Borsa Philippe auteur aut IRD Fauvelot Cécile auteur aut IRD Tiavouane Josina auteur aut IRD Grulois Daphné auteur aut IRD Wabnitz C. auteur aut IRD Abdon Naguit M. R. auteur aut IRD Andréfouët Serge auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf born digital access Previously confused with the small giant clam Tridacna maxima, the recently resurrected Noah's giant clam, Tridacna noae, has been reported from the Taiwanese and the Ryukyu archipelagoes. Our recent underwater observations now extend its distribution to Dongsha (northern South China Sea), Bunaken (Sulawesi Sea), Madang and Kavieng (Bismarck Sea), the Alor archipelago (Sawu Sea), Kosrae (Caroline Islands), New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands and Vanuatu (Coral Sea), Viti-Levu (Fiji), Wallis Island, and Kiritimati (Northern Line Islands). Published mitochondrial DNA sequences retrieved from open-access databases also indicate its presence in eastern Negros (Philippines), in the Molucca Sea, at Ningaloo Reef (Western Australia), and in the Solomon Islands. Noah's giant clam is thus a widely distributed Indo-West Pacific species. Wherever research has been done on small giant clams throughout T. noae's range, the inadvertent confusion of T. noae with T. maxima might have led to overestimating actual T. maxima densities and to errors in estimating demographic parameters. specialized Indo-West Pacific Reef survey DNA barcode Cytochrome oxidase 1 16S ribosomal RNA T. maxima T. crocea OCEAN INDIEN PACIFIQUE 036 45 2 339-344 2015 1867-1616 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010064688 10.1007/s12526-014-0265-9 1867-1616 [F B010064688] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010064688 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2015/07/010064688.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2015-07-29 2017-08-23 fdi:010064688 fre