Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)

We saw the largest member of the giant clam family on only one occasion, when we stumbled upon what was probably a testbed for raising Tridacna gigas on the reef. There were about a dozen medium size clams staked out in two rows and some smaller ones being raised in pens. I hope they were being raised to try to repopulate the reefs, where giant clams have severely suffered from overfishing.

Created 27 March 2025

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