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Placopecten magellanicus

Index Placopecten magellanicus

Placopecten magellanicus, the Atlantic deep-sea scallop (previously known as Pecten tenuicostatus and as Pecten grandis and once referred to as the "giant scallop") is a commercially important pectinid bivalve mollusk native to the northwest Atlantic Ocean. [1]

34 relations: Amphipoda, Animal, Atlantic Ocean, Bivalvia, Bryozoa, Cape Hatteras, Crab, Georges Bank, Gulf of Maine, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Hydroid (zoology), Lobster, Mantle (mollusc), Mollusca, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Mussel, Naticidae, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Ostreoida, Pecten maximus, Pectinina, Pectinoidea, Placopecten, Polychaete, Pteriomorphia, Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin, Scallop, Sea anemone, Sea cucumber, Seafood Watch, Sponge, Starfish, Tunicate, Whelk.

Amphipoda

Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies.

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Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.

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Bivalvia

Bivalvia, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts.

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Bryozoa

Bryozoa (also known as the Polyzoa, Ectoprocta or commonly as moss animals) are a phylum of aquatic invertebrate animals.

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Cape Hatteras

Cape Hatteras is a thin, broken strand of islands in North Carolina that arch out into the Atlantic Ocean away from the US mainland, then back toward the mainland, creating a series of sheltered islands between the Outer Banks and the mainland.

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Crab

Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) (translit.

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Georges Bank

Georges Bank (formerly known as St. Georges Bank) is a large elevated area of the sea floor between Cape Cod, Massachusetts (United States), and Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia (Canada).

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Gulf of Maine

The Gulf of Maine (Golfe du Maine) is a large gulf of the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast of North America.

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Gulf of Saint Lawrence

The Gulf of Saint Lawrence (French: Golfe du Saint-Laurent) is the outlet of the North American Great Lakes via the Saint Lawrence River into the Atlantic Ocean.

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Hydroid (zoology)

Hydroids are a life stage for most animals of the class Hydrozoa, small predators related to jellyfish.

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Lobster

Lobsters comprise a family (Nephropidae, sometimes also Homaridae) of large marine crustaceans.

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Mantle (mollusc)

The mantle (also known by the Latin word pallium meaning mantle, robe or cloak, adjective pallial) is a significant part of the anatomy of molluscs: it is the dorsal body wall which covers the visceral mass and usually protrudes in the form of flaps well beyond the visceral mass itself.

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Mollusca

Mollusca is a large phylum of invertebrate animals whose members are known as molluscs or mollusksThe formerly dominant spelling mollusk is still used in the U.S. — see the reasons given in Gary Rosenberg's.

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Monterey Bay Aquarium

Monterey Bay Aquarium is a nonprofit public aquarium in Monterey, California.

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Mussel

Mussel is the common name used for members of several families of bivalve molluscs, from saltwater and freshwater habitats.

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Naticidae

Naticidae, common name the moon snails or necklace shells, is a family of minute to large-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA; pronounced, like "Noah") is an American scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce that focuses on the conditions of the oceans, major waterways, and the atmosphere.

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Ostreoida

The order Ostreoida includes the true oysters.

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Pecten maximus

Pecten maximus, common names the great scallop, king scallop, St James shell or escallop, is a northeast Atlantic species of scallop, an edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Pectinidae.

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Pectinina

Pectinina is a taxonomic grouping of saltwater clams, a suborder within the order Pectinoida of marine bivalve mollusks.

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Pectinoidea

The Pectinoidea are a superfamily of marine bivalve molluscs, including the scallops and spiny oysters.

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Placopecten

Placopecten is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.

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Polychaete

The Polychaeta, also known as the bristle worms or polychaetes, are a paraphyletic class of annelid worms, generally marine.

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Pteriomorphia

The Pteriomorphia comprise a subclass of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks.

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Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin

Samuel George Gottlieb Gmelin (4 July 1744 – 27 July 1774) was a German physician, botanist and explorer.

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Scallop

Scallop is a common name that is primarily applied to any one of numerous species of saltwater clams or marine bivalve mollusks in the taxonomic family Pectinidae, the scallops.

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Sea anemone

Sea anemones are a group of marine, predatory animals of the order Actiniaria.

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Sea cucumber

Sea cucumbers are echinoderms from the class Holothuroidea.

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Seafood Watch

Seafood Watch is one of the best known sustainable seafood advisory lists, and has influenced similar programs around the world.

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Sponge

Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (meaning "pore bearer"), are a basal Metazoa clade as sister of the Diploblasts.

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Starfish

Starfish or sea stars are star-shaped echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea.

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Tunicate

A tunicate is a marine invertebrate animal, a member of the subphylum Tunicata, which is part of the Chordata, a phylum which includes all animals with dorsal nerve cords and notochords.

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Whelk

Whelk is a common name that is applied to various kinds of sea snail.

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Redirects here:

Atlantic deep-sea scallop, Atlantic sea scallop, Giant scallop, Pecten grandis, Pecten tenuicostatus, Sea scallop.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placopecten_magellanicus

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