Colour and Morphometric Variation of Donacid Bivalves from Nepa Beach, Madura Island, Indonesia

<p class="IsiAbstrakIndo"><span lang="EN-GB">Donacid bivalves vary in colour, pattern, and the shape of the shells. A population of donacid bivalves had been found in the northern shore of Madura Island, Indonesia. This study aimed to identify the donacids found in no...

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Main Authors: Reni Ambarwati, Ulfi Faizah
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Published: Universitas Negeri Semarang 2017-12-01
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description <p class="IsiAbstrakIndo"><span lang="EN-GB">Donacid bivalves vary in colour, pattern, and the shape of the shells. A population of donacid bivalves had been found in the northern shore of Madura Island, Indonesia. This study aimed to identify the donacids found in northern shore of Madura Island as well as to describe their variation on morphometric and morphological characters. Colour and pattern of 215 shells were observed and carefully photographed. Morphometric of the shells including the shell height, shell length, shell width, dorsal length, and umbo-margin length were measured and then their patterns were analyzed using regression analysis. The results revealed that there were two species of donacid bivalves in Nepa Beach, namely </span><em><span lang="EN-GB">Donax cuneata</span></em><span lang="EN-GB"> and </span><em><span lang="EN-GB">Donax faba</span></em><span lang="EN-GB"> with different morphological characteristics, including twelve different patterns and colours of the shells. These variations were described completely in this paper. This study contributes to the research on bivalve taxonomy, and is useful for the identification of donacid bivalves based on morphological characteristics.</span></p>
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spelling doaj-art-a9050741eb2a4cd9967906458df1821b2025-08-20T03:18:50ZengUniversitas Negeri SemarangBiosaintifika: Journal of Biology & Biology Education2085-191X2338-76102017-12-019346647310.15294/biosaintifika.v9i3.112676535Colour and Morphometric Variation of Donacid Bivalves from Nepa Beach, Madura Island, IndonesiaReni Ambarwati0Ulfi Faizah1Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri SurabayaDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Surabaya<p class="IsiAbstrakIndo"><span lang="EN-GB">Donacid bivalves vary in colour, pattern, and the shape of the shells. A population of donacid bivalves had been found in the northern shore of Madura Island, Indonesia. This study aimed to identify the donacids found in northern shore of Madura Island as well as to describe their variation on morphometric and morphological characters. Colour and pattern of 215 shells were observed and carefully photographed. Morphometric of the shells including the shell height, shell length, shell width, dorsal length, and umbo-margin length were measured and then their patterns were analyzed using regression analysis. The results revealed that there were two species of donacid bivalves in Nepa Beach, namely </span><em><span lang="EN-GB">Donax cuneata</span></em><span lang="EN-GB"> and </span><em><span lang="EN-GB">Donax faba</span></em><span lang="EN-GB"> with different morphological characteristics, including twelve different patterns and colours of the shells. These variations were described completely in this paper. This study contributes to the research on bivalve taxonomy, and is useful for the identification of donacid bivalves based on morphological characteristics.</span></p>https://journal.unnes.ac.id/nju/index.php/biosaintifika/article/view/11267DonacidaeDonacid bivalvesMorphological characteristics
spellingShingle Reni Ambarwati
Ulfi Faizah
Colour and Morphometric Variation of Donacid Bivalves from Nepa Beach, Madura Island, Indonesia
Biosaintifika: Journal of Biology & Biology Education
Donacidae
Donacid bivalves
Morphological characteristics
title Colour and Morphometric Variation of Donacid Bivalves from Nepa Beach, Madura Island, Indonesia
title_full Colour and Morphometric Variation of Donacid Bivalves from Nepa Beach, Madura Island, Indonesia
title_fullStr Colour and Morphometric Variation of Donacid Bivalves from Nepa Beach, Madura Island, Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Colour and Morphometric Variation of Donacid Bivalves from Nepa Beach, Madura Island, Indonesia
title_short Colour and Morphometric Variation of Donacid Bivalves from Nepa Beach, Madura Island, Indonesia
title_sort colour and morphometric variation of donacid bivalves from nepa beach madura island indonesia
topic Donacidae
Donacid bivalves
Morphological characteristics
url https://journal.unnes.ac.id/nju/index.php/biosaintifika/article/view/11267
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