General information |
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Perna perna Linnaeus, 1758 | ||
Common name | Asian green mussel, Green-lipped mussel | |
Synonyms |
Melina perna (Linnaeus, 1758) Mya perna Linnaeus, 1758 Mytilus achatinus Lamarck, 1819 Mytilus afer Gmelin, 1791 Mytilus africanus Chemnitz, 1785 Mytilus elongatus Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 Mytilus irisans Jousseaume, 1888 Mytilus magellanicus Mytilus perna (Linnaeus, 1758) Mytilus pictus Born, 1778 Mytilus variegatus Roding, 1798 Mytilus venezolanus Andreu, 1965 Mytilus versicolor Gmelin, 1791 Perna africana var.mauretanica Pallary, 1900 Perna africana var. Tingitana Pallary, 1900 Perna indica Kuriakose & Nair, 1976 Perna magellanica Philipsson, 1788 Perna perna f. picta (Born, 1778) Perna picta (Born, 1778) |
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IUCN Red List status (2014) | Not Reported |
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Habitat | - |
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Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Lophotrochozoa; Mollusca; Bivalvia; Pteriomorphia; Mytiloida; Mytiloidea; Mytilidae. |
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Geographical distribution | - |
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Occurrence | - | |
Importance | Food |
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Remarks | Nil |
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Karyological information |
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Geographical area of study | Center for Marine Biology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
Source of chromosomes | Embryos |
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Number of specimens with sex | Not reported |
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Diploid chromosome number | 28 |
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Karyotype formula | 4m+5sm+5st/a |
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Fundamental arm number | Not reported |
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Chromosome length | Not reported |
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Sex chromosome | Not detected |
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Chromosome staining/banding/FISH | C-banding |
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Reference(s) |
Jacobi CM, Rosenberg C, Morgante AMV (1990). The Karyotype of the Brown mussel Perna perna( (L.) (Bivalvia : Mytilidae). Brazilian Journal of Genetics, 13(4): 669-673. |
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