Sentosa's Real Underwater World

Went to Sentosa to visit its real and natural underwater world on Tuesday, 23 Jun, and did not had the time to blog until today. It's been a really busy week. So here's just a quick listing of some of the things we saw.


This little Flatworm is quite commonly spotted on our shores.


A Smooth Spooner Crab (Etisus laevimanus) which feeds on algae by scraping them off rocks with its pincers which have spoon-like tips.


Pretty little nudibranchs - Dendrodoris denisoni.


There were lots of Gobies which I did not had the time to find out the ID.


Spotted a few Mantis Shrimps, and here's one of them.


A huge coral garden...


I also found several Kite Butterflyfish (Parachaetodon ocellatus).


It was nice seeing this little Pygmy Squid (Idiosepius sp.) which was not camera-shy at all.


A rather huge Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria).


A very aggressive Red Swimming Crab (Thalamita spinimana).


We even found several Snake Eels (Pisodonophis crancrivorous), and here's one of them.


Here's a close-up.


Keyhole Limpet with a little crab.


A pair of Glossodoris atromarginata nudibranchs.


A very huge Flatworm about the length of my palm!


There were lots of Sand Dollars (Arachnoides placenta) at the sandy area.


There were at least 3 Xylopcarpus rumphii trees on this shore, and here're two of them.


Lots of Raffles' Pitcher Plants (Nepenthes rafflesiana) can be seen hanging off trees.


And of course, I always visit the Tongkat Ali plant (Eurycoma longifolia) whenever I visit this area.


My favourite shot of the day - a Black Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa latipes) in flight. Was rather surprised that my simple point-and-shoot camera managed to capture this shot :P