Epibionts on Aequipecten tehuelchus (d'Orbigny, 1846) (Pectinidae) in shelf waters off Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Published in: American Malacological Bulletin
• Main Authors: Souto, Valeria Soledad, Schejter, Laura, Bremec, Claudia Silvia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Malacological Society
• Subjects: Epibiosis; Scallop; Sw Atlantic Ocean; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Silvia; Antarc*; antarcticus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/72002

Aequipecten tehuelchus (d'Orbigny, 1846) is a commercial resource, distributed from Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) to Golfo Nuevo (Argentina), on sandy and muddy bottoms. In Argentina, the major banks of exploitation are located in the gulfs of San José and San Matías. This study represents the first...