{"id":326,"date":"2019-11-04T11:43:12","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T11:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pavclients.com\/moalboal\/?post_type=product&#038;p=326"},"modified":"2020-06-04T06:48:26","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T06:48:26","slug":"giant-clam","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/species\/giant-clam\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant clam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rdp-we-main\" data-resource=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Giant_clam\">\n<div id=\"rdp-we-mw-aria-live-region\" class=\"mw-aria-live-region\" aria-live=\"polite\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"vector-header-container\">\n\t<header class=\"vector-header mw-header no-font-mode-scale\">\n\t\t<div class=\"vector-header-start\">\n\t\t\t<nav class=\"vector-main-menu-landmark\" aria-label=\"Site\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div id=\"rdp-we-vector-main-menu-dropdown\" class=\"vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right\"  title=\"Main menu\" >\n\t<input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rdp-we-vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox\" role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-event-name=\"ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown\" class=\"vector-dropdown-checkbox\"  aria-label=\"Main menu\"  >\n\t<label id=\"rdp-we-vector-main-menu-dropdown-label\" for=\"vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox\" class=\"vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\"  ><span class=\"vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu\"><\/span>\n\n<span class=\"vector-dropdown-label-text\">Main menu<\/span>\n\t<\/label>\n\t<div class=\"vector-dropdown-content\">\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rdp-we-vector-main-menu-unpinned-container\" class=\"vector-unpinned-container\">\n\t\t\n<div id=\"rdp-we-vector-main-menu\" class=\"vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element\">\n\t<div\n\tclass=\"vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header 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class=\"mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Main_Page\" title=\"Visit the main page [z]\" accesskey=\"z\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\"><span>Main page<\/span><\/a><\/li><li id=\"rdp-we-n-contents\" class=\"mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Contents\" title=\"Guides to browsing Wikipedia\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\"><span>Contents<\/span><\/a><\/li><li id=\"rdp-we-n-currentevents\" class=\"mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portal:Current_events\" title=\"Articles related to current events\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\"><span>Current events<\/span><\/a><\/li><li id=\"rdp-we-n-randompage\" class=\"mw-list-item\"><span>Random article<\/span><\/li><li id=\"rdp-we-n-aboutsite\" class=\"mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:About\" title=\"Learn about Wikipedia and how it works\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\"><span>About Wikipedia<\/span><\/a><\/li><li 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src=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/static\/images\/icons\/enwiki-25.svg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" height=\"50\" width=\"50\">\n\t<span class=\"mw-logo-container skin-invert\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-logo-wordmark\" alt=\"Wikipedia\" src=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/static\/images\/mobile\/copyright\/wikipedia-wordmark-en-25.svg\" style=\"width: 8.75em; height: 1.375em;\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-logo-tagline\" alt=\"The Free Encyclopedia\" src=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/static\/images\/mobile\/copyright\/wikipedia-tagline-en-25.svg\" width=\"140\" height=\"11\" style=\"width: 8.75em; height: 0.6875em;\">\n\t<\/span>\n<\/a>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"vector-header-end\">\n\t\t\t\n<div id=\"rdp-we-p-search\" role=\"search\" class=\"vector-search-box-vue  vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box\">\n\t<span class=\"vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search 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class=\"vector-unpinned-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/nav>\n\t\n<div id=\"rdp-we-p-vector-user-menu-notifications\" class=\"vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet\"  >\n\t<div class=\"vector-menu-content\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"vector-menu-content-list\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div id=\"rdp-we-p-vector-user-menu-overflow\" class=\"vector-menu mw-portlet\"  >\n\t<div class=\"vector-menu-content\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"vector-menu-content-list\">\n\t\t\t<li id=\"rdp-we-pt-sitesupport-2\" class=\"mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item\"><a data-mw-interface href=\"https:\/\/donate.wikimedia.org\/?wmf_source=donate&wmf_medium=sidebar&wmf_campaign=en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en\" class=\" wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>Donate<\/span><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rdp-we-pt-createaccount-2\" class=\"mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item\"><span>Create account<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rdp-we-pt-login-2\" 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class=\"vector-dropdown-label-text\">Personal tools<\/span>\n\t<\/label>\n\t<div class=\"vector-dropdown-content\">\n\n\n\t\t\n<div id=\"rdp-we-p-personal\" class=\"vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item\"  title=\"User menu\" >\n\t<div class=\"vector-menu-content\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"vector-menu-content-list\">\n\t\t\t<li id=\"rdp-we-pt-sitesupport\" class=\"mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item\"><a data-mw-interface href=\"https:\/\/donate.wikimedia.org\/?wmf_source=donate&wmf_medium=sidebar&wmf_campaign=en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en\" class=\" wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span class=\"vector-icon mw-ui-icon-heart mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-heart\"><\/span>\n\n<span>Donate<\/span><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rdp-we-pt-createaccount\" class=\"mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item\"><span class=\"vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd\"><\/span>\n\n<span>Create account<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rdp-we-pt-login\" class=\"mw-list-item 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id=\"rdp-we-toc-Feeding\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"vector-toc-link\" href=\"#Feeding\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vector-toc-numb\">2.1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Feeding<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul id=\"rdp-we-toc-Feeding-sublist\" class=\"vector-toc-list\">\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li id=\"rdp-we-toc-Reproduction\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"vector-toc-link\" href=\"#Reproduction\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vector-toc-numb\">2.2<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Reproduction<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul id=\"rdp-we-toc-Reproduction-sublist\" class=\"vector-toc-list\">\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li id=\"rdp-we-toc-Development\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"vector-toc-link\" href=\"#Development\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vector-toc-numb\">2.3<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Development<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul id=\"rdp-we-toc-Development-sublist\" class=\"vector-toc-list\">\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li id=\"rdp-we-toc-Human_relevance\"\n\t\tclass=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded\">\n\t\t<a class=\"vector-toc-link\" href=\"#Human_relevance\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vector-toc-numb\">3<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Human relevance<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<button aria-controls=\"toc-Human_relevance-sublist\" class=\"cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Toggle Human relevance subsection<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul id=\"rdp-we-toc-Human_relevance-sublist\" class=\"vector-toc-list\">\n\t\t\t<li id=\"rdp-we-toc-Legend\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"vector-toc-link\" href=\"#Legend\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vector-toc-numb\">3.1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Legend<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul id=\"rdp-we-toc-Legend-sublist\" class=\"vector-toc-list\">\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li id=\"rdp-we-toc-Aquaculture\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"vector-toc-link\" href=\"#Aquaculture\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vector-toc-numb\">3.2<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Aquaculture<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul id=\"rdp-we-toc-Aquaculture-sublist\" class=\"vector-toc-list\">\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li id=\"rdp-we-toc-Conservation_status\"\n\t\tclass=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded\">\n\t\t<a class=\"vector-toc-link\" href=\"#Conservation_status\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vector-toc-numb\">4<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Conservation status<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul id=\"rdp-we-toc-Conservation_status-sublist\" class=\"vector-toc-list\">\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li id=\"rdp-we-toc-See_also\"\n\t\tclass=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded\">\n\t\t<a class=\"vector-toc-link\" href=\"#See_also\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vector-toc-numb\">5<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span>See also<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul id=\"rdp-we-toc-See_also-sublist\" class=\"vector-toc-list\">\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li id=\"rdp-we-toc-References\"\n\t\tclass=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded\">\n\t\t<a class=\"vector-toc-link\" href=\"#References\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vector-toc-numb\">6<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span>References<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul id=\"rdp-we-toc-References-sublist\" class=\"vector-toc-list\">\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li id=\"rdp-we-toc-Further_reading\"\n\t\tclass=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded\">\n\t\t<a class=\"vector-toc-link\" href=\"#Further_reading\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vector-toc-numb\">7<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Further reading<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul id=\"rdp-we-toc-Further_reading-sublist\" class=\"vector-toc-list\">\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li id=\"rdp-we-toc-External_links\"\n\t\tclass=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded\">\n\t\t<a class=\"vector-toc-link\" href=\"#External_links\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vector-toc-numb\">8<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span>External links<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul id=\"rdp-we-toc-External_links-sublist\" class=\"vector-toc-list\">\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"mw-content-container\">\n\t\t\t<main id=\"rdp-we-content\" class=\"mw-body\">\n\t\t\t\t<header class=\"mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar no-font-mode-scale\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"Contents\" class=\"vector-toc-landmark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div id=\"rdp-we-vector-page-titlebar-toc\" class=\"vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left\"  title=\"Table of Contents\" >\n\t<input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rdp-we-vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox\" role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-event-name=\"ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc\" class=\"vector-dropdown-checkbox\"  aria-label=\"Toggle the table of contents\"  >\n\t<label id=\"rdp-we-vector-page-titlebar-toc-label\" for=\"vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox\" class=\"vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\"  ><span class=\"vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet\"><\/span>\n\n<span class=\"vector-dropdown-label-text\">Toggle the table of contents<\/span>\n\t<\/label>\n\t<div class=\"vector-dropdown-content\">\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rdp-we-vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container\" class=\"vector-unpinned-container\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div id=\"rdp-we-p-lang-btn\" class=\"vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang\"  >\n\t<input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rdp-we-p-lang-btn-checkbox\" role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-event-name=\"ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn\" class=\"vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector\" aria-label=\"Go to an article in another language. Available in 37 languages\"   >\n\t<label id=\"rdp-we-p-lang-btn-label\" for=\"p-lang-btn-checkbox\" class=\"vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-37\" aria-hidden=\"true\"  ><span class=\"vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive\"><\/span>\n\n<span class=\"vector-dropdown-label-text\">37 languages<\/span>\n\t<\/label>\n\t<div class=\"vector-dropdown-content\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"vector-menu-content\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"vector-menu-content-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ar.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%D8%A8%D8%B5%D8%B1_(%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B1)\" title=\"\u0628\u0635\u0631 (\u0645\u062d\u0627\u0631) \u2013 Arabic\" lang=\"ar\" hreflang=\"ar\" data-title=\"\u0628\u0635\u0631 (\u0645\u062d\u0627\u0631)\" data-language-autonym=\"\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629\" data-language-local-name=\"Arabic\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arz.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%D8%A8%D8%B5%D8%B1\" title=\"\u0628\u0635\u0631 \u2013 Egyptian Arabic\" lang=\"arz\" hreflang=\"arz\" data-title=\"\u0628\u0635\u0631\" data-language-autonym=\"\u0645\u0635\u0631\u0649\" data-language-local-name=\"Egyptian Arabic\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>\u0645\u0635\u0631\u0649<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/be.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%D0%A2%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B3%D1%96%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F\" title=\"\u0422\u0440\u044b\u0434\u0430\u043a\u043d\u0430 \u0433\u0456\u0433\u0430\u043d\u0446\u043a\u0430\u044f \u2013 Belarusian\" lang=\"be\" hreflang=\"be\" data-title=\"\u0422\u0440\u044b\u0434\u0430\u043a\u043d\u0430 \u0433\u0456\u0433\u0430\u043d\u0446\u043a\u0430\u044f\" data-language-autonym=\"\u0411\u0435\u043b\u0430\u0440\u0443\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f\" data-language-local-name=\"Belarusian\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>\u0411\u0435\u043b\u0430\u0440\u0443\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bg.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%B0\" title=\"\u0413\u0438\u0433\u0430\u043d\u0442\u0441\u043a\u0430 \u043c\u0438\u0434\u0430 \u0442\u0440\u0438\u0434\u0430\u043a\u043d\u0430 \u2013 Bulgarian\" lang=\"bg\" hreflang=\"bg\" data-title=\"\u0413\u0438\u0433\u0430\u043d\u0442\u0441\u043a\u0430 \u043c\u0438\u0434\u0430 \u0442\u0440\u0438\u0434\u0430\u043a\u043d\u0430\" data-language-autonym=\"\u0411\u044a\u043b\u0433\u0430\u0440\u0441\u043a\u0438\" data-language-local-name=\"Bulgarian\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>\u0411\u044a\u043b\u0433\u0430\u0440\u0441\u043a\u0438<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ca.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clo%C3%AFssa_gegant\" title=\"Clo\u00efssa gegant \u2013 Catalan\" lang=\"ca\" hreflang=\"ca\" data-title=\"Clo\u00efssa gegant\" data-language-autonym=\"Catal\u00e0\" data-language-local-name=\"Catalan\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>Catal\u00e0<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ceb.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tridacna_gigas\" title=\"Tridacna gigas \u2013 Cebuano\" lang=\"ceb\" hreflang=\"ceb\" data-title=\"Tridacna gigas\" data-language-autonym=\"Cebuano\" data-language-local-name=\"Cebuano\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>Cebuano<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cs.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Z%C3%A9va_obrovsk%C3%A1\" title=\"Z\u00e9va obrovsk\u00e1 \u2013 Czech\" lang=\"cs\" hreflang=\"cs\" data-title=\"Z\u00e9va obrovsk\u00e1\" data-language-autonym=\"\u010ce\u0161tina\" data-language-local-name=\"Czech\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>\u010ce\u0161tina<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eo.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Giganta_tridakno\" title=\"Giganta tridakno \u2013 Esperanto\" lang=\"eo\" hreflang=\"eo\" data-title=\"Giganta tridakno\" data-language-autonym=\"Esperanto\" data-language-local-name=\"Esperanto\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>Esperanto<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tridacna_gigas\" title=\"Tridacna gigas \u2013 Spanish\" lang=\"es\" hreflang=\"es\" data-title=\"Tridacna gigas\" data-language-autonym=\"Espa\u00f1ol\" data-language-local-name=\"Spanish\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>Espa\u00f1ol<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/et.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suur_r%C3%B5%C3%B5neskarp\" title=\"Suur r\u00f5\u00f5neskarp \u2013 Estonian\" lang=\"et\" hreflang=\"et\" data-title=\"Suur r\u00f5\u00f5neskarp\" data-language-autonym=\"Eesti\" data-language-local-name=\"Estonian\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>Eesti<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fa.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%D8%B5%D8%AF%D9%81_%D8%AF%D9%88%DA%A9%D9%81%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%BA%D9%88%D9%84%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B1\" title=\"\u0635\u062f\u0641 \u062f\u0648\u06a9\u0641\u0647\u200c\u0627\u06cc \u063a\u0648\u0644\u200c\u067e\u06cc\u06a9\u0631 \u2013 Persian\" lang=\"fa\" hreflang=\"fa\" data-title=\"\u0635\u062f\u0641 \u062f\u0648\u06a9\u0641\u0647\u200c\u0627\u06cc \u063a\u0648\u0644\u200c\u067e\u06cc\u06a9\u0631\" data-language-autonym=\"\u0641\u0627\u0631\u0633\u06cc\" data-language-local-name=\"Persian\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>\u0641\u0627\u0631\u0633\u06cc<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fi.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tridacna_gigas\" title=\"Tridacna gigas \u2013 Finnish\" lang=\"fi\" hreflang=\"fi\" data-title=\"Tridacna gigas\" data-language-autonym=\"Suomi\" data-language-local-name=\"Finnish\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>Suomi<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-fj mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fj.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vasua\" title=\"Vasua \u2013 Fijian\" lang=\"fj\" hreflang=\"fj\" data-title=\"Vasua\" data-language-autonym=\"Na Vosa Vakaviti\" data-language-local-name=\"Fijian\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>Na Vosa Vakaviti<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tridacne_g%C3%A9ant\" title=\"Tridacne g\u00e9ant \u2013 French\" lang=\"fr\" hreflang=\"fr\" data-title=\"Tridacne g\u00e9ant\" data-language-autonym=\"Fran\u00e7ais\" data-language-local-name=\"French\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>Fran\u00e7ais<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ga.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ollbhreallach\" title=\"Ollbhreallach \u2013 Irish\" lang=\"ga\" hreflang=\"ga\" data-title=\"Ollbhreallach\" data-language-autonym=\"Gaeilge\" data-language-local-name=\"Irish\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>Gaeilge<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/he.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%D7%A6%D7%93%D7%A4%D7%AA_%D7%A2%D7%A0%D7%A7\" title=\"\u05e6\u05d3\u05e4\u05ea \u05e2\u05e0\u05e7 \u2013 Hebrew\" lang=\"he\" hreflang=\"he\" data-title=\"\u05e6\u05d3\u05e4\u05ea \u05e2\u05e0\u05e7\" data-language-autonym=\"\u05e2\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05ea\" data-language-local-name=\"Hebrew\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>\u05e2\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05ea<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Golema_%C5%A1koljka%C4%8Da\" title=\"Golema \u0161koljka\u010da \u2013 Croatian\" lang=\"hr\" hreflang=\"hr\" data-title=\"Golema \u0161koljka\u010da\" data-language-autonym=\"Hrvatski\" data-language-local-name=\"Croatian\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>Hrvatski<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hu.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%93ri%C3%A1skagyl%C3%B3\" title=\"\u00d3ri\u00e1skagyl\u00f3 \u2013 Hungarian\" lang=\"hu\" hreflang=\"hu\" data-title=\"\u00d3ri\u00e1skagyl\u00f3\" data-language-autonym=\"Magyar\" data-language-local-name=\"Hungarian\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>Magyar<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/id.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kima_raksasa\" title=\"Kima raksasa \u2013 Indonesian\" lang=\"id\" hreflang=\"id\" data-title=\"Kima raksasa\" data-language-autonym=\"Bahasa Indonesia\" data-language-local-name=\"Indonesian\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>Bahasa Indonesia<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tridacna_gigas\" title=\"Tridacna gigas \u2013 Italian\" lang=\"it\" hreflang=\"it\" data-title=\"Tridacna gigas\" data-language-autonym=\"Italiano\" data-language-local-name=\"Italian\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>Italiano<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ja.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%E3%82%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%82%B3%E3%82%AC%E3%82%A4\" title=\"\u30aa\u30aa\u30b7\u30e3\u30b3\u30ac\u30a4 \u2013 Japanese\" lang=\"ja\" hreflang=\"ja\" data-title=\"\u30aa\u30aa\u30b7\u30e3\u30b3\u30ac\u30a4\" data-language-autonym=\"\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\" data-language-local-name=\"Japanese\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ko.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%EA%B1%B0%EA%B1%B0\" title=\"\uac70\uac70 \u2013 Korean\" lang=\"ko\" hreflang=\"ko\" data-title=\"\uac70\uac70\" 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class=\"vector-body-before-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rdp-we-mw-content-text\" class=\"mw-body-content\"><div class=\"mw-subjectpageheader\">\n<\/div><div class=\"mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><div class=\"shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux\" style=\"display:none\">Species of bivalve<\/div>\n<p class=\"mw-empty-elt\">\n\n<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"mw-default-size\" typeof=\"mw:File\/Thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Giant_clam_detail.jpg\" class=\"mw-file-description wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/83\/Giant_clam_detail.jpg\/330px-Giant_clam_detail.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"310\" height=\"233\" style=\"--mw-file-upright: 1.22\" class=\"mw-file-element mw-file-upright\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Mantle with light-sensitive spots, which detect danger and cause the clam to close<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><i><b>Tridacna gigas<\/b><\/i>, the <b>giant clam<\/b>, is the best-known species of the giant clam <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Genus\" title=\"Genus\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">genus<\/a> <i><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tridacna\" title=\"Tridacna\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Tridacna<\/a><\/i>. Giant <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clams\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Clams\" target=\"_new\">clams<\/a> are the largest <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Extant_taxon\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Extant taxon\" target=\"_new\">living<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bivalve\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Bivalve\" target=\"_new\">bivalve<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mollusc\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Mollusc\" target=\"_new\">molluscs<\/a>. Several other species of \"giant clam\" in the genus <i><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tridacna\" title=\"Tridacna\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Tridacna<\/a><\/i> are often misidentified as <i>Tridacna gigas<\/i>.\n<\/p><p>These clams were known to indigenous peoples of East Asia for thousands of years and the Venetian scholar and explorer <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antonio_Pigafetta\" title=\"Antonio Pigafetta\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Antonio Pigafetta<\/a> documented them in a journal as early as 1521. One of a number of large clam species native to the shallow <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coral_reef\" title=\"Coral reef\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">coral reefs<\/a> of the South <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pacific_Ocean\" title=\"Pacific Ocean\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Pacific<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indian_Ocean\" title=\"Indian Ocean\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Indian<\/a> oceans, they may weigh more than 200 kilograms (440&#160;lb), measure as much as 120&#160;cm (47&#160;in) across, and have an average lifespan in the wild of more than 100 years.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-adijnkjadns&#95;4-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-adijnkjadns-4\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>4<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> They also are found off the shores of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philippines\" title=\"Philippines\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Philippines<\/a> and in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_China_Sea\" title=\"South China Sea\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">South China Sea<\/a> in the coral reefs of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malaysia\" title=\"Malaysia\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Malaysia<\/a>.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:1&#95;5-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:1-5\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>5<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p><p>The giant clam lives in flat <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coral\" title=\"Coral\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">coral<\/a> sand or broken coral and may be found at depths of as great as 20&#160;m (66&#160;ft).<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:3&#95;6-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:3-6\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>6<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><sup class=\"reference nowrap\"><span title=\"Page: 10\">&#58;&#8202;10&#8202;<\/span><\/sup> Its range covers the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indo-Pacific\" title=\"Indo-Pacific\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Indo-Pacific<\/a>, but populations are diminishing quickly and the giant clam has become extinct in many areas where it was once common.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:1&#95;5-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:1-5\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>5<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxima_clam\" title=\"Maxima clam\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">maxima clam<\/a> has the largest geographical distribution among giant clam species; it may be found off high- or low-elevation islands, in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lagoon\" title=\"Lagoon\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">lagoons<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fringing_reef\" title=\"Fringing reef\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">fringing reefs<\/a>.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-Munro&#95;7-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-Munro-7\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>7<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> Its rapid growth rate is likely due to its ability to cultivate <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Algae\" title=\"Algae\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">algae<\/a> in its body tissue.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:3&#95;6-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:3-6\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>6<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><sup class=\"reference nowrap\"><span title=\"Page: 10\">&#58;&#8202;10&#8202;<\/span><\/sup>\n<\/p><p>Although <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Larva\" title=\"Larva\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">larval<\/a> clams are <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plankton\" title=\"Plankton\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">planktonic<\/a>, they become <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sessility_(zoology)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Sessility (zoology)\" target=\"_new\">sessile<\/a> in adulthood.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:2&#95;8-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:2-8\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>8<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> The creature's <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mantle_(mollusc)\" title=\"Mantle (mollusc)\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">mantle<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tissue_(biology)\" title=\"Tissue (biology)\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">tissues<\/a> act as a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Habitat\" title=\"Habitat\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">habitat<\/a> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Symbiotic\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Symbiotic\" target=\"_new\">symbiotic<\/a> single-celled <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dinoflagellate\" title=\"Dinoflagellate\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">dinoflagellate<\/a> algae (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zooxanthellae\" title=\"Zooxanthellae\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">zooxanthellae<\/a>) from which the adult clams get most of their nutrition. By day, the clam opens its shell and extends its mantle tissue so that the algae receive the sunlight they need to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Photosynthesis\" title=\"Photosynthesis\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">photosynthesise<\/a>. This method of algal farming is under study as a model for highly efficient bioreactors.\n<\/p>\n<meta property=\"mw:PageProp\/toc\" \/>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\"><h2 id=\"rdp-we-Anatomy\">Anatomy<\/h2><\/div>\n<p>Young <i>T. gigas<\/i> are difficult to distinguish from other species of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tridacninae\" title=\"Tridacninae\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Tridacninae<\/a>. Adult <i>T. gigas<\/i> are the only giant clams unable to close their shells completely, allowing part of the brownish-yellow <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mantle_(mollusc)\" title=\"Mantle (mollusc)\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">mantle<\/a> to remain visible.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:3&#95;6-2\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:3-6\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>6<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><sup class=\"reference nowrap\"><span title=\"Page: 32\">&#58;&#8202;32&#8202;<\/span><\/sup> <i>Tridacna gigas<\/i> has four or five vertical folds in its shell, which serves as the main characteristic differentiating it from the similar <i><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tridacna_derasa\" title=\"Tridacna derasa\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">T. derasa<\/a><\/i> that has six or seven vertical folds.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-9\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-9\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>9<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> Similar to coral matrices composed of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Calcium_carbonate\" title=\"Calcium carbonate\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">calcium carbonate<\/a>, giant clams grow their shells through the process of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Biomineralization\" title=\"Biomineralization\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">biomineralization<\/a>, which is very sensitive to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seasonal_lag\" title=\"Seasonal lag\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">seasonal temperature<\/a>.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:5&#95;10-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:5-10\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>10<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-11\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-11\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>11<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Isotopic_labeling\" title=\"Isotopic labeling\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">isotopic<\/a> ratio of oxygen in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carbonate\" title=\"Carbonate\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">carbonate<\/a> and the ratio between <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Strontium\" title=\"Strontium\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">strontium<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Calcium\" title=\"Calcium\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">calcium<\/a> together may be used to determine historical <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sea_surface_temperature\" title=\"Sea surface temperature\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">sea surface temperature<\/a>.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:5&#95;10-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:5-10\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>10<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p><p>The mantle border itself is covered in several hundred to several thousand <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pinhole_(optics)\" title=\"Pinhole (optics)\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">pinhole<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eye\" title=\"Eye\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">eyespots<\/a> approximately 0.5&#160;mm (0.020&#160;in) in diameter.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-Land&#95;12-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-Land-12\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>12<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:6&#95;13-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:6-13\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>13<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> Each one consists of a small cavity containing a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pupil\" title=\"Pupil\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">pupil<\/a>-like aperture and a base of 100 or more <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eyespot_apparatus\" title=\"Eyespot apparatus\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">photoreceptors<\/a> sensitive to three different ranges of light, including <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ultraviolet\" title=\"Ultraviolet\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">UV<\/a>, which may be unique among <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mollusca\" title=\"Mollusca\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">molluscs<\/a>.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:6&#95;13-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:6-13\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>13<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> These receptors allow <i>T. gigas<\/i> to partially close their shells in response to dimming of light, change in the direction of light, or the movement of an object.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-14\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-14\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>14<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> The optical system forms an image by sequential, local dimming of some eyes using <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pigment\" title=\"Pigment\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">pigment<\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aperture\" title=\"Aperture\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">aperture<\/a>.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-Land&#95;12-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-Land-12\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>12<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading3\"><h3 id=\"rdp-we-Largest_specimens\">Largest specimens<\/h3><\/div>\n<p>The largest known <i>T. gigas<\/i> specimen measured 137 centimetres (4&#160;ft 6&#160;in); it weighed 230&#160;kg (510&#160;lb) dead and was estimated to be 250&#160;kg (550&#160;lb) alive. It was discovered around 1817 on the north western coast of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sumatra\" title=\"Sumatra\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Sumatra<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indonesia\" title=\"Indonesia\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Indonesia<\/a>, and its shells are now on display in a museum in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northern_Ireland\" title=\"Northern Ireland\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Northern Ireland<\/a>.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:3&#95;6-3\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:3-6\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>6<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><sup class=\"reference nowrap\"><span title=\"Page: 31\">&#58;&#8202;31&#8202;<\/span><\/sup><sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-15\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-15\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>15<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> \n<\/p><p>A heavier giant clam was found in 1956 off the Japanese island of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ishigaki_Island\" title=\"Ishigaki Island\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Ishigaki<\/a>. The shell's length was 115 centimetres (3&#160;ft 9&#160;in), and it weighed 333 kilograms (734&#160;lb) dead and estimated 340 kilograms (750&#160;lb) alive.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:3&#95;6-4\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:3-6\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>6<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><sup class=\"reference nowrap\"><span title=\"Page: 32\">&#58;&#8202;32&#8202;<\/span><\/sup>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\" class=\"\"><\/div>\n<ul style=\"text-align:center;\" class=\"gallery mw-gallery-packed\">\n\t\t<li class=\"gallerybox\" style=\"width: 202px\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"thumb\" style=\"width: 200px;\"><span typeof=\"mw:File\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Giant_Clam_(Tridacna_gigas)_(6058446919).jpg\" class=\"mw-file-description wiki-link\" title=\"In Bunaken Island, Sulawesi, Indonesia\" target=\"_new\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"In Bunaken Island, Sulawesi, Indonesia\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/52\/Giant_Clam_%28Tridacna_gigas%29_%286058446919%29.jpg\/330px-Giant_Clam_%28Tridacna_gigas%29_%286058446919%29.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"120\" class=\"mw-file-element\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gallerytext\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bunaken\" title=\"Bunaken\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Bunaken<\/a> Island, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sulawesi\" title=\"Sulawesi\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Sulawesi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indonesia\" title=\"Indonesia\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Indonesia<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"gallerybox\" style=\"width: 166px\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"thumb\" style=\"width: 164px;\"><span typeof=\"mw:File\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Tridacna_gigas_01_by_Line1.JPG\" class=\"mw-file-description wiki-link\" title=\"Empty shell in the French National Museum of Natural History\" target=\"_new\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Empty shell in the French National Museum of Natural History\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/30\/Tridacna_gigas_01_by_Line1.JPG\/250px-Tridacna_gigas_01_by_Line1.JPG\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"164\" height=\"120\" class=\"mw-file-element\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gallerytext\">Empty shell in the French <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Museum_of_Natural_History,_France\" title=\"National Museum of Natural History, France\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">National Museum of Natural History<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"gallerybox\" style=\"width: 162px\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"thumb\" style=\"width: 160px;\"><span typeof=\"mw:File\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Tridacna_gigas.001_-_Aquarium_Finisterrae.JPG\" class=\"mw-file-description wiki-link\" title=\"Empty shell from the Aquarium Finisterrae in Spain\" target=\"_new\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Empty shell from the Aquarium Finisterrae in Spain\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/0\/0e\/Tridacna_gigas.001_-_Aquarium_Finisterrae.JPG\/250px-Tridacna_gigas.001_-_Aquarium_Finisterrae.JPG\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" class=\"mw-file-element\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gallerytext\">Empty shell from the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aquarium_Finisterrae\" title=\"Aquarium Finisterrae\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Aquarium Finisterrae<\/a> in Spain<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"gallerybox\" style=\"width: 144px\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"thumb\" style=\"width: 142px;\"><span typeof=\"mw:File\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Living_giant_clam_(Tridacna_gigas),_Waikiki_Aquarium.JPG\" class=\"mw-file-description wiki-link\" title=\"In Waikiki Aquarium, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States\" target=\"_new\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"In Waikiki Aquarium, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/9c\/Living_giant_clam_%28Tridacna_gigas%29%2C_Waikiki_Aquarium.JPG\/250px-Living_giant_clam_%28Tridacna_gigas%29%2C_Waikiki_Aquarium.JPG\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"142\" height=\"120\" class=\"mw-file-element\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gallerytext\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Waikiki_Aquarium\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Waikiki Aquarium\" target=\"_new\">Waikiki Aquarium<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Honolulu\" title=\"Honolulu\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Honolulu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hawaii\" title=\"Hawaii\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Hawaii<\/a>, United States<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\"><h2 id=\"rdp-we-Ecology\">Ecology<\/h2><\/div>\n<figure class=\"mw-default-size\" typeof=\"mw:File\/Thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Tridacna_giant_clam.jpg\" class=\"mw-file-description wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/7\/7e\/Tridacna_giant_clam.jpg\/250px-Tridacna_giant_clam.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" class=\"mw-file-element\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Green and blue individual from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_Timor\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"East Timor\" target=\"_new\">East Timor<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading3\"><h3 id=\"rdp-we-Feeding\">Feeding<\/h3><\/div>\n<p>Giant clams are filter-feeders, yet 65-70 percent of their nutritional needs are supplied by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zooxanthellae\" title=\"Zooxanthellae\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">zooxanthellae<\/a>.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-16\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-16\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>16<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> This enables giant clams to grow as large as one meter in length even in nutrient-poor coral-reef waters.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-Gosling,&#95;Elizabeth&#95;p.&#95;23&#95;17-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-Gosling,_Elizabeth_p._23-17\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>17<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-Dame&#95;18-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-Dame-18\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>18<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> The clams cultivate algae in a special <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Circulatory_system\" title=\"Circulatory system\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">circulatory system<\/a> that enables them to keep a substantially higher number of symbionts per unit of volume.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-Jeffrey&#95;19-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-Jeffrey-19\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>19<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-Norton&#95;20-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-Norton-20\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>20<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> The mantle's edges are packed with <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Symbiotic\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Symbiotic\" target=\"_new\">symbiotic<\/a> zooxanthellae, which presumably use <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carbon_dioxide\" title=\"Carbon dioxide\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">carbon dioxide<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phosphate\" title=\"Phosphate\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">phosphates<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitrate\" title=\"Nitrate\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">nitrates<\/a> supplied by the clam.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-Gosling,&#95;Elizabeth&#95;p.&#95;23&#95;17-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-Gosling,_Elizabeth_p._23-17\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>17<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p><p>In very small clams\u201410 milligrams (0.010&#160;g) dry tissue weight\u2014filter feeding provides approximately 65% of total carbon needed for <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aquatic_respiration\" title=\"Aquatic respiration\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">respiration<\/a> and growth; comparatively larger clams (10 grams (0.35&#160;oz)) acquire only 34% of carbon from this source.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-Klumpp&#95;21-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-Klumpp-21\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>21<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> A single species of zooxenthellae may be symbionts of both giant clams and nearby reef\u2013building (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hermatypic\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Hermatypic\" target=\"_new\">hermatypic<\/a>) corals.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-Gosling,&#95;Elizabeth&#95;p.&#95;23&#95;17-2\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-Gosling,_Elizabeth_p._23-17\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>17<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p><p>Recent modelling work suggests that giant clams host photosynthetic algae arranged in vertical columns and employ iridescent iridocyte cells to channel sunlight \u2014 in a model developed by Sweeney et al. (2024) this arrangement yields a quantum photon-to-electron conversion efficiency of up to ~67&#160;%, placing them among the most efficient natural solar-energy harvesting systems known.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-Sweeney2024&#95;22-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-Sweeney2024-22\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>22<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> \n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading3\"><h3 id=\"rdp-we-Reproduction\">Reproduction<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><i>Tridacna gigas<\/i> reproduce sexually and are <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hermaphrodites\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Hermaphrodites\" target=\"_new\">hermaphrodites<\/a> (producing both <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Egg_(biology)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Egg (biology)\" target=\"_new\">eggs<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sperm\" title=\"Sperm\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">sperm<\/a> by one clam). While self-fertilization is not possible, having both characteristics does allow them to reproduce with any other member of the species as well as hermaphrodically. As with all other forms of sexual reproduction, hermaphroditism ensures that new gene combinations be passed to further generations.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:3&#95;6-5\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:3-6\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>6<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><sup class=\"reference nowrap\"><span title=\"Page: 46\">&#58;&#8202;46&#8202;<\/span><\/sup> This flexibility in reproduction reduces the burden of finding a compatible mate, while simultaneously doubling the number of offspring produced. \n<\/p><p>Since giant clams cannot move themselves, they adopt broadcast spawning, releasing sperm and eggs into the water. A transmitter substance called <i>spawning induced substance<\/i> (SIS) helps synchronize the release of sperm and eggs to ensure fertilization. The substance is released through a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siphon\" title=\"Siphon\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">syphonal outlet<\/a>. Other clams can detect SIS immediately. Incoming water passes <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chemoreceptors\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Chemoreceptors\" target=\"_new\">chemoreceptors<\/a> situated close to the incurrent syphon that transmit the information directly to the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cerebrum\" title=\"Cerebrum\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">cerebral<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ganglia\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Ganglia\" target=\"_new\">ganglia<\/a>, a simple form of brain.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:3&#95;6-6\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:3-6\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>6<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><sup class=\"reference nowrap\"><span title=\"Page: 47\">&#58;&#8202;47&#8202;<\/span><\/sup>\n<\/p><p>Detection of SIS stimulates the giant clam to swell its mantle in the central region and to contract its <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adduction\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Adduction\" target=\"_new\">adductor muscle<\/a>. Each clam then fills its water chambers and closes the incurrent syphon. The shell contracts vigorously with the adductor's help, so the excurrent chamber's contents flows through the excurrent syphon. After a few contractions containing only water, eggs and sperm appear in the excurrent chamber and then pass through the excurrent syphon into the water. Female eggs have a diameter of 100 micrometres (0.0039&#160;in). Egg release initiates the reproductive process. An adult <i>T. gigas<\/i> can release more than 500 million eggs at a time.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:3&#95;6-7\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:3-6\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>6<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><sup class=\"reference nowrap\"><span title=\"Page: 48\">&#58;&#8202;48&#8202;<\/span><\/sup>\n<\/p><p>Spawning seems to coincide with incoming tides near the second (full), third, and fourth (new) quarters of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moon_phase\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Moon phase\" target=\"_new\">moon phase<\/a>. Spawning contractions occur every two or three minutes, with intense spawning ranging from thirty minutes to two and a half hours. Clams that do not respond to the spawning of neighboring clams may be reproductively inactive.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-Braley&#95;23-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-Braley-23\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>23<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading3\"><h3 id=\"rdp-we-Development\">Development<\/h3><\/div>\n<figure class=\"mw-default-size\" typeof=\"mw:File\/Thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Behaviours_associated_with_different_stages_of_the_giant_clam%E2%80%99_life_cycle.webp\" class=\"mw-file-description wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><img src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/4c\/Behaviours_associated_with_different_stages_of_the_giant_clam%E2%80%99_life_cycle.webp\/500px-Behaviours_associated_with_different_stages_of_the_giant_clam%E2%80%99_life_cycle.webp.png\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%;max-width: 400px;height: auto;\" class=\"mw-file-element mw-file-upright\" \/><\/a><figcaption> <div class=\"center\">Behaviours associated with<br \/>different life cycle stages&#8202;<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-24\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-24\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>24<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The fertilized egg floats in the sea for approximately 12 hours until eventually a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Larva\" title=\"Larva\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">larva<\/a> (trochophore) hatches. It then starts to produce a calcium carbonate shell. Two days after fertilization it measures 160 micrometres (0.0063&#160;in). Soon it develops a \"foot,\" which is used to move on the ground. Larvae also can swim to search for appropriate habitat.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:3&#95;6-8\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:3-6\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>6<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><sup class=\"reference nowrap\"><span title=\"Page: 49\">&#58;&#8202;49&#8202;<\/span><\/sup>\n<\/p><p>At roughly one week of age, the clam settles on the ground, although it changes location frequently within the first few weeks. The larva does not yet have symbiotic algae, so it depends completely on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plankton\" title=\"Plankton\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">plankton<\/a>. Also, free-floating zooxanthellae are captured while filtering food. Eventually the front adductor muscle disappears and the rear muscle moves into the clam's center. Many small clams die at this stage. The clam is considered a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Juvenile_(organism)\" title=\"Juvenile (organism)\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">juvenile<\/a> when it reaches a length of 20&#160;cm (8&#160;in).<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:3&#95;6-9\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:3-6\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>6<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><sup class=\"reference nowrap\"><span title=\"Page: 53\">&#58;&#8202;53&#8202;<\/span><\/sup> It is difficult to observe the growth rate of <i>T. gigas<\/i> in the wild, but laboratory-reared giant clams have been observed to grow 12&#160;cm (4.7&#160;in) a year.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-Beckvar&#95;25-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-Beckvar-25\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>25<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p><p>The ability for <i>Tridacna<\/i> to grow to such large sizes with fleshy <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bivalvia#Mantle_and_shell\" title=\"Bivalvia\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">mantles<\/a> that extend beyond the edges of their <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bivalve_shell\" title=\"Bivalve shell\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">shells<\/a> is considered to be the result of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Evolutionary_developmental_biology\" title=\"Evolutionary developmental biology\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">total reorganization<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bivalvia\" title=\"Bivalvia\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">bivalve<\/a> development and morphology.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:2&#95;8-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:2-8\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>8<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> Historically, two evolutionary explanations have been suggested for this process. Sir Yonge suggested and maintained for many years that the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bivalvia#Nervous_system\" title=\"Bivalvia\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">visceral-pedal ganglia complex<\/a> rotate 180 degrees relative to the shell, requiring that they develop and evolve <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phenotypic_integration\" title=\"Phenotypic integration\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">independently<\/a>.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-26\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-26\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>26<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> Stasek proposed instead that the growth occurs primarily in a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Posterior_(anatomy)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Posterior (anatomy)\" target=\"_new\">posterior<\/a> direction instead of the more typical direction of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ventral\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Ventral\" target=\"_new\">ventral<\/a> in most bivalves, which is reflected in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transitional_fossil\" title=\"Transitional fossil\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">transitional<\/a> stages of alternative ways of growing that <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metamorphosis\" title=\"Metamorphosis\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">juveniles<\/a> undergo.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-27\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-27\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>27<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\" class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\"><h2 id=\"rdp-we-Human_relevance\">Human relevance<\/h2><\/div>\n<figure class=\"mw-default-size\" typeof=\"mw:File\/Thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Jean-Baptiste_Pigalle_b%C3%A9nitier.jpg\" class=\"mw-file-description wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><img src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/f3\/Jean-Baptiste_Pigalle_b%C3%A9nitier.jpg\/330px-Jean-Baptiste_Pigalle_b%C3%A9nitier.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%;max-width: 400px;height: auto;\" class=\"mw-file-element mw-file-upright\" \/><\/a><figcaption>One of the two clam <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stoup\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Stoup\" target=\"_new\">stoups<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%89glise_Saint-Sulpice\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"\u00c9glise Saint-Sulpice\" target=\"_new\">\u00c9glise Saint-Sulpice<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paris\" title=\"Paris\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Paris<\/a>, carved by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jean-Baptiste_Pigalle\" title=\"Jean-Baptiste Pigalle\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Jean-Baptiste Pigalle<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"mw-default-size\" typeof=\"mw:File\/Thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Egyptian_paint_holder_HARGM10425.JPG\" class=\"mw-file-description wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/54\/Egyptian_paint_holder_HARGM10425.JPG\/250px-Egyptian_paint_holder_HARGM10425.JPG\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" class=\"mw-file-element\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Piece of shell that was used in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ancient_Egypt\" title=\"Ancient Egypt\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">ancient Egypt<\/a> as a paint holder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The main reason that giant clams are becoming endangered is likely to be intensive exploitation by bivalve fishers. Mainly large adults are killed because they are the most profitable.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:3&#95;6-10\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:3-6\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>6<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><sup class=\"reference nowrap\"><span title=\"Page: 33\">&#58;&#8202;33&#8202;<\/span><\/sup>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"mw-default-size\" typeof=\"mw:File\/Thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Tridacna_gigas.jpg\" class=\"mw-file-description wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/0\/0a\/Tridacna_gigas.jpg\/250px-Tridacna_gigas.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" class=\"mw-file-element\" \/><\/a><figcaption>From East Timor, more than one meter in length<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The giant clam is considered a delicacy in Japan (known as <i>himejako<\/i>), France, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Southeast_Asia\" title=\"Southeast Asia\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Southeast Asia<\/a>, and many Pacific Islands. Some Asian foods include the meat from the muscles of clams. Large amounts of money are paid for the adductor muscle, which is believed to have <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aphrodisiac\" title=\"Aphrodisiac\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">aphrodisiac<\/a> powers in some <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_medicine\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Chinese medicine\" target=\"_new\">Chinese<\/a> regions. <sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:3&#95;6-11\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:3-6\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>6<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><sup class=\"reference nowrap\"><span title=\"Page: 11\">&#58;&#8202;11&#8202;<\/span><\/sup> \n<\/p><p>On the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_market\" title=\"Black market\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">black market<\/a>, giant clam shells are sold as decorative accoutrements. \n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading3\"><h3 id=\"rdp-we-Legend\">Legend<\/h3><\/div>\n<p>As is often the case historically with uncharacteristically large species, the giant clam has been misunderstood.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:4&#95;28-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:4-28\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>28<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p><p>Even in countries where giant clams are easily seen, stories incorrectly depict giant clams as aggressive beings. For instance, although the clams are unable to close their shells completely, a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polynesia\" title=\"Polynesia\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Polynesian<\/a> folk tale relates that a monkey's hand was bitten off by one, and even though once past larval stage, the clams are sessile, a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/M%C4%81ori_people\" title=\"M\u0101ori people\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Maori<\/a> legend relates a supposed attack on a canoe by a giant clam.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:0&#95;29-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:0-29\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>29<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> Starting from the eighteenth century, claims of danger had been related to the western world. In the 1920s, a reputable science magazine <i><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_Mechanics\" title=\"Popular Mechanics\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Popular Mechanics<\/a><\/i> once claimed that the great mollusc had caused deaths. Versions of the <i><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._Navy_Diving_Manual\" title=\"U.S. Navy Diving Manual\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">U.S. Navy Diving Manual<\/a><\/i> even gave detailed instructions for releasing oneself from its grasp by severing the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adductor_muscles_(bivalve)\" title=\"Adductor muscles (bivalve)\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">adductor muscles<\/a> used to close its shell.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:0&#95;29-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:0-29\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>29<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> In an account of the discovery of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pearl_of_Lao_Tzu\" title=\"Pearl of Lao Tzu\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Pearl of Lao Tzu<\/a>, Wilburn Cobb said he was told that a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dyak_people\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Dyak people\" target=\"_new\">Dyak<\/a> diver was drowned when the <i>Tridacna<\/i> closed its shell on his arm.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-30\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-30\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>30<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> In reality, the slow speed of their adductor muscle contraction and the need to force water out of their shells while closing, prevents them from trapping a human.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-adijnkjadns&#95;4-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-adijnkjadns-4\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>4<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:4&#95;28-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:4-28\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>28<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p><p>Other myths focus on the huge size of giant clams being associated with long age.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:4&#95;28-2\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:4-28\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>28<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> While giant clams do live a long time and may serve as a bio-metric for historic climatic conditions, their large size is more likely associated with rapid growth.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading3\"><h3 id=\"rdp-we-Aquaculture\">Aquaculture<\/h3><\/div>\n<p>Mass culture of giant clams began at the Micronesian <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mariculture\" title=\"Mariculture\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Mariculture<\/a> Demonstration Center in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palau\" title=\"Palau\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Palau<\/a> (Belau).<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-31\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-31\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>31<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> A large <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Australia\" title=\"Australia\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Australian<\/a> government-funded project from 1985 to 1992 mass-cultured giant clams, particularly <i>T. gigas<\/i> at <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Cook_University\" title=\"James Cook University\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">James Cook University<\/a>'s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orpheus_Island_National_Park\" title=\"Orpheus Island National Park\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Orpheus Island Research Station<\/a>, and supported the development of hatcheries in the Pacific Islands and the Philippines.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-32\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-32\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>32<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-33\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-33\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>33<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-34\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-34\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>34<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> Seven of the ten known species of giant clams in the world are found in the coral reefs of the South China Sea.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:1&#95;5-2\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:1-5\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>5<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\"><h2 id=\"rdp-we-Conservation_status\">Conservation status<\/h2><\/div>\n<p>There is concern among <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conservation_movement\" title=\"Conservation movement\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">conservationists<\/a> about whether those who use the species as a source of livelihood are overexploiting it. The numbers in the wild have been greatly reduced by extensive harvesting for food and the aquarium trade.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:2&#95;8-2\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:2-8\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>8<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> The species is listed in Appendix II of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Convention_on_International_Trade_in_Endangered_Species\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species\" target=\"_new\">Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species<\/a> (CITES) meaning international trade (including in parts and derivatives) is regulated.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-CITES&#95;2-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-CITES-2\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>2<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p><p><i>T. gigas<\/i> has been reported as <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Local_extinction\" title=\"Local extinction\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">locally extinct<\/a> in peninsular Malaysia, while <i><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tridacna_derasa\" title=\"Tridacna derasa\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">T. derasa<\/a><\/i> and <i><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hippopus_porcellanus\" title=\"Hippopus porcellanus\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Hippopus porcellanus<\/a><\/i> are restricted to Eastern Malaysia.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:1&#95;5-3\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:1-5\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>5<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> These recent local extinctions have motivated the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Species_reintroduction\" title=\"Species reintroduction\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">introduction<\/a> of giant clams to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hawaii\" title=\"Hawaii\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Hawaii<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Micronesia\" title=\"Micronesia\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Micronesia<\/a> following maricultural advancements.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-iucn&#95;1-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-iucn-1\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>1<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> Restocked individuals in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philippines\" title=\"Philippines\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Philippines<\/a> have successfully dispersed their own <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spawn_(biology)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Spawn (biology)\" target=\"_new\">spawned<\/a> larvae to at least several hundred meters away after only ten years.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-35\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-35\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>35<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\"><h2 id=\"rdp-we-See_also\">See also<\/h2><\/div>\n<ul><li><i><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Platyceramus\" title=\"Platyceramus\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Platyceramus<\/a><\/i>, the largest bivalve in the fossil record<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alatoconchidae\" title=\"Alatoconchidae\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Alatoconchidae<\/a>, large-bodied extinct bivalves<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plicatostylidae\" title=\"Plicatostylidae\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Plicatostylidae<\/a>, large-bodied extinct bivalves<\/li><\/ul>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\"><h2 id=\"rdp-we-References\">References<\/h2><\/div>\n<div class=\"mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns\" style=\"column-width: calc( 0.9 * 30em );\"><ol class=\"references\">\n<li id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;note-iucn-1\"><span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\">^ <a href=\"#cite_ref-iucn_1-0\"><sup><i><b>a<\/b><\/i><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"#cite_ref-iucn_1-1\"><sup><i><b>b<\/b><\/i><\/sup><\/a><\/span> <span class=\"reference-text\"><cite id=\"rdp-we-CITEREFNeo,&#95;M.L.Li,&#95;R.2024\" class=\"citation journal cs1\">Neo, M.L.; Li, R. 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Biology and Mariculture of Giant Clams; a workshop held in conjunction with the Seventh International Coral Reef Symposium, 21\u201326 June 1992, Guam, USA<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;note-35\"><span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\"><b><a href=\"#cite_ref-35\">^<\/a><\/b><\/span> <span class=\"reference-text\"><link rel=\"mw-deduplicated-inline-style\" href=\"mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1333433106\" \/><cite id=\"rdp-we-CITEREFCabaitanConaco2017\" class=\"citation journal cs1\">Cabaitan, Patrick C.; Conaco, Cecilia (16 February 2017). \"Bringing back the giants: juvenile Tridacna gigas from natural spawning of restocked giant clams\". <i>Coral Reefs<\/i>. <b>36<\/b> (2): 519. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bibcode_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Bibcode (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">Bibcode<\/a>:<a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2017CorRe..36..519C\" target=\"_new\">2017CorRe..36..519C<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doi_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Doi (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">doi<\/a>:<a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007%2Fs00338-017-1558-9\" target=\"_new\">10.1007\/s00338-017-1558-9<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISSN_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"ISSN (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">ISSN<\/a>&#160;<a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/issn\/0722-4028\" target=\"_new\">0722-4028<\/a>.<\/cite><span title=\"ctx&#95;ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft&#95;val&#95;fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Coral+Reefs&amp;rft.atitle=Bringing+back+the+giants%3A+juvenile+Tridacna+gigas+from+natural+spawning+of+restocked+giant+clams&amp;rft.volume=36&amp;rft.issue=2&amp;rft.pages=519&amp;rft.date=2017-02-16&amp;rft.issn=0722-4028&amp;rft&#95;id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1007%2Fs00338-017-1558-9&amp;rft&#95;id=info%3Abibcode%2F2017CorRe..36..519C&amp;rft.aulast=Cabaitan&amp;rft.aufirst=Patrick+C.&amp;rft.au=Conaco%2C+Cecilia&amp;rfr&#95;id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGiant+clam\" class=\"Z3988\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\"><h2 id=\"rdp-we-Further_reading\">Further reading<\/h2><\/div>\n<div class=\"refbegin\" style=\"\">\n<ul><li>Schwartzmann C, G Durrieu, M Sow, P Ciret, CE. Lazareth and J-C Massabuau. (2011) <i>In situ<\/i> giant clam growth rate behavior in relation to temperature: a one-year coupled study of high-frequency non-invasive valvometry and sclerochronology. <a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111014000211\/http:\/\/www.aslo.org\/lo\/toc\/vol_56\/issue_5\/\" target=\"_new\">Limnol. Oceanogr. 56(5)<\/a>: 1940\u20131951 (Open access)<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"citation wikicite\" id=\"rdp-we-Reference-idYonge1936\">Yonge, C.M. 1936. Mode of life, feeding, digestion and symbiosis with zooxanthellae in the Tridacnidae, Sci. Rep. Gr. Barrier Reef Exped. Br. Mus., 1, 283\u2013321<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\"><h2 id=\"rdp-we-External_links\">External links<\/h2><\/div>\n\n<ul><li>ARKive \u2013 <a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20040529203943\/http:\/\/www.arkive.org\/species\/GES\/invertebrates_marine\/Tridacna_gigas\/\" target=\"_new\">images and movies of the giant clam <i>(Tridacna gigas)<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><i>Tridacna gigas<\/i> entry on <a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu\/site\/accounts\/information\/Tridacna_gigas.html\" target=\"_new\">Animal Diversity Web<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20050209052147\/http:\/\/www.usm.my\/cemacs\/Webpg%20Mariculture%20Research.htm\" target=\"_new\">Giant clam conservation research project<\/a> at Universiti Sains Malaysia<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.richard-seaman.com\/Underwater\/Australia\/GiantClams\/\" target=\"_new\">Giant Clams of the Great Barrier Reef<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stanford.edu\/group\/microdocs\/\" target=\"_new\">Microdocs<\/a> <a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110727042839\/http:\/\/www.stanford.edu\/group\/microdocs\/sucks.html\" target=\"_new\">Archived<\/a> 27 July 2011 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wayback_Machine\" title=\"Wayback Machine\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Wayback Machine<\/a>: <a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stanford.edu\/group\/microdocs\/solarclams.html\" target=\"_new\">The solar powered clam<\/a> <a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110730161929\/http:\/\/www.stanford.edu\/group\/microdocs\/solarclams.html\" target=\"_new\">Archived<\/a> 30 July 2011 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wayback_Machine\" title=\"Wayback Machine\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Wayback Machine<\/a> &amp; <a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stanford.edu\/group\/microdocs\/growing.html\" target=\"_new\">Growing a giant clam<\/a> <a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131109212751\/http:\/\/www.stanford.edu\/group\/microdocs\/growing.html\" target=\"_new\">Archived<\/a> 9 November 2013 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wayback_Machine\" title=\"Wayback Machine\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Wayback Machine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/molluscan-eye.epoc.u-bordeaux1.fr\/index.php?rubrique=accueil&lang=en\" target=\"_new\">MolluSCAN eye project<\/a> <a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20161113173444\/http:\/\/molluscan-eye.epoc.u-bordeaux1.fr\/index.php?rubrique=accueil&lang=en\" target=\"_new\">Archived<\/a> 13 November 2016 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wayback_Machine\" title=\"Wayback Machine\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Wayback Machine<\/a>, a website dedicated to the <i>in situ<\/i> study of bivalve molluscs around the world<\/li>\n<li>Photos of <a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/sealifecollection.org\/taxon\/207670\" target=\"_new\">Giant clam<\/a> in the Sealife Collection<\/li><\/ul>\n<div class=\"navbox-styles\"><\/div><div role=\"navigation\" class=\"navbox\" aria-labelledby=\"Taxon&#95;identifiers3441\" style=\"padding:3px\"><table class=\"nowraplinks hlist navbox-inner\" style=\"border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit\"><tbody><tr><th scope=\"col\" class=\"navbox-title\" colspan=\"2\"><div id=\"rdp-we-Taxon&#95;identifiers3441\" style=\"font-size:114%;margin:0 4em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Taxon_identifiers\" title=\"Help:Taxon identifiers\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Taxon identifiers<\/a><\/div><\/th><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\" class=\"navbox-group\" style=\"width:1%;text-align: left;\"><i>Tridacna gigas<\/i><\/th><td class=\"navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd\" style=\"width:100%;padding:0\"><div style=\"padding:0 0.25em\">\n<ul><li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikidata\" title=\"Wikidata\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Wikidata<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><span class=\"external\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Q751784\" class=\"extiw wiki-link\" title=\"wikidata:Q751784\" target=\"_new\">Q751784<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikispecies\" title=\"Wikispecies\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Wikispecies<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><span class=\"external\"><a href=\"https:\/\/species.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Tridacna_gigas\" class=\"extiw wiki-link\" title=\"wikispecies:Tridacna gigas\" target=\"_new\">Tridacna gigas<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Animal_Diversity_Web\" title=\"Animal Diversity Web\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">ADW<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/animaldiversity.org\/accounts\/Tridacna_gigas\/\" target=\"_new\">Tridacna_gigas<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Australian_Faunal_Directory\" title=\"Australian Faunal Directory\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">AFD<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/biodiversity.org.au\/afd\/taxa\/Tridacna_%28Tridacna%29_gigas\" target=\"_new\">Tridacna_(Tridacna)_gigas<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\">BioLib: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biolib.cz\/en\/taxon\/id80708\" target=\"_new\">80708<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barcode_of_Life_Data_System\" title=\"Barcode of Life Data System\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">BOLD<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bench.boldsystems.org\/index.php\/TaxBrowser_TaxonPage?taxid=152705\" target=\"_new\">152705<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catalogue_of_Life\" title=\"Catalogue of Life\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">CoL<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.catalogueoflife.org\/data\/taxon\/58NJ5\" target=\"_new\">58NJ5<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Encyclopedia_of_Life\" title=\"Encyclopedia of Life\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">EoL<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/eol.org\/pages\/46473744\" target=\"_new\">46473744<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Global_Biodiversity_Information_Facility\" title=\"Global Biodiversity Information Facility\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">GBIF<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gbif.org\/species\/4372619\" target=\"_new\">4372619<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/INaturalist\" title=\"INaturalist\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">iNaturalist<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/inaturalist.org\/taxa\/114396\" target=\"_new\">114396<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Interim_Register_of_Marine_and_Nonmarine_Genera\" title=\"Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">IRMNG<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irmng.org\/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11078090\" target=\"_new\">11078090<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IUCN_Red_List\" title=\"IUCN Red List\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">IUCN<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/details\/22137\/0\" target=\"_new\">22137<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Center_for_Biotechnology_Information\" title=\"National Center for Biotechnology Information\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">NCBI<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/Taxonomy\/Browser\/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=80829\" target=\"_new\">80829<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Observation.org\" title=\"Observation.org\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Observation.org<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/observation.org\/species\/186451\/\" target=\"_new\">186451<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ocean_Biodiversity_Information_System\" title=\"Ocean Biodiversity Information System\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">OBIS<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/obis.org\/taxon\/207670\" target=\"_new\">207670<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Open_Tree_of_Life\" title=\"Open Tree of Life\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Open Tree of Life<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/tree.opentreeoflife.org\/taxonomy\/browse?id=78499\" target=\"_new\">78499<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paleobiology_Database\" title=\"Paleobiology Database\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Paleobiology Database<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/paleobiodb.org\/classic\/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=153295\" target=\"_new\">153295<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SeaLifeBase\" title=\"SeaLifeBase\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">SeaLifeBase<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sealifebase.ca\/Summary\/SpeciesSummary.php?id=83869\" target=\"_new\">83869<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CITES\" title=\"CITES\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Species+<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/speciesplus.net\/#\/taxon_concepts\/10712\" target=\"_new\">10712<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zh.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%E8%87%BA%E7%81%A3%E7%89%A9%E7%A8%AE%E5%90%8D%E9%8C%84\" class=\"extiw wiki-link\" title=\"zh:\u81fa\u7063\u7269\u7a2e\u540d\u9304\" target=\"_new\">TaiCOL<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/taicol.tw\/taxon\/t0028335\" target=\"_new\">t0028335<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Register_of_Marine_Species\" title=\"World Register of Marine Species\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">WoRMS<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marinespecies.org\/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207670\" target=\"_new\">207670<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n<!-- \nNewPP limit report\nParsed by mw\u2010web.codfw.main\u201068bfcb684d\u2010sz7dh\nCached time: 20260602073730\nCache expiry: 2592000\nCache expiry source: Module:Cite_IUCN (os.date(%Y))\nReduced expiry: false\nComplications: [vary\u2010revision\u2010sha1, prevent\u2010selective\u2010update, show\u2010toc]\nCPU time usage: 0.527 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