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Code Number:
AAMV01P04_16
Title:
Giant Scaly Clam
The mantle (soft animal tissue) within the clams shell is brightly coloured brown, green and/or blue. This is caused by microscopic algae known as zooxanthellae living inside the mantle which photosynthesise (make food) from sunlight and also the waste metabolic products of the clam itself.
Keywords:
Bivalvia, Invertebrate, Bivalve, Nature, Aquatic, Underwater, Animal, Animalia, Mollusca, Mollusc, mollusks, Invertebrata, Fauna, Sea, Exoskeleton
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Horst Fulle
Giant Scaly Clam
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Code Number:
AAMV01P04_16
Title:
Giant Scaly Clam
The mantle (soft animal tissue) within the clams shell is brightly coloured brown, green and/or blue. This is caused by microscopic algae known as zooxanthellae living inside the mantle which photosynthesise (make food) from sunlight and also the waste metabolic products of the clam itself.
Keywords:
Bivalvia, Invertebrate, Bivalve, Nature, Aquatic, Underwater, Animal, Animalia, Mollusca, Mollusc, mollusks, Invertebrata, Fauna, Sea, Exoskeleton
Image by:
Horst Fulle
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