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Tridacna elongatissima Giant clam

Tridacna elongatissima is commonly referred to as Giant clam. Difficulty in the aquarium: 5 - Svår. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Dr. Cécile Fauvelot

(c) Cécile Fauvelot

Underwater pictures of Tridacna elongatissima illustrating various types of mantle patterns. c: specimen from Juan de Nova; d, e & f: specimens from Ste Marie Island, Madagascar. Photo credit: & Cécile Fauvelot (c, d, e, f).
Courtesy of the author Dr. Cécile Fauvelot

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lexID:
13212 
AphiaID:
573086 
Scientific:
Tridacna elongatissima 
German:
Riesenmuschel 
English:
Giant Clam 
Category:
Musslor 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Cardiida (Order) > Cardiidae (Family) > Tridacna (Genus) > elongatissima (Species) 
Initial determination:
Bianconi, 1856 
Occurrence:
Madagascar, Mozambique, Philippines, Western Indian Ocean 
Sea depth:
20 - 30 Meter 
Size:
up to 19.69" (50 cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 82.4 °F (24°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  
Difficulty:
5 - Svår 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 
Red List:
Vulnerable (VU) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-08-25 19:32:15 

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Tridacna elongatissima are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Tridacna elongatissima, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Tridacna elongatissima, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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Tridacna elongatissima Bianconi, 1856

Tridacna elongatissima was revealed in the latest article by Fauvelot et al. (2020) published in the Journal of Biogeography. It even made it to the volume cover of Journal of Biogeography! Congratulations to my colleagues, Cécile Fauvelot and Serge Andréfouët!

Tridacna elongatissima, the latest cryptic species of the giant clams discovered in the Western Indian ocean. Featured on the volume’s cover of Journal of Biogeography.

This small family of giants continues to amaze me over the years! Since Rosewater (1965)’s comprehensive descriptive paper on the giant clam taxonomy and systematics, the number of giant clam species has doubled in number in the past 50 years!

Fauvelot C, D Zuccon, P Borsa, D Grulois, H Magalon, F Riquet, S Andréfouët, ML Berumen, TH Sinclair-Taylor, P Gélin, F Behivoke, JJ ter Poorten, EE Strong & P Bouchet (2020) Phylogeographische Muster und Eine kryptische Art bietet neue Einblicke in die phylogenetischen Beziehungen von Riesenmuscheln im westlichen Indischen Ozean und in die Geschichte der Kolonialisierung. Journal of Biogeography 47 : 1086 & ndash; 1105.

External links

  1. Mei Lin Neo Marine Ecologist (en). Abgerufen am 25.08.2020.
  2. GBIF.org (en). Abgerufen am 25.08.2020.
  3. Phylogeographical patterns and a cryptic species provide new insights into Western Indian Ocean giant clams phylogenetic relationships and colonization history (en). Abgerufen am 25.08.2020.
  4. Riesenmuscheln - Pflege und Haltungsfilm (de). Abgerufen am 09.04.2024.
  5. Riesenmuscheln - Pflege und Haltungsfilm (de). Abgerufen am 09.04.2024.
  6. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 25.08.2020.

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(c) Cécile Fauvelot
(c) Cécile Fauvelot
(c) Cécile Fauvelot
(c) Cécile Fauvelot

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