Mytilus
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Specimen Records:1892
Specimens with Sequences:1734
Specimens with Barcodes:1525
Species:91
Species With Barcodes:90
Public Records:1471
Public Species:86
Public BINs:33
Mytilus is a cosmopolitan genus of medium to large-sized edible saltwater mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae.[1]
Species[edit]
Species within the genus Mytilus include:
- Mytilus californianus Conrad, 1837 - California mussel
- Mytilus coruscus Gould, 1861
- the Mytilus edulis complex:
- Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - blue mussel, edible blue mussel
- Mytilus edulis platensis d'Orbigny, 1846 = Mytilus chilensis (Hupé, 1854) - Chilean mussel (controversial)
- Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819 - Mediterranean mussel
- Mytilus trossulus Gould, 1850 - foolish mussel
- Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - blue mussel, edible blue mussel
Human use[edit]
Mytilus mussels are widely exploited as food and used in mariculture. For instance, in California, they have been consumed by coastal Native American people for almost 12 000 years. [2]
References[edit]
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Wikispecies has information related to: Mytilus |
- "Mytilus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- J. H McDonald, R. Seed and R.K. Koehn (1991) Allozymes and morphometric characters of three species of Mytilus in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Marine Biology 111: 323-333.
- ^ A.W.B. Powell, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- ^ Erlandson, Jon M., T.C. Rick, T.J. Braje, A. Steinberg, & R.L.Vellanoweth. 2008. Human Impacts on Ancient Shellfish: A 10,000 Year Record from San Miguel Island, California. Journal of Archaeological Science 35:2144-2152.
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Mussels (genus Mytilus) are one of the most cultivated and commercialized bivalves worldwide. The species Mytilus edulis is the common Blue Mussel.
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Depth range based on 2898 specimens in 10 taxa.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 451 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): -14 - 408
Temperature range (°C): -1.363 - 23.436
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.437 - 18.830
Salinity (PPS): 6.095 - 36.284
Oxygen (ml/l): 2.113 - 8.544
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.048 - 1.740
Silicate (umol/l): 1.824 - 50.947
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): -14 - 408
Temperature range (°C): -1.363 - 23.436
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.437 - 18.830
Salinity (PPS): 6.095 - 36.284
Oxygen (ml/l): 2.113 - 8.544
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.048 - 1.740
Silicate (umol/l): 1.824 - 50.947
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Animal / parasite
Pinnotheres pisum parasitises Mytilus
Animal / endozoite
immersed perithecium of Pyrenocollema halodytes lives within live shell of Mytilus
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Mytilus (Mytilus, Balanus) is prey of:
Pagurus
Cancer
Polinices
Asterias
Myoxocephalus
Haematopus
Somateria
Laridae
Thais
Carcinus
Tautogolabrus
Actinopterygii
Aves
Mammalia
Carcinides
Fundulus
Based on studies in:
USA: Massachusetts, Cape Ann (Marine, Sublittoral)
Scotland, Ythan estuary (Estuarine)
USA: Maine, Gulf of Maine (Littoral, Rocky shore)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- R. W. Dexter, The marine communities of a tidal inlet at Cape Ann, Massachusetts: a study in bio-ecology, Ecol. Monogr. 17:263-294, from p. 272 (1947).
- H. Milne and G. M. Dunnet, Standing crop, productivity and trophic relations of the fauna of the Ythan estuary. In: The Estuarine Environment, R. S. K. Barnes and J. Green, Eds. (Applied Science Publications, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1972), pp. 86-106, from
- D. C. Edwards, D. O. Conover, F. Sutter, Mobile predators and the structure of marine intertidal communities, Ecology 63(4):1175-1180, from p. 1178 (1982).
- R. W. Dexter, The marine communities of a tidal inlet at Cape Ann, Massachusetts: a study in bio-ecology, Ecol. Monogr. 17:263-294, from p. 278 (1947).
- R. W. Dexter, The marine communities of a tidal inlet at Cape Ann, Massachusetts: a study in bio-ecology, Ecol. Monogr. 17:263-294, from p. 287 (1947).
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Mytilus (Mytilus, Balanus) preys on:
plankton
detritus
suspended organic matter
Based on studies in:
USA: Massachusetts, Cape Ann (Marine, Sublittoral)
USA: Maine, Gulf of Maine (Littoral, Rocky shore)
Scotland, Ythan estuary (Estuarine)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- R. W. Dexter, The marine communities of a tidal inlet at Cape Ann, Massachusetts: a study in bio-ecology, Ecol. Monogr. 17:263-294, from p. 272 (1947).
- H. Milne and G. M. Dunnet, Standing crop, productivity and trophic relations of the fauna of the Ythan estuary. In: The Estuarine Environment, R. S. K. Barnes and J. Green, Eds. (Applied Science Publications, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1972), pp. 86-106, from
- D. C. Edwards, D. O. Conover, F. Sutter, Mobile predators and the structure of marine intertidal communities, Ecology 63(4):1175-1180, from p. 1178 (1982).
- R. W. Dexter, The marine communities of a tidal inlet at Cape Ann, Massachusetts: a study in bio-ecology, Ecol. Monogr. 17:263-294, from p. 278 (1947).
- R. W. Dexter, The marine communities of a tidal inlet at Cape Ann, Massachusetts: a study in bio-ecology, Ecol. Monogr. 17:263-294, from p. 287 (1947).
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