Table 2 Biological features of Corbicula species
From: Androgenesis: a review through the study of the selfish shellfish Corbicula spp.
Species | Chromosome number | Ploidy | Number of sperm flagella | Sperm ploidy | Sexuality (evidenced by cytology) | Dioecy/ monoecy | Brooding of larvae | Swimming larvae | Habitat | Locality | References (see legend) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. japonica | 38 | 2 | Reduced | Sexual | Di | No | Yes | BW | Japan, China | 1, 2 | |
C. sandai | 36 | 2 | 1 | Reduced | Sexual | Di | No | No | FW | Japan (Lake Biwa) | 1 |
C. fluminea | 54 | 3 | 2 | Unreduced | Androgenesis | Di/mono | Yes | No | FW | Korea | 3 |
C. fluminea | 36 | 2 | 2 | Unreduced | Androgenesis | FW | Japan (invasive) | 4–6 | |||
C. fluminea Müller (yellow morph) | 54 | 3 | 2 | Unreduced | Mono | Yes | FW | China | 7 | ||
C. fluminea Müller (brown morph) | 72 | 4 | 2 | Unreduced | Mono | Yes | FW | China | 7 | ||
C. papyracea | 54 | 3 | Korea | 3 | |||||||
C. colorata | 38 | 2 | Korea | 3 | |||||||
C. leana | 54 | 3 | 2 | Unreduced | Androgenesis | Mono | Yes | Yes | FW | Japan | 1, 4 |
C. australis | 2 | Mono | Yes | Yes | FW | Australia | 8, 9 | ||||
C. javanica | Yes | FW | Indonesia | 10 | |||||||
C. moltkiana | 1 | Yes | Yes | FW | Sumatra (lake) | 10, 11 | |||||
C. linduensis | 1 | Di | Yes | No | FW | Sulawesi (river) | 10, 11 | ||||
C. matannensis | 1 | Di | Yes | No | FW | Sulawesi (lake) | 10, 11 | ||||
C. loehensis | 1 | Di | Yes | No | FW | Sulawesi (lake) | 10, 11 | ||||
C. possoensis | 1 | Di | Yes | FW | Sulawesi (lake) | 10 | |||||
Form A | 54 | 3 | 2 | Mono | Yes | No | FW | USA | 8, 12 | ||
Form B | 54 | 3 | 2 | Mono | Yes | No | FW | USA | 8, 12 | ||
C. fluminalis | 2 | Mono | Yes | No | FW | W/Central Asia, N. Africa | 2 | ||||
C. madagascariensis | Yes | No | FW | Madagascar | 13 | ||||||
Form R | 36 | 2 | FW | Rhine, Germany | 14 | ||||||
Form S | 36 | 2 | FW | Rhine, Germany | 14 | ||||||
Form S | 54 | 3 | FW | Poland | 15 | ||||||
Form R | 2 | FW | Several European rivers | 16 | |||||||
Form S | 2 | FW | Several European rivers | 16 |
