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Tridacna crocea   Lamarck, 1819

Crocus giant clam

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Tridacna crocea


Indonesia country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: Neo, M.L., C.C.C. Wabnitz, R.D. Braley, G.A. Heslinga, C. Fauvelot, S. Van Wynsberge, S. Andrefouet, C. Waters, A.S.-H. Tan, E.D. Gomez, M.J. Costello and P.A. Todd, 2017
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Moluccas (Ref. 75831); Raja Ampat Islands (Ref. 83492); Sumatra (Ref. 104607), and Gulf of Tomini, Sulawesi (Ref. 75725). C: Refs. 75831, 83492, 104607, 117184; M: Ref. 348; O: Ref. 83492.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/id.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Allen, G.R. and S.A. McKenna, 2001
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Cardiida () > Cardiidae (cockles)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 20 m (Ref. 348), usually 0 - 20 m (Ref. 75831).   Tropical; 23°C - 30°C (Ref. 102835); 31°N - 30°S, 92°E - 178°W (Ref. 106696)

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Indo-West Pacific: from Andaman Islands to Fiji Islands; north to Japan and south to New Caledonia and Queensland.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 15.0 cm SHL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 348); common length : 11.0 cm SHL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 348)

Short description Morfologia

The valves are greyish white, often fringed with orange or yellow both inside and out. They are triangularly ovate in shape. Mantle coloration is predominantly blue but shows great variability.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Found in intertidal areas on corals (Ref. 75831).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Broadcast spawners. Life cycle: Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam (Ref. 833).

Main reference Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Poutiers, J.M. 1998. (Ref. 348)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Lower Risk: least concern (LR/lc) ; Date assessed: 01 August 1996

CITES status (Ref. 108899)


CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses

Pesca: commerciale
FAO - Acquacoltura: production; | FishSource |

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Predatori
Riproduzione
Maturità
Deposizione
Fecundity
Uova
Egg development
Age/Size
Accrescimento
Length-weight
Length-length
Morfologia
Larve
Abbondanza
Bibliografia
Mass conversion

Fonti Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, ricerca) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25.1 - 29.1, mean 28.3 (based on 1078 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.