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Photo by ceherzog
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Field Notes

Habitat:

shallow mitigated wetland in mud flats

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
ceherzog
Well I hope to get back to the site & dig one up...not sure 100%
Leuba Ridgway
....so it's a giant clam. auntnance123 is right then. I've learnt something new today..thanks ! I should have known from the mighty squirts and from the shallowness of the waters.
Leuba Ridgway
It looks like a tunicate ( sea squirt) judging by your still-shot . It clearly shows an incurrent siphon on top and an excurrent siphon a little to one side. http://www.clarku.edu/departments/biology/biol201/2006/mtrivette/morphologies.htm Great spotting ceherzog - and I love the video. I've only seen short little weak squirts of water !
ceherzog
aunt nance...it seems as though that could be it...I just don't have a clue, I've never seen anything like it. I should have waded in and dug one up I guess. I certainly thought about clams. Thanks...I'll wait & see if anyone concurs.
auntnance123
Could they be angel wing clams? http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/cyrtop_costat.htm Interesting video.

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Florida's Flora & Fauna
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PublishedOctober 15, 2012

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