Almost perfect mimicry for this little pink cowry, less than a centimetre in size, on its soft coral of the same color. Mayotte

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Image size: 4669x7000 pixels (15.6"x23.3" @300dpi)

Shooting date : 2023-10-07

Pink Shell.

Keywords

Animal / Wild animal / Invertebrate / Mollusk / Shell (Mollusca)

Species / Relation between species / Camouflage / Mimicry

Shot / Overview

Shot / Underwater shot

Shot / Macrophotography

Africa / Comoro Islands / Mayotte

Area / Marine area / Sea / Tropical sea

Colour / Pink

Animal / Wild animal / Invertebrate / Mollusk / Gastropod / Allied Cowry / Cowrie

Animal / Wild animal / Invertebrate / Cnidaria / Anthozoan / Coral / Hexacoral / Soft coral / Alcyoniidae

October

World sea and ocean / Indian Ocean / Mozambique Channel

Enumeration / Nobody

Latin keywords

Eukaryota / Opisthokonta / Metazoa / Radiata / Cnidaria / Anthozoa / Alcyonaria

Eukaryota / Opisthokonta / Metazoa / Bilateria / Coelomata / Protostomia / Inarticulata / Mollusca / Conchifera / Gastropoda / Prosobranchia / Mesogastropoda / Cypraeidae

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