Invertebrates (Marine Animals by Panini), Part 3

This time we’ll be seeing all of the ‘invertebrates’ made in the Panini mini series. This is probably the most taxonomically broad one, and also the largest group. They’d also be among the more difficult ones to identify to species, but sometimes guesses can be made. On the upside, the small size makes them appropriate for dioramas and accessories with conventional figures. As long as the […]

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#Architeuthis #ArchiteuthisDux #CommonCuttlefish #commonOctopus #Cyanea #Echinaster #EuropeanSpinyLobster #giantClam #giantSquid #MediterraneanRedSeastar #Octopus #OctopusVulgaris #Palinurus #PalinurusElephas #Seastar #Sepia #SepiaOfficinalis #Tridacna #TridacnaGigas

Tridacna gigas, the #giantclam, is the best-known species of the giant clam genus Tridacna. Giant clams are the largest living bivalve molluscs. Several other species of "giant clam" in the genus Tridacna are often misidentified as Tridacna gigas.

Fascinating study on a #giantclam that was kept in the Dutch Burger's Zoo aquarium for a decade and recorded changes in it's (semi)controlled environment in its #shell These types of growth experiments allow us to use shells as archives of past change
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018225003074

Young giant clam - Tridacna gigas
#gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #trawangan #diveandstay #giliair #fish #ocean #sealife #marinelife #padi #giantclam #clam

Giant clam with a wig
#giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #trawangan #diveandstay #ocean #sealife #marinelife #padi #reef #coral #clam #giantclam

I'm highly impressed by this awesome short-term #climate #reconstruction study by Iris Arndt and colleagues, who use a #giantclam from the #Miocene to study daily (!) climate variability in this warmer period, including potential #ENSO and #extreme #weather!

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018224007004

Drawing a giant clam now. The shell is startlingly heavy, and I am very rusty at drawing. #clam #seashell #GiantClam #illustration #drawing #PastelDrawing