Went to Semakau today! (: Have been one month since i last visited that place. Haha. It feels good to go back again. Missed the stuffs there. When we were at the pier we thought it looks like it's going to rain, but it didn't :D When we reached, it was still very sunny and many of us are sweating! I was doing the transect for sea grass. Seems like there are more Thalassia sp. and Halodule sp. and Syringodium sp. around as compared to the last survey if i remember correctly. Haha.
After the survey, we went to explore a bit and saw some stuff! (:
This is the Noble Volute (Cymbiola nobilis) found near one of our transects. Although the Nobel Volute may look like an elegant snail, it is actually a fierce predator! It wraps its huge foot around its prey to suffocate them. When they opens up to breathe, it will feed on them.
Saw this bivalve (Circe scripta) while walking around. Haha. I'll always feel very happy when i find a bivalve that is alive because some of those that i see around are dead ):
As usual, there are always a lot of Common Sea Stars (Archaster typicus) on the sandy areas. Somehow some of them seems to look a bit fat to me today. Haha. These seastars have little tube feets that help them move around and also search for food among the sand. Unlike humans, this sea star does its digestion externally, thus producing little waste materials.
Saw this Sea Squirt near one of the tidal pools.
There are also many Hairy Crabs (Pilumnus vespertilio) around, and this one is holding on to an algae! As the name suggests, the Hairy Crabs have long hair on their body which traps mud and sediments to help it camouflage. When they are in water, the fluffed-up hair with the trapped sediments will break the outline of its body.
Saw this little beautiful soft coral! Seldom see them around... ):
Saw this fattt Polka Dot Nudibranch (Jorunna funebris) while walking back. Nudibranch means naked gills literally, which describes the feathery gills that most of them have on their back. This species is quite common on Semakau. Usually see them on my trips there :D
And here comes the star of the day!! :D The Cow Fish! (: This one should be a juvenile.. looks quite small in size. Couldn't really recognise what this is at first, almost thought that it was a slug or something LOL. Till i saw the eyes...
Spot the eye!! It looks so fierce =X
And we saw this Red Egg Crab (Atergatis integerrimus) too! Although the Red Egg Crab may look like it is cooked because it is red in colour, it is definitely not something that you would want to see on your table as it is poisonous!
Hope that the rest of the Transect Surveys will go as well as today's! (:
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