25Apr2008 - Cyrene star search 2 - Pentaceraster mammillatus

Pentaceraster mammillatus - a first record for Singapore!
http://wildfilms.blogspot.com/2008/04/super-star-of-cyrene-has-name.html







Some local links for Cyrene Reef :
http://tidechaser.blogspot.com/2007/03/cyrene-reef.html
http://iyor08singapore.blogspot.com/2008/04/cyrene-reef-special-reef-in-singapores.html
http://wondercreation.blogspot.com/2008/04/stars-of-cyrene-reef.html
http://wondercreation.blogspot.com/2007/11/lush-seagrass-meadow-of-cyrene-reef.html
http://teamseagrass.blogspot.com/2007/10/cyrene-reef-26-oct-07.html

BMT Maritime Consultants doing a Marine Traffic Study around Cyrene :
http://testbmtmc.bmthq.com/?/183/126/

ASEAN Regional Centre for Biodiversity Conservation (ARCBC) report on Marine Protected Areas http://www.arcbc.org.ph/MarinePA/abstract.html

Google links for Pentaceraster mammillatus :
http://iyor08singapore.blogspot.com/2008/05/cyrene-star-in-news.html
http://wildfilms.blogspot.com/2008/05/cyrene-star-in-news.html
http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/P/Pentaceraster_mammillatus.asp
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213126
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/cav1i4/echinoderms/echinoderms.htm

Could juvenile (larval) specimens have been brought here via vessel ballast tanks?
Read about water ballast here :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_ballast#Water_ballast