Sekudu - alluring Peacock Anemone

Sekudu - alluring Peacock Anemone from BeachBum on Vimeo.

Useful Link : http://iyor08singapore.blogspot.com/2008/04/other-coral-relatives-of-singapore.html

other links :-
http://www.wildsingapore.com/chekjawa/text/g531.htm
http://chekjawa.nus.edu.sg/ria/text/tubeanem.htm
http://www.wildsingapore.com/chekjawa/text/p500.htm
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Beautiful Cyrene 1 - knobbly star at sunrise

Beautiful Cyrene - Terumbu Pandan 1 from BeachBum on Vimeo.

{if the video does not play or you want to view in HD format, click on the Vimeo link.}

Cyrene Reef is a unique submerged reef right in the centre of Singapore's West Coast port surrounded by petrochemical and shipbuilding industries. It is only visible and visitable during very low tides. At other tides, the entire reef is totally submerged. At suitable low tides, access is by amphibious (wet)landing as there is no jetty or pier. Cyrene (also called Terumbu Pandan) has unique mix of various ecosystems : seagrass lagoons, sand bars, rocky shores, coral rubble and coralline areas. It's biodiversity is amazing! A reef-seagrass-sand oasis!

Uniquely Singapore!

25Apr2008 - 2 stars on a collision course @ Cyrene

How 2 stars avoid a 'leg-on' collision...
A 4 legged Archaster typicus vs a 5-legged Protoeaster nodosus and some tiny hermit crabs scurring away. A daily occurence at a unique submerged reef near you!


Some useful links on Protoeaster nodosus a.k.a Giant Nodulated sea star, Horned sea star or Chocolate Chip sea star :-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protoreaster_nodosus
http://www.wildsingapore.com/chekjawa/text/c631.htm

about seastars in general : http://www.wildsingapore.com/chekjawa/text/p610.htm
about starfish 'science' : http://www.vsf.cape.com/%7Ejdale/science/science.htm
how do starfish grow? : http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/art98/janstar.html

25Apr2008 - Cyrene anemone 1

In the middle of a busy port...



anyone know specifically what kind of anemone is captured in this clip?

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

25Apr2008 - Cyrene star search 1 - Archaster typicus

25th April 2008 @ Cyrene Reef

Archaster typicus : pseudocopulation - reproduction on the move.
Note : the male is on top and is commonly smaller than the female


how do sandstars reproduce? : http://www.vsf.cape.com/%7Ejdale/science/reproduction.htm