Tridacna maxima

Clam, Tridacna maxima, Australia, 1980-82, Great Barrier Reef, soft parts, total PAHs ... 

Smith, J.D., J. Bagg, and B.M. Bycroft. 1984. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the clam Tridacna maxima from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Environ. Sci. Technol. 18 353-358. 

There have been many studies on the role of haemocytes in invertebrates, but their role in ingested material is not clear. Haemocytes are the molluscan analogue of the vertebrate macrophage. They are present in the haemolymph and appear to be able to migrate through epithelia, and they are found in the mantle fluid of bivalves and appear to be involved in the uptake of particulate matter. In a study of the clam Tridacna maxima that had been injected intramuscularly with a suspension of carbon particles, it was found that within 24 h the extracted haemocytes were laden with the particles. They had cleared the haemolymph of the particles within 48 h [76], In the tridacnidae some zooxanthellae are... 

Reade, P. and Reade, E. (1976). Phagocytosis in invertebrates studies on the hemocytes of the clam Tridacna maxima, J. Invert. Pathol., 28, 281-290. 

Tridacna dam Poisoning. Giant clams of the species Tridacna maxima, commonly eaten in French Pol)mesia, may sometimes give rise to digestive disorders and serious disturbances of the nervous system, such as paresthesia, lack of motor coordination, ataxia, and tremor. Such on outbreak occurred at Bora-Bora in the Society Islands in 1964 (37). About 30 persons were affected and there were two deaths. Numerous domestic animals which had eaten the remnants... 

The kidney of the giant clam Tridacna maxima yielded an arsenic-containing sugar sulfate (213), the structure of which was determined by X-ray crystallography [218]. 

The tetramethylarsonium ion 53, arsenobetain 54, and arsenocholine 55 were detected in the soft tissues of both the pearl-free and the pearl-containing pearl oysters Pincdata fucata [162]. More than 20 years ago, arsenic-containing sugars 56 and 58 have been isolated from the kidney of the giant clam, Tridacna maxima [163]. Water-soluble arsenic species were determined in the kidney of the Tridacna derasa [164]. A total of fifteen organoarsenic species were identified, and 13 of these possessed... 

Ambariyanto and Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (1999) Net uptake of dissolved free amino acids by the giant clam, Tridacna maxima alternative sources of energy and nitrogen Coral Reefs, 18, 91-96. 

KA Francesconi, JS Edmonds, RV Stick. Arsenic compounds from the kidney of the giant clam Tridacna maxima. Isolation and identification of an arsenic-containing nucleoside. J Chem Soc Perkin Trans 1 1349-1357, 1992. 

C10H21ASO7 328.193 Isol. from brown kelp Ecklonia radiata and giant clam Tridacna maxima and brown alga Laminaria japonica. Oil. [a]o -2.6 (c, 5.5 in MeOH). 

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