Pic o’ the Week: Giant Coral Sea Clam

The mantle of a Giant Clam (Tridacna sp.). Admiralty, Osprey Reef, Coral SeaImage © Richard Ling I think I might have been a mollusk,Long ago and far away.Basking in the beauty of the ocean,Needing no purpose-Simply existing...~Azrael's daughter

Pic o’ the Week: Transparent Sea Cucumber, Gulf of Mexico

A transparent sea cucumber, photographed 1.7 miles down (2,750 meters) in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Scientists found this transparent sea cucumber, Enypniastes, creeping forward on its many tentacles at less than 1 inch (2 cm) per minute while sweeping detritus-rich sediment into its mouth. From LiveScience; photo by Larry Madin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.  The …