Wednesday, May 14, 2008

PAST RECORDS OF KNOBBLY SEASTARS

The knobbly seastar (Protoreaster nodosus) has been recorded at seven sites (Figure 1) in Singapore by various authors between 2005 and 2008. These records are compiled and listed here:


Figure 1. Distribution of knobbly seastars (Protoreaster nodosus) at seven sites (black circle) in Singapore.

Cyrene Reef (CR)

9 May 2008: Wildfilms & Kok Sheng
25 April 2008: Kok Sheng
10 April 2008: Wildfilms, TeamSeagrass, Kok Sheng & Marcus Ng
26 October 2007: TeamSeagrass, Kok Sheng, Marcus Ng & Ron Yeo
21 April 2007: TeamSeagrass & Marcus Ng


Pulau Semakau (PS)

26 April 2008: Ron Yeo
21 March 2008: Chay Hoon & July Lin
9 March 2008: July Lin
8 March 2008: Ron Yeo
23 February 2008: Kok Sheng & Ron Yeo
24 November 2007: Ron Yeo
28 October 2007: July Lin
27 October 2007: Ron Yeo
30 September 2007: Ron Yeo
28 September 2007: July Lin
8 August 2007: Samson Tan
4 August 2007: Ron Yeo
15 July 2007: July Lin
17 June 2007: Samson Tan
3 June 2007: July Lin & Samson Tan
19 May 2007: Samson Tan
6 May 2007: July Lin & Samson Tan
22 April 2007: Samson Tan
21 April 2007: July Lin & Samson Tan
24 March 2007: Samson Tan


Kusu Island (KI)

23 August 2005: Blue Water Volunteers


Labrador Nature Reserve (LNR)

13 October 2007: Andy Dinesh


Changi Beach (CB)

10 May 2008: Samson Tan
9 May 2008: July Lin & Samson Tan
12 April 2008: Samson Tan


Tanjung Chek Jawa (TCJ)

24 December 2007: Wildfilms & Kok Sheng
27 October 2007: Wildfilms & Kok Sheng


Beting Bronok (BB)


14 July 2007:
Wildfilms, Kok Sheng & Marcus Ng

2 comments:

sgbeachbum said...

Saw one at Labrador on 13Oct2007.
http://reddotbeachbum.blogspot.com/2007/10/little-knobby-sea-star-labrador.html

Chim C K said...

THANKS!!! WOW!!! I am so excited. This is phenomenal man ...