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Giant Clam

Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus 1758)

body shape

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bilaterally symmetric
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324

Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves

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habitat

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coastal
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000687

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marine reef
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000029

Definition: A biome expressed by strips or ridges of rocks, sand, or coral that rises to or near the surface of a body of marine water.

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native range includes

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Pacific Ocean
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1903

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Indian Ocean
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1904

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