Anadara broughtonii

Anadara broughtonii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Family: Arcidae
Genus: Anadara
Species:
A. broughtonii
Binomial name
Anadara broughtonii
(Schrenck, 1867)

Anadara broughtonii is a species of Ark clam. It is also known by its Japanese name, akagai.The species was described by Shrenck in 1867.[1] Originally belonging to the genus Scapharca,[2][3] the genus has merged with Anadara now.[1]

Adult blood clams can reach a shell length of 100 mm and are commercially harvested in China, Japan, and Korea as a source of sashimi. To develop both the scientific research and improve the aquaculture of blood clams, a chromosomal-level genome assembly of the S. broughtonii genome has been sequenced and assembled, producing a 884.5-Mb genome.[4]

Distribution

The species is distributed in the Far East, from Russia down to Korea, Mainland China, Japan and Taiwan.[2][3]

As food

The clam is eaten in Japan as sushi.

  • As sushi
    As sushi

References

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  1. ^ a b Huber, M. (2012). "Anadara broughtonii (Schrenck, 1867)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  2. ^ a b "国际贝库：魁蛤" [International Shell Base (in Taiwan): Scapharca broughtonii] (in Traditional Chinese). 台湾贝类资料库 (Taiwan shell database). Retrieved 2009-08-11.
  3. ^ a b Cho, E-S; Jung, C-G; Sohn, S-G (2007). "Population genetic structure of the ark shell Scapharca broughtonii Schrenck from Korea, China, and Russia based on COI gene sequences". Marine Biotechnology. 9 (2): 203–216. doi:10.1007/s10126-006-6057-x. PMID 17294315. S2CID 23822611.
  4. ^ Wang, Chong-Ming; Liu, Zhi-Hong; Duan, Xiao-Ke; Wang, Qing-Chen; Wu, Biao; Rosani, Umberto; Xin, Lu-Sheng; Bai, Chang-Ming (2019-07-01). "Chromosomal-level assembly of the blood clam, Scapharca (Anadara) broughtonii, using long sequence reads and Hi-C". GigaScience. 8 (7). doi:10.1093/gigascience/giz067. PMC 6615981. PMID 31289832.