My first trip just before Good Friday was to Pulau Sekudu... From the boardwalk on Chek Jawa, Ubin, you can clearly spot the cluster of rocks on this island. A small team of us went on the expedition to check out the state of the reefs, and also part of the Project Driftnet - to remove and document the abandoned net gear.
Upon landing, I found snails moving around the sand bar... There's the tiger moon snail below..
Cowries were happily stuck onto loose shells such as this one below.
It's probably the baby marine animals season again! I saw many baby crabs such as this one here. Although I cannot be sure if this is a fully grown one!
Lots of swimming anemones - big and small...
Unknown anemone one - wriggling to hide...
Unknown anemone 2 - it is about 1cm across...
Echinoderm galore! The painted seastar...
Common plain sand star...
Rock star...
Spiny sea star...
Biscuit seastar...
Baby white urchins...
Baby pencil urchins...
Baby black-spined urchins...
BIG Knobbly seastar!! I was quite excited to see one, and alas, it was the only one... :(
Baby pink sand dollar!! How cute... :)
Stranded geographic sea hare. This animal is very sensitive to touch and disturbances, usually squirting purple ink. So don't do that because it is not good for the animals' health to keep on inking... Leave it as it was. :)
Nudibranch time! I spotted three types myself! :D First it's this common one amongst seagrass - Tiny black Gymnodoris sp.
A pair of Chromodoris nudibranch... I'm not sure of the names..
Two different nudibranchs here! :) Bottom: Chromodoris sp. Top: Gymnodoris sp.
Yellow cuskeel! Not a true eel, but it sure does look like one! :)
Spaghetti eel
A great day out for photographs as the waters were so calm! Look out for my next post on coral spawning! :D
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