Anadara broughtonii

Anadara broughtonii
Scientific 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.

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References

1. Huber, M. (2012). "Anadara broughtonii (Schrenck, 1867)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2017-01-15.
2. "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. 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.