![]() ![]() The analysis of variance revealed an important inter-population morphological variability. Results of Duncan's multiple comparison test showed that the most discriminative ratios were the width of nacreous layer of right valve to the inflation of shell, the hinge line length to the maximum width of shell and the nacre thickness to the maximum width of shell. In addition to the classic morphological characters, populations were compared by the thickness of the nacreous layer. Therefore, 12 morphological characters were examined and 34 metric and weight ratios were defined. The variability of shell morphology and relative growth of the invasive pearl oyster Pinctada radiata was studied within and among ten populations from coastal Tunisia using discriminant tests.
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