Mytilus californianus  (California Mussel)

© Aaron Baldwin (Photo ID #2203)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location	Three-entrance Bay, Sitka Sound
Photographer	Aaron Baldwin
Habitat	Mid to upper intertidal zone
Photo Date
Upload Date	October 23, 2007
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Photo ID #	2203
Comments	These huge (20 cm+) mussels prefer open areas where they are exposed to surf. Large specimens nearly always host a pea crab in their mantle cavity, Fabia subquadrata.