Tridacna maxima, Elongate giant clam : fisheries
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Tridacna maxima   (Röding, 1798)

Elongate giant clam

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Cardiida | Cardiidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

Revassocierade; ej vandrande (Ref. 348); brackvatten; djupintervall 0 - 35 m (Ref. 348).  Tropical; 23°C - 30°C (Ref. 102835); 28°N - 37°S, 31°E - 128°W

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Indo-Pacific: Egypt to Pitcairn Islands and Ogasawara, Japan to Lord Howe Island.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?, range 6 - 13 cm Max length : 41.7 cm SHL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 117184); common length : 25.0 cm SHL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 348)

Short description Morfologi

The mantle color is highly variable, ranging from bright blue to brown.

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Collected for food and for the shell trade. Aquaculture trials have been done in 1998 (Ref. 348). Maximum depth from Ref. 75831. Found in coral reef flats in shallow areas (Ref. 799), reef areas of lagoons (Ref. 97298) and in intertidal areas (Ref. 75831). Mixotrophic - filter feeds and photosynthesizes via its zooxanthellae (Ref. 105208). Tridacnids derive their nutrition from uptake of dissolved matter through their epidermis and from their symbiotic zooanthella Symbiodinium microadriaticum (Ref. 107098).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

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

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

SAUP Database 2006 SAUP Database. www.seaaroundus.org. (Ref. 356)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 June 2024

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 130160)

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell
FAO - Vattenbruk: production; | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Trophic Ecology
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Lek
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Distribution
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Internet-källor

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

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.8 - 29.3, mean 28.4 (based on 3421 cells).
Resiliens (Ref. 69278): Mellan, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 1,4-4,4 år (K=0.18-0.28; tm=3.8).
Prior r = 0.49, 95% CL = 0.32 - 0.73, Based on 1 data-limited stock assessment.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate to high vulnerability (45 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.
Nutrients :  Calcium = 149 [71, 228] mg/100g; Iron = 8.53 [1.95, 15.11] mg/100g; Protein = 9.88 [8.64, 11.12] %; Omega3 = 0.313 [0.202, 0.423] g/100g; Selenium = 61 [50, 72] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 2.04 [0.56, 3.51] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.

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