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The Comparative Morphology of the Byssal Groove of the Foot in Three Mytilid Species (Bivalvia, Mytilidae) from the Sea of Japan

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Abstract—Morphological features of the byssal groove of the foot have been studied in the common mytilid species Mytilus coruscus, Crenomytilus grayanus and Modiolus modiolus from the Sea of Japan. A comparative analysis has shown interspecies differences in the length, width, and depth of the byssal groove and in the specificity of its structure, as well as in the size and shape of the distal fossa, where the byssal thread and the attachment disk are formed. The characteristics found in the morphological structure of the byssi in Myt. coruscus, C. grayanus, and Mod. modiolus are explained by the structural differences in their secretory organ.

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Abbreviations for Figs. 1–3: bg—byssal groove of the foot; vf—ventral surface of the foot; b—bottom of the byssal groove; de—distal end; df—distal fossa; f—foot of the mussel; d—ducts of glands; c—cilia of the byssal groove; fl— folds of the byssal groove; clf—closed folds of the byssal groove of the foot; p—papilla of the byssal groove of the foot.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The author expresses her sincere gratitude to D.V. Fomin (Center for Collective Use of A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Far Eastern Branch) for the assistance in the use of a Carl Zeiss, Sigma 300 VP scanning electron microscope.

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The study was supported by the Russian Science Support Foundation. The study was supported by the Malacological Society of London.

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Vekhova, E.E. The Comparative Morphology of the Byssal Groove of the Foot in Three Mytilid Species (Bivalvia, Mytilidae) from the Sea of Japan. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 49, 1562–1569 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359022090357

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