Anadara broughtonii

Anadara broughtonii
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

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  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.