Got to take a break from my Thailand trip as I have not process or go through the photos yet. Is been a while since I last explored rich biodiversity of Singapore sea shore.
The sun is already up when I arrive at the shore.
This is huge compare to other animals that we saw at the shore. The Geographic Sea Hare (
Syphonota geographica) are in season. Saw quite a number of them.
Hermit crab taking over an empty shell as new home.
Is always good to be able to find a sea star especially a Biscuit sea star (
Goniodiscaster scaber)
More lucky satrs... small, medium & large
Found another one just right before it burrow in to the sands - Sand Stars (Astropecten spp.)
Usually see them when go diving, but we saw one at the shore, a Feather star.
Saw this Black Sea Urchin covered with sea grass on its spines.
Another about the same size but much colourful - White Sea Urchin (Salmacis sp.)
Other than sea urchin, saw this Mantis shrimp.
A very tiny Leaf-porter crab (Neodorippe callida) swim under the leaf of a floating sea grass.
This is the moult (empty shell)of a Flower Crab (
Portunus pelagicus)
Another moult but this belongs to Spiny Hands (
Charybdis hellerii)
Not an empty shell but a Cuttlefish bone. Since it is rich of calcium, they are used as calcium-rich dietary supplements for many small animals such as cage birds. They are also a good polishing material too... (to be continued in Part 2).
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