DNA barcoding validates new sightings of tridacna elongatissima in Tanzania and Mozambique (Western Indian Ocean)
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2022
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Springer
Abstract
There are currently 12 recognised extant species
of giant clams (Cardiidae: Tridacninae) inhabiting the
tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific. Six species have been
newly described or rediscovered since 1982, such as the
recently resurrected species Tridacna elongatissima in the
Western Indian Ocean. In order to investigate the distri-
bution range of this species, 24 specimens have been col-
lected and identified by DNA barcoding. This study
provides the first record for T. elongatissima in Tanzania
and expands both the northern (Zanzibar, Tanzania) and
southern (Ponta de Ouro, Mozambique) ranges of this
species.
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Phylogenetics, COI, mtDNA