First trip to Beting Bronok (BB)

There are at least two B.B. in Singapore: Bukit batok and Beting Bronok. However, most Singaporean are not familiar with Beting Bronok, a submerged reef located near Pulau Tekong and only exposed during extremely low tide.
Thank LK and Ron for the invitation of this unforgettable trip.

No jetty here and we have to use a ladder for the landing
and boarding

The crabs are camouflage experts. Here is a elbow crab (Family Parthenopidae)

Sponge crab (Family Dromiidae)

The sponge crabs normally hold a sponge or an ascidian, and move quite slowly

Spider crab (Family Majidae). This guy lets sponges grow and cover its body
So cute and I love it!

In the sea pen, there are many pretty sea pen porcelain crabs (Pocellanella picta) hide inside.

well camouflage

seems with a tiny sea star

flatworm (Class Turbellaria).

Purple-spotted yellow flatworm (Pseudoceros laingensis)
These guys are super thin and can slip into narrow space to hunt or hide

hell's fire anemone family (Actinodendronidae)
According to Ron, it gives painful stings, so stay away from this awesome guy

Bohol nudibranch (Discodoris boholiensis)
This guy eats sponge

A colorful nudibranch: uthona sibogae

More colorful without flash

A tiny and lovely pink sea urchin

sea urchin

pencil sea urchins named after its thick spines

sea star Nepanthia sp.

Biscuit Sea Star (Goniodiscaster scaber)

Sea pen

Common sea pen

lovely sea pen

sea hare will release this kind of purple color dye when disturbed. A lucky scientist use sea hare as a learning model and win noble prize.

tens of Hairy Sea Hares (Bursatella leachii) here

Sea cucumber

octopus

jelly fish

sponge

leaf slug

a onyx cowrie (Cypraea onyx) is laying eggs
Gong gong with a pair of strange eyes, and can jump

A spiral  melongena (Pugilina cochlidium)snail is laying eggs

flowery soft coral

  Tunicate (Phylum Chordata)

How time flies! The Sun is coming out and the tide is coming in, and we have to leave this wonderful place.
Sunrise

Don't know who set these traps and we cannot do anything for the unfortunate sharks and toadfishes in the cages

baby sharks?

These toadfishes and sharks are relatively luck as this cage is still in the water and they should survive longer compared with the dried fishes in another cage