Crab walking through a Fisherman’s Village
We began our exploration of the Pak phanang district at a local fisherman’s village, our first of many in Thailand. After getting our toes in the sand, we watched the villagers bring in boats and buckets of crabs. This became the first of many trips to fisherman’s villages but this beach stood out for the relatively clean beach, clean for Thailand, and the community of villagers and marine life we encountered.
- Blue Swimmer Crab Callinectes sapidus Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Athropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacrostaca Order: Decapoda Family: Portinidae
- Spotted Scat, Scatophagus argus
- Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Class: Asteroidea Order: Paxillosid Family: Astropectinidae Genus: Astropecten
- Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Superfamily: Muricoidea Family: Babyloniidae Genus: Babylonia
- Pharaoh Cuttlefish Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Sepiida Family: Sepiidae Genus: Sepia Subgenus: Sepia Species: S. pharaonis
- A dead jellyfish that had been washed ashore. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Class: Scyphozoa Subclass: Discomedusae Order: Rhizostomae Family: Rhizostomatidae Genus: Rhizostoma
Other Marine creatures typical to markets in Pak Phanang are Penaeus vannamei, Penaeus monodon, Donax variables, Ocypode ceratophthalma, Encrasicholina devisi, Perisesarma bidens, Malayemys subtrijuga, and Himantura jenkinsii.
- Penaeus vannamei
- Penaeus monodon
- Donax variabilis
- Ocypode ceratophthalma
- Encrasicholina devisi
- Perisesarma bidens
- Malayemys subtrijuga
- Himantura jenkinsii