The infinite variety: the beginning of life



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Giant Clam is the largest living bivalve mollusc. One of a number of large clam species native to the shallow coral reefs of the South Pacific and Indian oceans, they can weigh more than 400 pounds and measure as much as 1.5 meters across.

Sessile in adulthood, the creature's mantle tissues act as a habitat for the symbiotic single-celled dinoflagellate algae from which it gets it nutrition. By day, the clam spreads out its mantle tissue so that the algae receive the sunlight they need to photosynthesize.
Parrotfish are mostly tropical, perciform marine fish of the family Scaridae. Abundant on shallow reefs of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, the parrotfish family contains nine genera and about 80 species. Parrotfish are named for their oral dentition: their numerous teeth are arranged in a tightly packed mosaic on the external surface of the jaw bones, forming a parrot-like beak which is used to rasp algae from coral and other rocky substrates. Many species are also brightly coloured in shades of blue, green, red and yellow. Although they are considered to be herbivores, parrotfish eat a wide variety of organisms that live on coral reefs.
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Tridacna gigas


Tridacna gigas
Giant Clam
Conservation status: Vulnerable



Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Bivalvia

Order: Veneroida

Family: Tridacnidae

Genus: Tridacna

Species: gigas


Binomial name

Tridacna gigas
Linnaeus, 1758

Parrotfish



Parrotfish

Parrotfish


Midnight parrotfish (Scarus coelestinus)

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii

Order: Perciformes

Family: Scaridae



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