A groundbreaking discovery in the Philippines has unveiled the first hermaphroditic green mussel, locally known as tahong, found in mussel farms within the inner Malampaya Sound in Palawan. Released on November 26, the study titled “First Record of Hermaphroditism in Green Mussels (Perna viridis) in the Philippines” was authored by Adzel Adrian Baldevieso, Ma. Shirley Golez and Fiona Pedroso from Mindanao State University-Naawan and University of the Philippines Visayas. Conducted from October 2017 to March 2018, it involved the collection of 1,890 green mussels.

Ogerio, B. A. (2024, December 15). First hermaphroditic ‘tahong’ found in PHL. Business Mirror, p. A11.