Tag Archive for 'Pinctada'

The pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata). Image credit: K. Mikimoto & Co., Ltd / Pearl Research Institute.

Pearl Oyster Genome Successfully Sequenced

Nov 11, 2022 by Natali Anderson

Scientists from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University and elsewhere have produced a near-complete, haplotype-phased, genome...

Shell of Pinctada phuketensis from Dok Mai Island, Phuket, Thailand; external and internal views of left and right valves: (A and C) paratypes; (B) holotype. Abbreviations: LV - left valve; RV - right valve. Scale bars - 5 cm in (A), 4 cm in (C). Image credit: Somrup et al., doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1119.87724.

New Species of Pearl Oyster Discovered

Sep 5, 2022 by Natali Anderson

Marine biologists have described a new species of the oyster genus Pinctada from the east coast of Phuket Island, Thailand, in the Andaman Sea. Shell of...