arthropods photo index
Phylum Arthropoda | about moulting
Arthropods of Singapore
Intertidal and marine arthropods

crustaceans | other arthropods

Family Limulidae horseshoe crabs
sbw
lck
ecp
tm
prp
chg
ubn
cj
skd
bb
tus
lab
snt
cyr
kus
laz
sji
sis
jng
tkr
hnt
tpg
smk
tsm
rfl
lfa
   
                                                       
sbw
     
chg
 
cj
skd
                               
lfa
  Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda
Mangrove horseshoe crab
   
ecp
tm
 
chg
 
cj
   
lab
snt
             
hnt
            Tachypleus gigas
Coastal horseshoe crab

Class Arachnida (spiders)
sbw
lck
ecp
tm
prp
chg
ubn
cj
skd
bb
tus
lab
snt
cyr
kus
laz
sji
sis
jng
tkr
hnt
tpg
smk
tsm
rfl
lfa
   
                                                       
   
ecp
tm
     
skd
 
tus
lab
snt
cyr
kus
laz
sji
sis
jng
tkr
hnt
tpg
smk
tsm
rfl
lfa
  Desis martensi
Marine spider
                                                       

Class Insecta (insects)
sbw
lck
ecp
tm
prp
chg
ubn
cj
skd
bb
tus
lab
snt
cyr
kus
laz
sji
sis
jng
tkr
hnt
tpg
smk
tsm
rfl
lfa
   
                                                       
sbw
       
ubn
                                      Calliphara nobilis
Mangrove shield bug
sbw
       
ubn
         
               
smk
        Dysdercus decussatus
Cotton stainer bugs
   
ecp
   
chg
           
snt
     
sji
sis
                  Shore cricket
awaiting identification

in red are those listed among the threatened animals of Singapore from Davison, G.W. H. and P. K. L. Ng and Ho Hua Chew, 2008. The Singapore Red Data Book: Threatened plants and animals of Singapore.

Mangroves
sbw: sungei buloh wetland reserve including kranji mangroves,
lck
: lim chu kang
Northern shores
ecp: east coast park, tm: tanah merah, prp: pasir ris park, chg: changi,
ubn:
pulau ubin (other than cj) cj: chek jawa, skd: pulau sekudu, bb: beting bronok, tus: tuas
Southern shores
lab: labrador, snt: sentosa, cyr: cyrene reef, kus: kusu island, laz: lazarus island, sji: st. john's island, sis: sisters islands,
jng
:
pulau jong, tkr: pulau tekukor, hnt: pulau hantu, tpg: terumbus pempang darat, tengah and laut, smk: pulau semakau,
tsm
: submerged reefs off semakau - terumbu raya, beting bemban besar, terumbu bemban, terumbu semakau, rfl: raffles lighthouse, lfa: live firing area (Salu, Sudong, Pawai, Senang, Biola and submerged reefs in the area)

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