Fan mussel populations -the biggest bivalve mussel in the Mediterranean- are endangered due to the severe parasitosis caused by the protozoan Haplospridium pinnae since 2016. Now, a study ...

Increasing mussel production is part of industry organisation Scotland Food and Drink’s ambition to double Scotland’s food production by 2030. Researchers in Scotland have therefore investigated how ...

Using high-powered microscopes, paleontologists analyzed the stomach contents and intestinal tract of F. brocksi and found the fish primarily fed on various types of phantom midge larvae — an ...

The tail of one specimen bearing a parasitic bivalve larva. (McCurry et al., J. Vertebr. Paleontol., 2025) ...

Unique and highly specialized animals, mussels begin life as larvae before spending their adulthood as sedentary bivalves. Larvae, which are microscopic in size, parasitize a fish host before ...

Cells divide in the fertilized eggs until microscopic swimming larvae form. In the wild, larvae would travel with the currents, but in the hatchery they are collected and placed in tanks.

The clearance rate of A. aurita varied widely with prey organisms. Large crustacean prey with low escape capabilities (Artemia salina nauplii and cirripede larvae) were cleared at high rates, whereas ...

The larvae attach themselves to clean, recycled shells are clustered in net bags about two feet long. "They come in a roll," Sylvia said of the netting, "and we cut each bag and tie one end." ...

by The Associated Press Mon, May 21st 2018 at 8:13 AM TOPICS: Belgian Cuisine Bivalvia Freshwater Bivalves Lophotrochozoa Mussel Oyster Unionidae Food Supply ...