| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Photography Methods -- About Penang National Park -- Sampling and Area of Coverage -- Types of Habitat -- The Zonation of the Ocean -- Environmental Conditions Influencing the Distribution of Intertidal Organisms -- Tides -- Temperature -- Wave action -- Salinity -- Light -- Dissolved oxygen -- Types of substrates -- Vertical zonation -- Crabs, Hermit Crabs, Barnacles and Shrimps (Phylum Arthropoda) -- Moon Crab (Matuta lunaris) -- Ghost Crab (Ocypode ceratophthalma) |
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Stone Crab (Myomenippe hardwickii) -- Sally-Light-Foot Crab (Grapsus albolineatus) -- Purple Legged Swimming Crab (Charybdis sp.) -- Flower Crab (Portunus pelagicus) -- Chocolate Swimming Crab (Thalamita sp.) -- Striped Hermit Crab (Clibanarius sp.) -- Orange-Clawed Snapping Shrimp (Alpheus lobidens) -- Acorn Barnacles (Balanus sp.) -- Star Barnacles (Chthamalus sp.) -- Hard Corals, Sea Anemones and Sea Fans(Phylum Cnidaria) -- Thin Disc Coral (Turbinaria sp.) -- Smooth Plate Montipora Coral (Montipora sp.) -- Zebra Coral (Oulastrea crispata) -- Boulder Pore Coral (Porites sp.) |
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Carnation Coral (Pectinia sp.) -- Haddon's Carpet Anemone (Stichodactyla haddoni) -- Banded Bead Anemone (Epiactis sp.) -- Tree Sea Fan (Menella sp.) -- Skinny Sea Fan (Lophogorgia chilensis) -- Candelabra Sea Fan (Lophogorgia sp.) -- Sea Stars, Brittle Stars, Sea Urchins, Sand Dollars and Sea Cucumbers (Phylum Echinodermata) -- Comb Sand Star (Astropecten sp.) -- Long-Spine Black Sea Urchin (Diadema sp.) -- Keyhole Sand Dollar (Echinodiscus truncatus) -- Black Long Sea Cucumber/Lorry Fish (Holothuria atra) -- Very Long-Armed Brittle Star (Ophiothrix longipeda) |
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Gastropod, Shelled Snails, Other Gastropods and Bilvalves (Phylum Mollusca) -- Arabian Cowries (Cypraea arabica) -- Star Limpet (Patelloida saccharinoides) -- Smooth Limpet (Cellana sp.) -- Spiny Drill (Thais echinulate) -- Smooth Grooved Drill (Morula sp.) -- Rock Periwinkle Snail (Littoraria sp.) -- Knobby Periwinkle Snail (Nodilittorina trochoides) -- Common Sandy Whelk (Nassarius livescens) -- Tiger Moon Snail (Natica tigrina) -- Oval Moon Snail (Polinices mammatus) -- Waved Nerita Snail (Nerita undata) -- Button Snail (Umbonium vestiarium) -- Green Mussel (Perna viridis) |
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Common Rock Oyster (Saccostrea sp.) -- Winged Oyster (Pinctada sp.) -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Authors -- Index of Species |
| Summary |
This is the first field guide for the seashore organisms in Penang National Park, Penang, Malaysia to present the magnificent seashore species that make up a striking diversity in this natural environment. The content of this book are largely restricted to the organisms that are most frequently encountered or interesting to be documented; displayed by colour photographs, taken in their natural habitats; their taxonomic positions are indicated, brief descriptions are provided and together with the details of their known geographic distribution (types of habitat and distribution zone). The images in the field guide were also taken with uniform background, with views from the ventral, dorsal, side and close-up (for important identification) to assist the readers/users for clear visual identification of the organisms they encountered. This book aims to stimulate interest in seashore ecosystems and will broaden the general knowledge of the interested layman and the scientific visitor of coastal seashore areas regarding biodiversity. It will also help both institutions and individuals to develop an appreciation of broader environmental concerns |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Seashore ecology -- Malaysia -- Pinang Island (Pulau Pinang)
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Marine organisms -- Malaysia -- Pinang Island (Pulau Pinang)
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Seashore biology -- Malaysia -- Pinang Island (Pulau Pinang)
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Seashore ecology.
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Seashore biology.
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Marine organisms.
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Malaysia -- Pinang Island (Pulau Pinang)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1322477140 |
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9781322477145 |
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9789838617178 |
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9838617172 |
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