Found this tiny sea urchin taking refuge among the sea lettuce.
Could it be a Heart Urchin (Order Spatangoida) by any chance?
Could it be a Heart Urchin (Order Spatangoida) by any chance?
This is probably a Sentinel Crab (Macrophthalmus sp.), half-buried in the sand.
There were quite a few of this Striped Bead Anemone along the beach.
Yellow egg capsules of a drill (Family Muricidae) attached to a rock, possibly that of a Bumpy Drill. The egg capsules of drills are first yellow, but turn purple when the eggs hatch.
A half-emerged hermit crab.
Yellow egg capsules of a drill (Family Muricidae) attached to a rock, possibly that of a Bumpy Drill. The egg capsules of drills are first yellow, but turn purple when the eggs hatch.
A half-emerged hermit crab.
A small goby [perhaps a Plain Goby (Family Gobiidae)?] found in a shallow pool of sea water along the beach.
Walking on, we encountered another Striped Bead Anemone having a snail for dinner...
..and it wasted no time in tucking in!
AH! Possibly a heart urchin but do you have more photos of it? I can't really see properly from your couple of photos here.
ReplyDeleteIf yes, it'll be another lost chance to see this rare urchin during field trips that I was there. Haha, next time must tell me ok. Hehehehe...
Oh!! Yeah I have a couple more pics..but there're all blurry :( Will send the photos to you via email. Only realised that it might be a heart urchin when I was posting the entry and went to read up more..oops. Yeah! Next time will definitely tell you :) Forgot who it was who spotted it..think it was Samuel.
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