Overview
Brief Summary
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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Ecology
Habitat
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.
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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Associations
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
Animal / parasite
Pinnotheres pisum parasitises Mytilus
Animal / endozoite
immersed perithecium of Pyrenocollema halodytes lives within live shell of Mytilus
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Known predators
Mytilus (Mytilus, Balanus) is prey of:
Pagurus
Cancer
Polinices
Asterias
Myoxocephalus
Haematopus
Somateria
Laridae
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.
Pagurus
Cancer
Polinices
Asterias
Myoxocephalus
Haematopus
Somateria
Laridae
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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Known prey organisms
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.
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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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Statistics of barcoding coverage
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
| Specimen Records: | 1,075 | Public Records: | 728 |
| Specimens with Sequences: | 990 | Public Species: | 85 |
| Specimens with Barcodes: | 923 | Public BINs: | 12 |
| Species: | 86 | ||
| Species With Barcodes: | 86 | ||
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Barcode data
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Locations of barcode samples
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Wikipedia
Mytilus (genus)
Mytilus is a cosmopolitan genus of medium to large-sized edible saltwater mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae.[1]
Species
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
Mytilus mussels are widely exploited as food and used in mariculture. For instance in California, they are known to have been consumed by coastal Native American people for almost 12 000 years. [2]
References
 | Wikispecies has information related to: Mytilus |
- "Mytilus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=79452.
- 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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