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The Blue Mussel is a small, shellfish that can be found in oceans and seas. These creatures are great at filtering water and play a big role in keeping their habitats clean!
Hábitat: Coastal waters and rocky shorelines.
The Blue Mussel has a smooth, wedge-shaped shell, typically dark blue to purplish-black with concentric growth lines. Its interior is often iridescent, shining with mother-of-pearl. This elongated shell distinctly tapers to a pointed end, making it different from rounder clam shells.





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A single mussel can filter over a gallon of ocean water every hour!
Blue Mussels can grow 'tree rings' on their shells, showing their age year by year!
Blue Mussels can sometimes change their sex from male to female, or vice-versa!
These mussels often live in enormous underwater 'cities' called mussel beds!
Blue Mussel can strongly attach to rocks using special byssal threads because of sticky proteins, helping them stay put in crashing waves.
Blue Mussel has powerful gills that help them filter vast amounts of water, capturing tiny food particles to eat and keeping the water clean.
Blue Mussel can seal its shell tightly shut, allowing it to survive exposure to air and changing salt levels during low tide.
Blue Mussels are tiny particle eaters, filtering microscopic food from the water around them.
Asterias rubens
A major predator, prying open mussel shells.
Carcinus maenas
Crushes the shells of smaller mussels with strong claws.
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Somateria mollissima
A sea duck that dives to consume mussels whole.
Los animales solitarios viven solos durante la mayor parte de su vida y solo interactúan con otros para aparearse o cuidar de sus crías.
Los filtradores obtienen nutrientes filtrando partículas de alimentos suspendidos y pequeños organismos del agua.
Los hábitats costeros son entornos dinámicos situados a lo largo de la interfaz entre la tierra y el mar, influenciados por las mareas, las olas y el agua salada.
Los hábitats acuáticos abarcan entornos donde los organismos viven principalmente en el agua, incluidos océanos, ríos, lagos y humedales.
Los hábitats marinos abarcan todos los entornos de agua salada de los océanos de la Tierra, sustentando una inmensa diversidad de vida acuática.
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Blue Mussels are tiny particle eaters, filtering microscopic food from the water around them.
Coastal waters and rocky shorelines.
Filter Feeding
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