oriental file clam, Limaria orientalis, showing flashing-light disply to fend off predators - flashy, bluish, white lights are produced by reflecting the ambient lights off outer edge of their mantle, Amami-ohsima island, Kagoshima, Japan, Pacific Ocean


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Image ID: 0107111-EP-HUT.jpg

oriental file clam, Limaria orientalis, showing flashing-light disply to fend off predators - flashy, bluish, white lights are produced by reflecting the ambient lights off outer edge of their mantle, Amami-ohsima island, Kagoshima, Japan, Pacific Ocean
Credit to: Blue Planet Archive / e-Photo / Hideyuki Utsunomiya

Image dimensions: 5400x3600

URL for this image: https://pictures.blueplanetarchive.com/image/I0000QHxcoEkTWyQ

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