120510 Changi

This beach at Changi is my favorite mainland shore, a quiet little place that has its treasures.

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Cerberilla nudibranch, about 7 mm long.
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120508 Sekudu

Sekudu is off limits to the public, so it was very kind of NParks to grant permission to us to conduct a quick survey of the wildlife at the shore. Today, I took a look at the southwest part of the island with Mei Lin and Rene while the rest went to the other side.

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Ovulidae. These beautiful false cowries can be found in soft coral (Nephtheidae).
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120506 Little Sisters

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Skeleton shrimp, a weird looking amphipod.
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120505 Big Sisters

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Can you see it?
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120408 St Johns

Long overdue post!

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Salps seemed to be in season, they were quite plentiful. Nice drawings of salps here, the bottom right illustration (of Cyclosalpinae) includes a light organ which means some salps we see are possibly bioluminescent.
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