It is a bivalve of the family Tridacna, class Bivalvia, phylum Mollusca. It is the largest of all bivalves, reaching a shell length of 1.4 meters and a weight of 230 kilograms. It lives in the intertidal zone of the coral reefs of the western Pacific Ocean south of Okinawa, at depths of about 30 meters, with its ventral edge facing upwards. Its shell is a horizontally long fan-shaped shell with several thick radial ribs on its surface, and the ventral edge is greatly wavy according to these. The shell surface is grayish white with no markings and coarse growth veins. Juveniles have byssus threads, but older ones do not. The mantle edge is parasitized by the symbiotic unicellular algae Zooxantella , which causes the mantle to be colorful, just like other Tridacna species. It has a lot of meat, and the adductor muscles are edible. In addition, because its shell is deep and huge, it is used to decorate water basins in the area where it is produced. [Takashi Okutani] It lives on coral reefs with its ventral edge facing up. Its shell length exceeds 1m. © Underwater Fort Enterprise, Isamu Soyama "> Giant clam (ecology) Like other Tridacna species, the mantle is colorful because it is infested with unicellular algae. © Underwater Fort Enterprise, Isamu Soyama "> Giant clam (individual opening its mantle) (biology… Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
軟体動物門二枚貝綱シャコガイ科の二枚貝。二枚貝類のなかで最大となり、殻長1.4メートル、重量230キログラムに達する。沖縄以南の西太平洋サンゴ礁の潮間帯から水深30メートルぐらいの所に腹縁を上に向けてすんでいる。殻は横長の扇形で、殻表には数本の太い放射肋(ろく)があり、腹縁はそれに従って大きく波打っている。殻表は灰白色で斑紋(はんもん)はなく、成長脈も粗い。幼若期には足糸があるが、老成したものにはない。外套膜(がいとうまく)縁に共生性の単細胞藻類ズーサンテラZooxantellaを寄生させているため、外套膜がカラフルな点は他のシャコガイ類と同様である。肉量は多く、閉殻筋などは食べられる。また殻は深く巨大なため、産地では水盤などの調度に利用されている。 [奥谷喬司] サンゴ礁に腹縁を上にしてすむ。殻長は1mを超える©水中フォート・エンタープライズ 楚山いさむ"> オオジャコガイ(生態) 他のシャコガイ類と同様、外套膜縁に単細胞藻類を寄生させているため、外套膜は色彩に富む©水中フォート・エンタープライズ 楚山いさむ"> オオジャコガイ〈外套膜を開く個体〉(生… 出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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