Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Sightings @ Cyrene Reef on 9 May 2008

On 9 May 2008, a total of 45 knobbly seastar (Protoreaster nodosus) individuals were sighted at Cyrene Reef. Twelve of these were first encountered on 8 May 2008. Photographs of 33 'new' individuals are given below. Our recognition programme indicated that there are at least 62 individual seastars on this intertidal reef.

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