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Hippopus hippopus (Linnaeus 1758), the China
Clam. Malay Peninsula to Australia, out to Micronesia and Tonga.
Found in shallows on reef flats and patch reefs. To sixteen inches
shell width. No large opening at the shell base. Brownish mantle
with many fine white lines of its surface. This one in
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Tridacna crocea Lamarck 1819, the Crocus Giant or Burrowing Clam.
Malay Peninsula to the GBR; Philippines, Guam, Fiji. Distinguished by
having about six rounded ribs highly adorned with fluted scales. Small
species; to about six inches across. Filter feeder that also utilizes
photosynthates. One down in Wakatobi, S. Sulawesi, Indo. |
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Tridacna crocea Lamarck 1819, the Crocus
Giant or Burrowing Clam. Malay Peninsula to the GBR; Philippines,
Guam, Fiji. Distinguished by having about six rounded ribs highly
adorned with fluted scales. Small species; to about six inches
across. Filter feeder that also utilizes photosynthates. A couple
in Queensland, Australia's Great Barrier
Reef. |
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Octopus cyanea, Gray 1929, the Common Reef Octopus. Indo-Pacific;
Red Sea to Hawai'i. Common reef species. One out in Fiji.
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