Saturday, April 30, 2011

Sea cucumbers at HortPark exhibition

Went for a look at the NParks/RMBR exhibition ‘Celebrating a decade of biodiversity conservation and discoveries’ at HortPark, where two sea cucumbers which I described as new records were featured~

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References:

Teo, S. & L. C. S. Ng, 2009. New record of a sea cucumber, Holothuria ocellata (Jaeger, 1833) (Holothuroidea: Aspidochirotida: Holothuriidae) in Singapore. Nature in Singapore, 2: 411–414. [PDF, 689 KB]

Teo, S., C. S. L. Ng & K. S. Loh, 2010. New record of a sea cucumber, Holothuria (Stauropora) fuscocinerea Jaeger, 1833 (Holothuroidea: Aspidochirotida: Holothuriidae) in Singapore. Nature in Singapore, 3: 133–137. [PDF, 1.10 MB]

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

First visit down Kranji Mangrove

Finally went to the much hyped about Kranji mangrove with RY, PY and J.

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It looks pretty nice and even better, not as muddy as I expected.

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Sonneratia ovata an uncommon tree is in considerable abundance here.

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Of course, the recent discovery of the critically endangered Buguiera hainesii. Here are the dropped calyx~

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And the trunk and buttress roots.

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On same of the lower lying leaves of the tree were many shiny mangrove shield bugs.

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The find of the day was when RY found this young Aegiceras corniculatum.

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And another one! Do watch out RY’s tiderchaser blog for more discoveries and updates about this plant~

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Some other findings include this mangrove sap sucking slug.

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I was also surprised to find a yellow flame (Peltophorum pterocarpum) in the mangrove!

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I was particularly interested in this climber of which I have no idea about the ID. Guess have to wait for some help~

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I don’t mind getting down and dirty during field trips, or even mosquitoes. But I thing that I can’t stand are spiders and spider webs… How gross is this?!

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