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Animalia: Rugose Giant Clam (species: Tridacna maxima)

Other references

  • Gilbert, A., S. Andrefouet, L. Yan and G. Remoissenet (2006). The giant clam Tridacna maxima communities of three French Polynesia islands: comparison of their population sizes and structures at early stages of their exploitation, ICES Journal of Marine Science, 63: 1573-1589.
  • Gilbert, A., L. Yan, G. Remoissenet, S. Andréfouët, C. Payri and Y. Chancerelle (2005). Extraordinarily high giant clam density under protection in Tatakoto atoll (Eastern Tuamotu archipelago, French Polynesia), Coral Reefs, 24: 495.
  • Green, A. and P. Craig (1999). Population size and structure of giant clams at Rose Atoll, an important refuge in the Samoan Archipelago, Coral Reefs, 18: 205.
  • Griffiths, D.J., H. Windsor and T. Luong-Van (1992). Iridophores in the mantle of Giant Clams, Australian Journal of Zoology, 40: 319.
  • Hirose, E., K. Iwai and T. Maruyama (2006). Establishment of the photosymbiosis in the early ontogeny of three giant clams, Marine Biology, 148: 551-558.
  • Jantzen, C., C. Wild, M. El-Zibdah, H.A. Roa-Quiaoit, C. Haacke and C. Richter (2008). Photosynthetic performance of giant clams, Tridacna maxima and T. squamosa, Red Sea, Marine Biology, 155: 211-221.
  • Norton, J.H., M.A. Shepherd, H.M. Long and W.K. Fitt (1992). The zooxanthellal tubular system in the Giant Clam, Biological Bulletin, 183: 503-506.