First observation of a spawning mantle display in a European unionid mussel.
Ecol Evol
; 14(7): e70016, 2024 Jul.
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ABSTRACT
Freshwater bivalve mussels in the order Unionida are highly endangered ecosystem engineers with a parasitic lifecycle necessitating a fish host to metamorphose from larval glochidia to juvenile mussel. While many species are broadcast spawners and release a large number of glochidia into the water column, many other species have a variety of highly evolved lure mechanisms and mantle displays to attract hosts to ensure a more targeted infestation. Almost all lure mussels are found exclusively in North America, with only one European species (Unio crassus) occasionally displaying a host attraction behaviour referred to as larval spurting. Here, I present evidence that the depressed river mussel (Pseudanodonta complanata) exhibits mantle displays to attract fish to gravid mussels for a targeted infestation, the first description of mantle displays in Europe.
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