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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)
Condylactis sp.
Phymanthus sp.
Scleractinia (hard corals)
Acropora sp. (Many Acropora species are endangered
and vulnerable)
Family Favidae
Goniopora sp.
Pocillopora sp.
Porites sp.
Mushroom corals (Heliofungia actiniformis)
Alcyonacea (soft corals)
Sacrophyton sp.
Sinularia sp.
Blue coral (Heliopora coerulea)
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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
Gong gong (Strombus canarium) Vulnerable
Telescopiu shell (Telescopium telescopium)
Belitong (Terebralia sulcata) Vulnerable
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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