prawns
Periclimenes brevicarpalis (Anemone shrimp)
Blue tailed shrimp
Family Alpheidae (snapping shrimps)
Stomatopoda
(mantis shrimp) |
MOLLUSCA
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Cypraeidae
(cowries)
Cypraea errones (Wandering cowrie)
Strombidae (conch)
Strombus canarium (Gong-gong)
Strombus urceus (Black-lipped
conch)
Trochidae (top shell snails)
Trochus maculatus (Spotted
top shell snail) |
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Cephalopoda
(octopus, squids, cuttlefishes) |
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Octopus
sp.
Idiosepius sp. (Pygmy squid) |
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Placuna
sp. (Window-pane shell)
Family Arcidae
Lima lima (File shell)
Pinna
sp. (Fan shell) |
PORIFERA (Sponges)
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Various
species including
Coelocarteria singaporensis
Suberites sp. |
SEAGRASSES
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Halodule
sp.
Enhalus acoroides
Halophila ovalis
Thalassia hemprichii |
SEAWEEDS
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Chlorophyta
(green seaweeds) |
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Boergensenia
forbesii
Caulerpa lentillifera
Caulerpa peltata
Caulerpa racemosa
Caulerpa serrulata
Caulerpa sertularioides
Caulerpa taxifolia
Codium sp.
Halimeda sp.
Ulva lactuca |
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Rhodophyta
(red seaweeds) |
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Phaeophyta
(brown seaweeds) |
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