Category Archives: species

A feature in Knowledge Enterprise

The Comprehensive Marine Biodiversity Survey expedition held in Pulau Ubin last October continues to make waves, this time in the latest issue of NUS’ Knowledge Enterprise! Download the full issue!

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Art Garfunkel and his bright eyed crab

Posted on 25 January 2013 by

Apart from Beyonce’s bootylicious fly and Lady Gaga’s fern, a new species of crab from Christmas Island has been named for Art Garfunkel, in tribute to his song “Bright eyes” and one can certainly see why! The paper by Peter … Continue reading →

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CMBS centre spread in The New Paper.

Posted on 7 January 2013 by

We had a good start to the New Year when The New Paper published this beautifiul centre spread highlighting the beautiful marine animals collected during the Northern Expedition! Copyright © 2011 Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. Co.

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Walking on the wild side of Singapore

Posted on 10 November 2012 by

November has been a good month for the biodiversity community in Singapore, with the successful conclusion of the Northern Expedition of the Comprehensive Marine Biodiversity Survey of Singapore, and the launch of WildSingapore, a labour of love by Ria Tan, … Continue reading →

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News from the Comprehensive Marine Biodiversity Survey of Singapore, Johore Straits

Posted on 24 October 2012 by

Update (30 October): Drs Daphne Fautin and Peter Ng are interviewed by Steven Chia on Channel NewsAsia’s AM Live!  The second phase of the Comprehensive Marine Biodiversity Survey kicked off on the 15th of October with a 3 week workshop … Continue reading →

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Help us take Johora singaporensis off IUCN’s 100 most threatened animals list!

Posted on 18 September 2012 by

This little crab, Johora singaporensis, is a true citizen of Singapore, for it can only be found on our island nation and no where else on Earth. However, its future truly depends on what we do to protect it, for … Continue reading →

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New Publication: Revision of Garthiella Titgen, 1986 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthidae), with description of a new subfamily and a new species from the central Philippines

Posted on 30 August 2012 by

More goodies from the Philippines stemming from RMBR’s expeditions to the Philippines in the last ten years by post-doctoral fellow, Dr JC Mendoza and long time RMBR collaborator Miss Marivene Manuel-Santos of the National Museum of the Philippines. This paper features … Continue reading →

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New Publication: Calappa karenae, a new species of box crab from Guam (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Calappidae)

Posted on 24 July 2012 by

The story behind this new species of Calappa, described by Professor Peter Ng and Dr Joelle Lai and published this week in Zootaxa is amusing. It first come to the attention of Prof. Ng more than 10 years ago, when he was shown a … Continue reading →

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Scientific Results of Kumejima Marine Biodiversity Expedition – KUMEJIMA 2009 is now on Zootaxa

Posted on 7 July 2012 by

We are pleased to announce the publication of a special issue of Zootaxa dedicated to KUMEJIMA 2012, a Japanese-Singaporean-Taiwanese led initiative to survey the marine biodiversity of Kumejima, the Ryukyus in November 2009. This issue includes 23 papers on crustaceans, echinoderms and fishes. … Continue reading →

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Gifts from Christmas Island

Posted on 12 March 2012 by

Click HERE to download article. The third and last expedition to Christmas Island and Cocos Keeling Islands carried out by the Raffles Museum was featured in the Straits Times last Saturday! This follows the coverage we received in the local … Continue reading →

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