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Giant clam (Tridacna gigas)

Photo by lori.tas
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Field Notes

Description:

Giant clam (Tridacna gigas) , approximately 1.5 meters wide.

Habitat:

Coral shallows off of Snapper Island.

Notes:

White blurry spots are camera flash artifacts.

Reference Links:

Giant clam

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lori.tas
Giant clam showing its mantle's symbiotic zooxanthellae

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Global Coral Reef Monitoring
Photographed
PublishedOctober 19, 2010

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