Phenotypes of the California mussel, Mytilus californianus, Conrad (1837)

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 135-140

  Cáceres Martínez, Jorge ^a,c   Del Río Portilla, Miguel A ^a   Curiel Ramírez Gutiérrez, Sergio ^a   Gómez Humarán, Ignacio Méndez ^b  

^a Depto Acuicultura Ctro Invest C   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LA PESCA   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Morphological variability; Mytilus californianus; Mytilus edulis complex species; Phenotypes

Indexed keywords

INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MOLLUSC; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

MEXICO; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS CALIFORNIANUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; SALINA;

EID: 19244383047     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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