Results tagged “algae” on Earth Touch Blog
Giant clam ‘farms’ algae May 15 2008
We found one of the species of giant clam in a cave at Nine Mile Reef, at Sodwana Bay on South Africa’s Indian Ocean coast, today. This is a truly amazing organism.
Tags: algae, clam, indian ocean, marine, mollusc, reef, south africaSea slugs slide at low tide Mar 18 2008
When it’s dark and the tide’s going out, invertebrates called Peronia peronii (they have no common name) come out to graze on the rocks of the inter-tidal zone.
Tags: africa, algae, feed, indian ocean, inter-tidal zone, invertebrate, kwazulu-natal, marine, peronia peronii, south africa, tideDid you know? Shark skin Oct 25 2007
Earth-Touch captures rare Zambezi labeo on film Sep 13 2007
The upper Zambezi labeo (Labeo Lunatus) is a fish found only in the Zambezi and Okavango Rivers. These ray-finned fish, with their lace-like dorsal fins, are related to carp. They frequent the bottom of floodplain lagoons such as those commonly found in the Okavango, where they graze on algae.
Tags: algae, carp, fin, flood plain, labeo, ray-finned fish, zambezi, zambezi labeo, zambezi riverPage 1 of 1 pages
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