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Scallop

Pecten novaezealandiae

Description:

A New Zealand Scallop. Check out the eyes.

Habitat:

Shallow to mid depths, rocky or sandy bottom.

Notes:

They are bizarre to watch swimming.

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2 Comments

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 9 years ago

Congratulations Max Gallagher! Your spotting is featured in Project Noah's Fact of the Day:"Scallops can be found around the globe in all of our oceans. Unlike most marine bivalve mollusks, scallops are able to swim short distances. They have a well-developed nervous system and have numerous simple eyes situated around the edges of their mantles. The New Zealand Scallop featured here is completely free-living, mobile and somewhat migratory. It is endemic to New Zealand".

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Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

The eyes have it !

Max Gallagher
Spotted by
Max Gallagher

Blenheim, New Zealand

Spotted on Jan 30, 2011
Submitted on Oct 26, 2014

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