Fecal pellets of giant clams, as vectors to transport zooxanthellae.

Masami Umeki1, Yuji Nakamura2, Hiroshi Yamashita3, Go Suzuki3, Shinya Morishima4 and Kazuhiko Koike1, (1)Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan, (2)Okinawa Prefectural Fisheries Research and Extension Center, Japan, (3)Seikai National Fisheries Research Institute, Japan, (4)Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Japan