Giant clams
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Figure 1. Giant clams: benign giants. (A) End view of a huge Tridacna gigas showing its expanded mantle (m) projecting over the sides of its shells (photo: Rick Braley). (B) A stained cross-section near the surface of a clam’s mantle tissue showing very densely packed symbiotic zooxanthellae and zooxanthellae aligned in ‘fingers’ (f). The zooxanthellae are ca. 8 μm in diameter. (C) An explosive discharge of water as a large giant clam begins to close on the author (photo: Lydie Couturier). (D) Brilliantly coloured mantles of two smaller clam species. These clams are highly prized in the tropical aquarium market (photo: John Hackney). Giant clams
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Current Biology
دوره 24 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014