Flamingo Tongue
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Flamingo Tongue – Grenada
The Caribbean Sea, with its sun-kissed turquoise waters and kaleidoscopic coral reefs, is a treasure trove of underwater wonders. During my dive in Grenada, I was captivated by the sight of a Flamingo Tongue delicately clinging to a purplish coral. Flamingo Tongues are actually small sea snails, not the tongues of flamingos! Their vibrant patterns…
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Flamingo Tongue Snail (Cyphoma gibbosum)
The Flamingo Tongue Snail, Cyphoma gibbosum, a marine gastropod that lives below the low tide mark. It is common on many Caribbean and southern Atlantic coral reefs. This Flamingo Tongue was spotted in the Bahamas. The sea snail grows to a maximum of 1 inch long and can be commonly found attached to a gorgonians…
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Wildlife Wednesday : Flamingo Tongue
This is an image of a Flamingo Tongue feeding on soft coral in the Bahamas. Flamingo Tongues (Cyphoma gibbosum) are commonly found on many of the coral reefs in the Caribbean and the tropical western Atlantic. They grow to about 1 inch. I used a Sealife DC2000 compact camera – here’s a link to my…