Public Education Visit to Chek Jawa, Pulau Ubin, 19th and 20th Oct 2001, 5-7pm
Chek Jawa homepage | Tour homepage | Guidesheet contents | Virtual tours of Chek Jawa | RMBR homepage
Organism Guide Sheet
phyla PORIFERA, PLATYHELMINTHES,
ANNELIDA, ARTHROPODA (class MEROSTOMATA)

Marine Flatworm
Pseudoceros sp.
Phylum Platyhelminthes
Rocky shore, seagrass/lagoon
Around 4 cm

Sponge
Phylum Porifera
Coral Rubble, rocky shore


Horseshoe Crab
Tachypleus gigas
Phylum Arthropoda, class Merostomata
Mud/sandflat
Up to 25cm shell width
Fan Worm
Sabellastarte sp.
Rocky shore
Fan diameter
about 8 cm


Bristleworm
Eunice sp.
Rocky shore, sandflat, seagrass/lagoon
Up to 20 cm