Giant clams
| cg.description.theme | Fisheries | en_US |
| cg.identifier.status | Open access | |
| cg.identifier.worldfish | 1487 | |
| cg.subject.agrovoc | fisheries | |
| cg.subject.agrovoc | Mollusca | |
| cg.subject.agrovoc | shellfish | |
| cg.subject.worldfish | fisheries management | |
| dc.creator | Munro, J.L. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-03-16T07:14:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-03-16T07:14:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1993 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Within the bivalve molluscs the giant clams are classified in the Order Cardiacea and the Family Tridacnidae. Their nearest relatives are the cockles. Within the group there are nine recognized living species, comprised of seven species of the genus Tridacna and two of the genus Hippopus. Additionally, there are a number of extinct species which are conspicuous in the fossil record (Rosewater, 1965). They are unique in the bivalve molluscs in having established a symbiosis with one or more species of dinoflagellate algae, termed zooxanthellae, which enables them to survive almost exclusively on the products of photosynthesis. Lucas (1988) gives a comprehensive guide to the taxonomic features and distribution of seven of the living species. Two additional species, T. tevoroa (Lucas et ah, 1991) and T. rosewateri (Sirenko and Scarlato, 1991) have recently been described. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | WF_1487.pdf | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Nearshore marine resources of the South Pacific: information for fisheries development and management | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/2922 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific | |
| dc.source | Nearshore marine resources of the South Pacific: information for fisheries development and management | |
| dc.title | Giant clams | |
| dc.type | Book Chapter | |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Munro, J.L. (1993). Giant clams. Nearshore marine resources of the South Pacific: information for fisheries development and management | |
| worldfish.location.area | Oceania |
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