A seastar that some of us had not seen before! I had initially spotted its three arms thinking what is that... Later after gently prying the arms, I found a star! Look at the beautiful pattern!
We're guessing it's the Ophidiaster granifer... According to Dr Lane's book, this star was first sighted at Sultan Shoal (trawling). It is a tropical seastar found in the Indo-Pacific meaning that it falls within Singapore's geographic range. Very little is known about this seastar though...
A quick Google search on the Grained seastar showed this article dated in 1984. Both of the authors, Yamaguchi and Lucas also studied the giant clams' reproductive strategy! Apparently the article tells of the seastar's reproductive mode and some ecology of it. Neat stuff! :)
Other cool animals that were uncommon were these Tamja spp. nudibranchs...
And finally! After a long long search, Chay Hoon found the anemones on the coral whips... Yippee! :)
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