| Private Lives: An Exposé of Singapore's Mangroves |
| Inside Cover |
The species of the fiddler crab on the front cover should be Uca annulipes instead of Uca vocans. |
| p.7 |
In the caption for the top-left picture, "planks" was misspelt as "plants" in "... for stuffing up the gaps between the plants in the boat hull..." |
| p.194 |
The first paragraph left out the name of the other local species of Lokan, which is Geloina expansa. |
| p.238 |
Additional photo credits for Tan Heok Hui: 74 (top), 76 (left top), 129 (bottom). |
| p.247 |
Additional index for Mud Crab: 196-198. |
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| Private Lives: An Exposé of Singapore's Shores |
| p.16 |
The Onch on the rigth should be Peronia sp. instead of Peronium sp. |
| p.15 |
The Nerite Snails identified as Nerita lineata should be Nerita articulata. The unidentified species at bottom-right should be Nerita histrio. |
| p.33 |
The Sickle Seagrass identified as Thalassia sp. is Thalassia hemprichii. |
| p.37 |
The sea hare is wrongly identified as a Geographic Sea Hare. The exact species is yet to be confirmed. |
| p.39 |
The Hairy Sea Hare identified as Bursatella sp. is Bursatella leachii.
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| p.46 |
It is inaccurate to refer to sponges as colonies in line 5. |
| p.53 |
The scallop should be Comptopallium radula instead of Chlamys sp. |
| p.54 |
The unidentified bivalves on top-left should be Scintilla sp. The Heart Cockle is Corculum cardissa.The bivalave at the bottom should be Lima fragilis instead of Lima lima. |
| p.61 |
The Creeper Snail identified as Cerithium sp. is Cerithium zonatum. |
| p.62 |
The mud-covered Whelk is Nassarius livescens. The mud-free individual is not showing the true coloration, since those are "rust" stains. |
| p.63 |
It was recently found that the Gong-Gong in Singapore should be Laevistrombus turturella, not Laevistrombus canarium. The Spiral Melongena's scientific name was mispelt. It should be Pugilina cochlidium instead of Pugilina cochilidum. |
| p.81 |
The Black Sea Cucumber's scientific name was mispelt. It should be Holothuria leucospilota instead of Holothuria leucospilata.
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| p.87 |
The sea anemone in the middle should be Stichodactyla gigantea instead of Stichodactyla mertensii.
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| p.88 |
The animals in the top photograph should be zoanthids instead of sea anemones.
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| p.89 |
The red flatworm is probably a red nudibranch, Dendrodoris fumata.
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| p.94 |
The Moon Snail is Polinices didyma. |
| p.110 |
The scientific name of the Carpet Eel-blenny was mispelt. It should be Congrogadus subducens instead of Congrogadus subduscens.
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| p.113 |
.rahminy Kites should be spelt as Brahminy Kites. |
| p.117 |
It was mentioned that Jorunna funebris feeds on blue sponges, and is able to extract the stinging cells and toxins from its meal. Since sponges do not have stinging cells, the phrase "stinging cells and" should be removed. |
| p.118 |
The scientific name of the top-left nudibranch was mispelt. It should be Cuthona sibogae instead of Cuthong sibogae.
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| p.119 |
The scientific name of the Ceratosoma sinuata has been changed to Ceratosoma sinuatum. |
| p.130 |
The Conus sp. in the photograph is Conus striatus. |
| p.137 |
In the fourth paragraph, it should be "Animals not only feed on the corals" instead of "Animals feed not only feed on the corals". |
| p.140 |
The Sunflower Mushroom Coral identified as Heliofungia sp. is Heliofungia actiniformis.
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| p.141 |
The Turban Snails in the photograph is Turbo bruneus. |
| p.157 |
The Elbow Crab should be Rhinolambrus pelagicus instead of Parthenope longimanus. |
| p.177 |
In the third line, "zooxanthellae" was mispelt as "zooxanthallae". It is also not a green algae, but unicellular yellow-brown (dinoflagellate) algae. |
| p.195 |
The scientific name of the Noble Volute is Cymbiola nobilis. |
| p.197 |
The Moon Snail in the photograph is Polinices didyma. |
| p.198 |
The common name of Plotosus lineatus is Striped Eel-tail Catfish. |
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