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- Code Number:
- AAMV01P04_02
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Giant Scaly Clam, Heron Island, Australia
- The mantle (soft tissue) within the shell is brightly coloured brown, blue and/or green. This is due to the microscopic algae known as zooxanthellae living inside the tissues which photosynthesise (manufacture food) from sunlight and the waste metabolic products of the clam.
- Keywords:
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Bivalvia, Invertebrate, Bivalve, Nature, Aquatic, Underwater, Animal, Animalia, Mollusca, Mollusc, mollusks, Invertebrata, Fauna, Sea, Exoskeleton
- Image by:
- Robert J. Stoller M.D.
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- Code Number:
- AAMV01P04_02
- Title:
-
Giant Scaly Clam, Heron Island, Australia
- The mantle (soft tissue) within the shell is brightly coloured brown, blue and/or green. This is due to the microscopic algae known as zooxanthellae living inside the tissues which photosynthesise (manufacture food) from sunlight and the waste metabolic products of the clam.
- Keywords:
-
Bivalvia, Invertebrate, Bivalve, Nature, Aquatic, Underwater, Animal, Animalia, Mollusca, Mollusc, mollusks, Invertebrata, Fauna, Sea, Exoskeleton
- Image by:
- Robert J. Stoller M.D.
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