Tridacna gigas


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Noun1.Tridacna gigas - a large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to 500 poundsTridacna gigas - a large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to 500 pounds
giant clam
clam - burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness
genus Tridacna, Tridacna - type genus of the family Tridacnidae: giant clams
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Creencia of WPU College of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences said, 'Tridacna gigas [giant clams] is hard to propagate because the population is few.
Malampaya Foundation leads in spawning of native, giant clam
Giant clams or the Hippopus and Tridacna gigas species are believed to play a wide range of ecological roles in coral reef ecosystems, according to then Bohol CRM coordinator Adelfa Salutan.
Philippines : Bohol to hatch giant clams for seeding in sea-waters
Multiple species of giant clams (Tridacna squamosa, Tridacna gigas, and Hippopus hippopus) begin to acquire symbionts within 3-10 days post-fertilization when provided with Symbiodinium upon hatching, but some individuals delay symbiont acquisition (Fitt and Trench, 1981; Fitt et al., 1984; Norton et al., 1992; Mies et al., 2012).
Effects of Symbiodinium Colonization on Growth and Cell Proliferation in the Giant Clam Hippopus hippopus
Comparison of different hatchery and nursery culture methods for the giant clam Tridacna gigas. In: Copland, J.
CAPTIVE HYBRIDIZATION OF THE GIANT CLAMS TRIDACNA MAXIMA (RODING, 1798) AND TRIDACNA NOAE (RODING, 1798)
Today's giant clamshells, Tridacna Gigas, are heavily protected.
Coming soon to Dubai: a 180,000-yr-old clamshell
These are debris from making clam-shell Tridacna gigas artefacts.
A probable Lapita site in the Western Solomon Islands?
Looking for alternative fossil climate records, Ayling and her PhD supervisors, Professors John Chappell and Malcolm McCulloch, revisited an older idea of using giant clams (Tridacna gigas).
Fossilised giant clams give high fidelity climate records: ancient giant clams dug from Papua New Guinea's tropical rainforests have provided Australian paleoclimatologists with a unique and detailed record of climate 400 000 years ago. The new lead promises to help answer some of today's central climate change questions
Gene flow among giant clam (Tridacna gigas) populations in the Pacific does not parallel ocean circulation.
Genetic structure of giant clam (Tridacna maxima) populations in the West Pacific is not consistent with dispersal by present-day ocean currents
The largest species, Tridacna gigas, grows over a period of several decades to nearly 5 feet in length, with a shell that can weigh more than 400 pounds.
The art of growing giants
Tridacna gigas, more commonly known in the Philippines as Taklobo, is the largest living immobile bivalve mollusk in the world and also one of the most endangered species with a survival rate of .01 percent.
Taklobo, world's largest clam, hatches over 9 million eggs in Palawan
'Tridacna gigas are hard to propagate because the population is few.
Surge in giant clam population seen as spawning starts in Palawan
The study, funded by the National Parks Board of Singapore, found that the worlds largest giant clam species, Tridacna gigas, is the most threatened mollusc.
Singapore : NUS marine scientists lead comprehensive review of giant clams species worldwide

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