Blue-lipped Coral Oyster - Pedum spondyloideum

You can see the red little eyes in this clam :-)

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Ferdy Christant

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Oysters have eyes??? Posted 4 years ago
1. Patomarazul
  
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  Of course! Look at the cool video here :-)
  https://seaunseen.com/coral-scallop/ Posted 4 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
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    Whaaaaaat.....200 mirrors? I had no idea they had any vision at all. Posted 4 years ago
  2. 1. Patomarazul
      
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      Maybe they see even better than us, underwater for sure :-D Posted 4 years ago
  3. Jivko Nakev
    
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    Wow, amazing! Had no idea, neither! Posted 4 years ago
  4. 1. Patomarazul
      
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      We learn a lot here from each other's postings. I love it! Posted 4 years ago

NattyOne

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Beautiful shot, great colours. Posted 4 years ago

DebRich

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It looks like it's smiling! Posted 4 years ago

The Iridescent Scallop

The pectinid scallop Pedum spondyloideum occurs almost exclusively on massive coral colonies of the genus Porites. These scallops have reduced the effects of recent heavy levels of predation by the starfish Acanthaster planci on their coral hosts on the Great Barrier Reef.

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Similar species: Scallops And Allies

Species identified by Patomarazul