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The glands of the larval foot in Pecten maximus L. and possible homologues in other bivalves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Ll. D. Gruffydd ,
D. J. W. Lane  and
A. R. Beaumont
Ll. D. Gruffydd
Affiliation:
N.E.R.C. Unit of Marine Invertebrate Biology, Marine Science Laboratories, Menai Bridge, Anglesey, North Wales, U.K.
D. J. W. Lane
Affiliation:
N.E.R.C. Unit of Marine Invertebrate Biology, Marine Science Laboratories, Menai Bridge, Anglesey, North Wales, U.K.
A. R. Beaumont
Affiliation:
N.E.R.C. Unit of Marine Invertebrate Biology, Marine Science Laboratories, Menai Bridge, Anglesey, North Wales, U.K.
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A survey by Yonge (1962) of the byssal apparatus in the Bivalvia indicates that the formation of byssus is a larval characteristic which may or may not be retained in the adult. Some species such as the mussel, Mytilus edulis, retain the byssal attachment but have the ability to break the byssus and move over a limited area. Others, such as the scallop, Pecten maximus, lose the byssus entirely, become unattached and move by swimming. Yet others, such as the oyster, Ostrea edulis, relinquish all mobility at metamorphosis by cementing the shell to the substratum, and after metamorphosis lose all trace of the foot. Ostrea, Mytilus and Pecten therefore encompass a wide variety of life styles in the adult and are chosen as examples for detailed comparison of the byssus forming glands and other foot glands in the pediveligers.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 55 , Issue 2 , May 1975 , pp. 463 - 476
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1975

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