Giant Clam / Tridacna squmosa

[Sameer Ghodke]

Locality - Neil Island, South Andaman Islands, India. May-2012
This photograph was taken from surface of the water at low tide.

cannon-550-D with 60 macro & ring flash.

[Joshi Bhavya]

Another Beautiful Creature... Well Found.. TFS

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

I was not aware that Tridacna are found so shallow... How big was this one? Have you dived/snorkelled in the area and recorded more of this species?
TFS

[Sameer Ghodke]

Thanx Abhishek, it was small about 3 inches, I've snorkeled many times but not dived yet, wish to do diving course in my next visit. I've seen many exotic invertebrates just in 1m deep water at low tide.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice to see these colourful species from the aquatic world. Lovely colour. Thanks for sharing.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice to see this species.
TFS
Roopak

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Very interesting. I too would love to take a diving course to see this beautiful world.

[Murugan Anantharaman]

Seems to be the perfect place for a person like me, I can drown by just mentioning 6ft water :D, cant swim for nuts. Do these clams move (I've heard similar organisms just latch on to something for a long time), if yes I am sure it would be beautiful to see them slither in a patterned fashion with their curvy bodies. Lovely, Thanks for sharing.

[Sameer Ghodke]

Thanx Murugan, I don't think they do move.