Africa to the Pitcairn Islands (32 E to 128 W), and from southern Japan to Western Australia
(24 N to 15 S). Geographic distribution of the 12 currently recognized species is not even …

Giant clams are highly conspicuous marine bivalves in the tropical oceans because of their
large shells and colourful outer mantle tissues. This makes them an appropriate iconic …

Elevated temperature and decreased ocean pH (ocean acidification) are associated with
anthropogenic climate change and can adversely affect fertilization and development in …

Interspecific hybridization has been used as an important tool for genetic manipulation in
mollusks, with the aim to produce a new species with desirable traits from both the parental …

Abstract Background We used the Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus, one of the
largest brooding invertebrates in the Western Atlantic, to test for the presence/absence of …

The boring giant clam, Tridacna crocea, is distributed along coasts in the South China Sea,
and has formed several geographic populations. These populations represent potentially …

Giant clams are enormous bivalves often seen anchored in the shallow coastal habitats
such as seagrass meadows and coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific region. Also referred to …

Unlike most bivalve shellfishes, giant clams (tridacnines) harbor symbiotic microalgae
(zooxanthellae) in their fleshy bodies. Zooxanthellae are not maternally inherited by …

The increasing frequency and intensity of precipitation attributed to global climate change, in
combination with sewage disposal, agricultural runoff, and other anthropogenic sources …

Previous seascape genetics studies have emphasized the role of ocean currents and
geographic distances to explain the genetic structure of marine species, but the role of …