AMAZING Changi

I started my series of intertidal trips at Changi. The place is filled with life!!! Several interesting finds that kept me wanting more!! :)

Estuarine seahorse (Hippocampus kuda). This cute seahorse was super super tiny!!!


Pipefish (Family Syngnathidae). A relative of the seahorse family. :)


Biscuit Seastar (Gonodiscaster scaber). Maybe it is just me, but i find that the number of biscuit seastar were rather low...


Unknown Sea Cucumber 1. I heard from Kok Sheng that the unusual sea cucumber has not been sighted before, but we saw a good population of them during this trip... Hmmm...


Unknown Sea Cucumber 2. This fellow is rather small in size compared to the previous sea cucumber. but the colour and details on it makes it really unique!!!


Sea pencil with its polyps.


Octopus. This cute white octopus was hiding in a shell just like a hermit crab!!!! I was trying to take some photos of it when it suddenly decided to come out of the shell. I was taken by surprised and almost lost my balance~ HAHA.




Elbow Crab (Family Parthenopidae). Due to its elongated pincer that looks like the crab has an elbow.


Arrow-head spider crab (Menatheius sp.).


Swimming crab with live barnacles on it. Looking at it does give me goosepimples..


Moon snail (Family Naticidae) and its eggs.



Sea Hare (Order Anaspidea) and its eggs.



Carpet eel-blenny (Congrogadus subducens). This is my first time seeing this creature. Though it looks like an eel, but it is actually is a fish!!!



Penaeid prawn (Family Penaeidae). Quite commonly found around seagrasses, seaweed... :) They come in numerous variation (colour, pattern and size). Here is one of them.


Swimming anemone (Boloceroides mcmurrichi). For those who thinks that all anemone are sessile, think again. This anemone actually moves. How does it do so? They swim slowly by undulating its many tentacles in a coordinated manner. Cool aint?


Anemone. I'm not sure of the ID.


Spotted moon crab (Ashtoret lunaris). I sighted this crab several times during this trip. :)


Reticulated moon crab (Matuta planipes). Another variation of the moon crab. It seems that this is the less common type. :)


Olive Shell Snail (Family Olividae). First sighting of this beautiful snail!!! :) We were trying to take the underside of it but before I could take a good photo, the snail has already turn itself upright!!! HAHA.



Unknown Box Crab. First sighting of this interesting box crab. I love looking that front view of this crab... Super intriguing eyes and pincer structure!!!!



Numbfish (Narcine sp.). THE BEST FIND for the trip. My first time seeing this ray. Apparently, it has only been sighted twice, and making this sighting the third one!!! :)