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Giant Clam

Wildlife by group and country

Molluscs in Indonesia

  • 10 dive sites
  • 3 species

AI-generated illustration: Giant Clam

Indonesia's ten mollusc sites are all dives, and half are muck diving: Lembeh, Ambon, Halmahera. That explains the first two species — the mimic octopus and the greater blue-ringed octopus, which live on silt bottoms — while the third, the giant clam, is critically endangered and lives on the reefs of Sangalaki, Kakaban and Riung.

Where

Places come from reviewed species-place links; the species shown at each place are only those in this group.

Which species

Muck diving

Ambon (Twilight Zone)

Indonesia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

10 m28 °C

Greater Blue-ringed Octopus · Mimic Octopus

See dive site
Sandy bottom (muck diving)

Lembeh Strait

Indonesia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

10 m28 °C

Greater Blue-ringed Octopus · Mimic Octopus

See dive site
Coastal pelagic

Cenderawasih Bay (whale shark)

Indonesia

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Giant Clam

See dive site
Jellyfish lake/Reef

Derawan Islands (Kakaban / Sangalaki)

Indonesia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Giant Clam

See dive site
Muck diving/Reef

Halmahera (walking sharks)

Indonesia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Mimic Octopus

See dive site
Wall/Reef

Kalimantan (Maratua)

Indonesia

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Giant Clam

See dive site
Coral reef

Karimunjawa

Indonesia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Giant Clam

See dive site
Urban reef

Kepulauan Seribu

Indonesia

Up to 20 m · Open Water

8 m29 °C

Giant Clam

See dive site
Reef of the 17 islands

Riung Islands (Flores)

Indonesia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Giant Clam

See dive site
Turtle nesting reef

Sangalaki Islands

Indonesia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Giant Clam

See dive site
Giant ClamCritically Endangered

Giant Clam

Tridacna gigas

Greater Blue-ringed OctopusLeast Concern

Greater Blue-ringed Octopus

Hapalochlaena lunulata

Mimic OctopusLeast Concern

Mimic Octopus

Thaumoctopus mimicus