一种新的三dacna giant clam that scientists have just “discovered” but guess what? Us reefers saw and noticed a unique clam species many years ago. The newTridacna sp。尚未正式描述，但在基因检测中被发现Tridacna maxima来自印度太平洋地区的标本。
What the genetic analysis showed is that among what is typically considered maxima clams, a second species is hiding in plain sight in populations from Ningaloo, West Australia and the Solomon Islands. Now the new species could be more widespread than that but the Ningaloo reference lines up perfectly with the observations several clam aficionados have remarked about the uniqueness of this clam from Western Australia.
While the genetic analysis research published by Huelsken et al. inPLoS ONEdoes not make any remarks about the appearance of the new clam species, only the genes, we are feeling pretty good that they are talking about thetoothy maxima clamfrom Western Australia with the really warty mantle.
几年前，Liveaquaria从西澳大利亚州收到了其中一些不寻常的Maxima蛤lam，那时我们中的许多人都说它们的外观如何。甚至朱利安（Julian）本人也称其为在麦克纳（Macna）演示中平坦，说这个特殊的蛤可能是一个新物种，在这里，我们让科学家赶上了超级复杂的分子研究技术。
由于论文强调了发现新的“隐秘”物种Tridacna maximais not a description of the clam’s physical appearance at all, we are only speculating that our aquarium observations are lining up with the discoveries in the laboratory. One thing that this paper elucidates for us though is that there is still plenty of discoveries to be made about even the larger more charismatic and culturally significant species of marine life, even the ones hiding in plain sight in the aquarium hobby.
