The Tridacna Gigas: Habitat
Description
The Tridacna gigas is a bilateral animal. That means that the shells on them are even from left to right. The thick shells are zigzag edged and with bumps on them. Color markings on the shells can vary from green, red, blue, yellow, orange, brown, and pink.
Habitat The Tridacna gigas lives in coral reefs, shallow lagoons, and reef flats about 20 meters (about 65 feet) from the surface. Another way of saying all of those things is the Surface Zone. Locations that they live are in the waters around Australia and Asia. Like the Indian ocean, Pacific oceans, and generally warm waters.
Diet
The Tridacna gigas is a carnivore. They obtain food by grabbing it from surrounding water using its siphon. Their main prey are
phytoplankton, zooplankton, zooxanthellae, marine plants, marine animals, and unicellular algae. Their main predators are eels, snails, and sea stars.
Reproduction
The Tridacna gigas reproduces sexually. Their gestation period lasts from 8-29 days. The mating season is whenever the Tridacna gigas gets stressed, and the number born is more than 500 million eggs at a time. Caring for its young is something that it can’t do because it stays in one place for its whole life.
The Tridacna gigas is a bilateral animal. That means that the shells on them are even from left to right. The thick shells are zigzag edged and with bumps on them. Color markings on the shells can vary from green, red, blue, yellow, orange, brown, and pink.
Habitat The Tridacna gigas lives in coral reefs, shallow lagoons, and reef flats about 20 meters (about 65 feet) from the surface. Another way of saying all of those things is the Surface Zone. Locations that they live are in the waters around Australia and Asia. Like the Indian ocean, Pacific oceans, and generally warm waters.
Diet
The Tridacna gigas is a carnivore. They obtain food by grabbing it from surrounding water using its siphon. Their main prey are
phytoplankton, zooplankton, zooxanthellae, marine plants, marine animals, and unicellular algae. Their main predators are eels, snails, and sea stars.
Reproduction
The Tridacna gigas reproduces sexually. Their gestation period lasts from 8-29 days. The mating season is whenever the Tridacna gigas gets stressed, and the number born is more than 500 million eggs at a time. Caring for its young is something that it can’t do because it stays in one place for its whole life.