Freshwater Mussel Lifecycle

Photo By/Credit

John Megahan/University of Michigan

Date Shot/Created
01/24/2023
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
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A diagram of the lifecycle for freshwater mussels showing how larva from a fertilized adult female needs to use a host (fish gills) in order to metamorphose or transform into a juvenile adult. Without this parasitic stage juvenile, thus adult mussels would not be created.