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Semakau
Survey 2005
26
June 2005 |
Preliminary
results
summary
| plants | birds
| fishes| other intertidal
animals
Other
intertidal animals
CNIDARIA
(Corals, sea anemones)
Long-tentacled
carpet anemone (Stichodactyla sp.)
Colonial
anemones (Order Zoanthidae)
Sand sea anemone (Condylactis sp.)
Scleractinia
(hard corals)
Acropora sp. (Many Acropora species are endangered
and vulnerable)
Heliopora sp.
Family Favidae
Goniopora sp.
Pocillopora sp.
Porites sp.
Platygyra sp.
Mushroom corals Heliofungia sp. (within the seagrass
area)
Alcyonacea
(soft corals)
Sacrophyton sp.
Sinularia sp.
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Status
as indicated in Ng, P. K. L. & Y. C. Wee, 1994. The
Singapore Red Data Book: Threatened Plants and Animals
of Singapore.
Endangered: in danger of
immediate extinction and survival unlikely if factors
causing the decline of the species is not reduced or eliminated.
Vulnerable/Rare: likely to
move into the 'endangered' category in the near future
if threats to its survival are not reduced or eliminated.
Indeterminate: known to be
'endangered' or 'vulnerable' but there is not enough information
to determine precise category. |
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ECHINODERMATA (Sea stars, sea urchins, sand dollars)
Common
sea star (Archaster typicus) Vulnerable
Knobby
sea star (Protoreaster nodosus) Endangered
Crown
sea star Asterina coronata
Long-spined sea urchin Diadema setosum
Blotchy sea cucumber Actinopyga lecanorai
Corallimorps (Order Corallimorphia)
MOLLUSCA (Snails, slugs, squids, octopus)
Giant clam (Family Tridacnidae) Vulnerable
Noble
volute (Cymbiola nobilis) Vulnerable
Spider conch (Lambis lambis) Vulnerable
Telescopium
shell (Telescopium telescopium)
Fan
shell (Family Pinnidae) Vulnerable
Nudibranchs
Phyllid nudibranch (Phyllida sp.)
Polka-dotted nudibranch (Jorunna funebris)
Bohol nudibranch (Discodoris boholiensis)
Blue-spotted nudibranch (Dendrodoris denisoni)
Onch
sea slugs (Onchidium sp.)
Squids
and cuttlefish
Octopuses
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from
the Nudibranchs
of Singapore website by Uma Sachidhanandam, National
University of Singapore: these nudibranchs were found
on Semakau
Gymnodoris alba
Glossodoris atromarginata
Hypselodoris bullockii
Phyllidiella pustulosa
Phyllidia elegans |
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CRUSTACEA (Crabs, shrimps)
*Fiddler
crabs Uca vocans
*Hairy
crabs Pilumnus vespertilio Vulnerable
*Soldier
crabs Dotilla myctiroides Vulnerable
Land
hermit crab Coenobita cavipes Endangered
Striped
hermit crab Clibanarius infraspinatus
*Glabropilumnus edamensis
*Ozius
guttatus
*Eriphia frontalis
*Metopograpsus frontalis
*Stone
crab (Myomenippe hardwickii)
*Euxanthus exsculptus
*Brown egg crab (Atergatis floridus)
*Red
egg crab (Atergatis integerrimus)
*Actaeodes mutatus
*Actaeodes tomentosus
Anemone shrimp (Periclimenes brevicarpalis)
*Pilodius granulosa
*Trapezia cymodoce
*Ghost crab (Ocypode ceratophthalma)
*Galathea coralliophilus
*Thalamita crenata
*Thalamita spinimana
*Thalamita danae
*Eriphia smithii
*observations provided by Dr Peter Ng Kee Lin
OTHER ARTHROPODS
Coastal
horseshoe crab (Tachypleus gigas) Vulnerable
Marine spider (Desis martensi)
PORIFERA
(Sponges)
Various sponges: orange, brown, blue; branching, encrusting
and rounded (species are hard to determine without detailed
microscopic examination of the animal)
ANNELIDA (Worms)
Fanworms
(Family Sabellidae)
Bristleworms:
various species
Tube
worms: Diopatra sp. and other species
PLATYHELMINTHES
(Marine flatworms)
Brown flatworm Pseudobiceros sp. |
From
A Guide To
Singapore Polychaetes By Lim Yun Ping National University
of Singapore, the following Polychaete families were found
on Semakau:
Arenicolidae, Amphinomidae, Aphroditidae, Arabellidae,
Capitellidae, Cirratulidae, Ctenodrilidae, Eunicidae,
Euphrosinidae, Fauveliopsidae, Flabelligeridae, Glyceridae,
Goniadidae, Hesionidae, Lacydoniidae, Lumbrineridae, Lysaretidae,
Maldanidae, Nephtyidae, Nereidae, Onuphidae, Opheliidae,
Orbiniidae, Oweniidae, Palmyridae, Paraonidae, Pectinariidae,
Pholoididae, Phyllodocidae, Pilargiidae, Pisionidae, Poecilochaetidae,
Polynoidea, Polyodontidae, Questidae, Sabellidae Serpulidae,
Sigalionidae, Spionidae, Sternaspidae, Syllidae, Terebellidae,
Trichobranchaetidae |
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With observations from:
Subaraj Rajathurai
Dr Peter Ng Kee Lin (Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, NUS)
Ria Tan
Dr Chua Ee Kiam
Dr Soo Wai Man
Siti Yaacub
Robert Heigermoser
Jeremy Ang
Alvin Lee
Toh Chay Hoon
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