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1-2cm long. Body short, stout, usually translucent or greenish. Seen
inside sponges, under stones on some of our Northern shores. |
1-2cm long. Body short, stout, usually translucent or white. Seen
inside ball flowery soft corals on some of our Northern shores. |
4-6cm long. Body long, narrow with pale bands. Near reefs. Sometimes
seen on some of our Southern shores. |
4-5cm.
Body smooth and plain. The enlarged pincer is rounded, sometimes with
orange 'finger'. Sandy, coral rubble, seagrass areas. Commonly seen
on many of our shores. |
4-6cm.
Body patterned and hairy. The enlarged pincer is slender and flat.
Sandy, coral rubble, seagrass areas.Sometimes seen on many of our
shores. |
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1cm or less. Body with obvious humped back, usually green. Near and
on reefs, seagrasses, seaweeds, soft corals. Sometimes
seen on some of our shores. |
About
1cm. Body transparent, rather 'fat' with a white bar and white spots
and a red patch between the eyes. In groups on sandy, silty, seaweed
and seagrass areas. Commonly
seen on many of our shores. |
2-3cm.
Body transparent with a hump, Six red bands on the body and tail with
reddish tips. Eyes far apart. Alone on coral rubble, seagrass areas.
Sometimes seen on our Southern shores. |
1-2cm
long. Body is transparent, plain or with thin dark bands. Sharp pointed
'nose', eyes are far apart. Long pincers with yellow joints. In small
groups among coral rubble and living corals. Sometimes seen on some
of our shores. |
1-3cm.
Body transparent, slender with fine lines, sharp pointed 'nose', eyes
close togethe. In small groups on coral rubble, large debris. Sometimes
seen on some of our shores. |
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Body transparent. Tail has black spots with orange centres. Usually
in a pair in large anemones. Female larger with large white spots.
In pairs in large sea anemones. Commonly seen on many of our shores. |
1cm
or less. Body transparent with a hump and a dark stripe along length.
In carpet anemones, many in one anemone. Commonly seen on our Northern
shores. |
1cm
or less. Body transparent with white bump on 'butt', blue-tipped white
tail and pincers. In carpet anemone. Rarely seen, so far only at Changi. |
About
1cm. Body completely transparent. In sea pens and tentacles of sea
cucumbers. Sometimes seen on our Northern shores. |
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1cm. Fat short body with two enlarged pincers. Green with fine white
and dark stripes. Only seen in Acropora
corals (Acropora sp.) Sometimes seen on our Southern shores. |
1-2cm. Sometimes seen living in feather stars. |
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| 2-3cm.
They are NOT cockroaches or insects. They have seven pairs of legs,
huge eyes and very long antennae. Commonly seen on many of our rocky
shores. |
0.5cm
or less. Body flattened downwards (not sideways), many legs. Commonly seen in many habitats, from the floatsam at the high water mark, mangroves, to seaweeds and seagrasses. Some are parasites of fishes and shrimps. |
0.5cm
or less. Body flattened sideways, seven pairs of limbs, can hop long
distances by flexing their long abdomens. Sometimes seasonally abundant
among seaweeds on many of ours shores. |
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0.1-0.5cm.
Body enclosed in a two-part, hinged, hard translucent 'shell', somewhat
like a clam. Some can produce a blue luminous light when disturbed.
Commonly seen on our Northern shores, usually by their luminous sparks. |
