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    blue mussel (Mytilus edulis), also known as the common mussel, is a medium-sized edible marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae, the mussels....
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    most marine mussels the shell is longer than it is wide, being wedge-shaped or asymmetrical. The external colour of the shell is often dark blue, blackish...
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    The Chilean mussel or Chilean blue mussel is a species of blue mussel native to the coasts of Chile from Biobío Region (37 ºS) to Cape Horn (55 ºS). Today...
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    three principal, closely related taxa in the Mytilus edulis complex of blue mussels, which collectively are widely distributed on the temperate to subarctic...
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    large-sized edible, mainly saltwater mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae. Mussels have a gray to blue-purple, fully grown shell about...
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    mercenaria), the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis), the Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis), the New Zealand green-lipped mussel (Perna canaliculus)...
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    species of true mussels, family Mytilidae, including: Blue mussel California mussel Mediterranean mussel Mytilus coruscus Perna canaliculus Perna perna Perna...
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    to be less common in marine than terrestrial environments. However, blue mussel populations show extensive hybridisation worldwide and are a well studied...
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    Scanning electron microscope image of aragonite layers in the nacre of a blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) Fluorescence of aragonite Aragonite sea Ikaite, CaCO3·6H2O...
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    Angler with common quail, salicornia, seaweed and blue mussel jelly....
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    principal, closely related species in the Mytilus edulis complex of blue mussels, which collectively are widely distributed on the temperate to subarctic...
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    The California mussel (Mytilus californianus) is a large edible mussel, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Mytilidae. This species is native to the...
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    the American oyster Crassostrea virginica, zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) and the blue mussel Mytilus edulis. Some molluscs sting or bite, but deaths...
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    biodiverse as there are populations of Lesser African threadfin, crabs, and blue mussel along with various cetacean species. What is now Delta State has been...
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    Queen scallop Aequipecten opercularis, Edible oyster Ostrea edulis, and Blue mussel Mytilus edulis. Common slipper limpets are currently being considered...
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    bernhardus and the blue mussel, (Mytilus edulis) physical behaviors exhibited a stress response to noise. When the hermit crab and mussel were exposed to...
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    mussel, also known as the New Zealand mussel, the greenshell mussel, kuku, and kutai, is a bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae (the true mussels)...
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    Mawbray and Allonby, to Crosscanonby. In 2013, the honeycomb worm and blue mussel were designated as targets of conservation efforts, and Allonby Bay (an...
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    PMC 1459795. PMID 9475744. Male and Female Mitochondrial DNA Lineages in the Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis) Species Group Archived May 18, 2013, at the Wayback...
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    species of molluscs (e.g., bivalve molluscs such as clams, oysters, and mussels. The harvesting, processing, and consuming of seafoods are ancient practices...
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    Barrington K, Robinson S, MacDonald B and Martin J. 2004. Dynamics of the blue mussel as an extractive organism in an integrated multi-trophic aquaculture...
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    The blue mussel, Mytilus edulis, is a favourite food of C. pagurus....
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    meaningful stocks. The typical mussels of the Wadden Sea are the common cockle (Cerastoderma edule) and the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis). While the common...
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    the main muscular system in bivalve mollusks (e.g. in clams, scallops, mussels, oysters, etc.). In many parts of the world, when people eat scallops,...
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  • polyphenolic proteins are produced by some marine invertebrates like the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis by some algae'[citation needed], and by the polychaete...
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    the stronger currents of the ocean. These rocks provide habitat for Blue mussel, a delicious seafood. Beach attracts bird-watchers from far off places...
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    European green crab, mud crab, common periwinkle, soft-shell clam, and blue mussel in the ballast tanks of the sampled ships. Although the densities of...
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    extensive mussel beds along the coast at low tide, although these do not appear to have been tremendously exploited as a food source. Tests on blue mussels from...
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    readily consumed include Ulva lactuca and Ulva intestinalis; if provided, blue mussel can also be eaten. The radula is taenioglossate, consisting of seven...
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    were measured in the Alaskan blue mussel Mytilus edulis – sufficient to provide a lethal dose in a single 2.5 g mussel. By contrast, the highest measured...
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