Perna canaliculus, [a] the New Zealand green-lipped mussel, also known as the New Zealand mussel, the greenshell mussel, kuku, and kutai, is a bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae (the true mussels). P. canaliculus has economic importance as a cultivated species in New Zealand.

Endemic to New Zealand, the green-lipped mussel lives mostly below the intertidal zone, and its emerald shell can grow up to 24 centimetres long. Mobile babies. Green-lipped mussel larvae can swim on ocean currents for hundreds of kilometres.

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Perna canaliculus, the New Zealand green-lipped mussel, also known as the New Zealand mussel, the greenshell mussel, kuku, and kutai, is a bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae (the true mussels). P. canaliculus has economic importance as a cultivated species in New Zealand.

2023年10月4日 · In July 2023, on a chance maintenance dive of the kuku restoration stations, Kura Paul-Burke’s team made the incredible discovery that one of the traditional mussel beds has bounced back to 16 million ‘teenage’ kuku.

The green colour comes from a papery covering called the periostracum, in the wild this often peels away and the dull white shell beneath shows through. Often the surface of the shell is overgrown by other encrusting animals. it has no hinge …

2022年2月7日 · The Awhi Mai Awhi Atu restoration project has set up four kuku restoration stations. They’ve discovered three early-stage kuku beds near where they had deployed their initial sets of lines. When the lines break off and fall, the kuku stay as a group and grow as a whānau, while the lines safely biodegrade.

New Zealand has 22 species of mussel including the blue mussel (kuku), little black mussel (hauea) and the ribbed mussel (pukanikani). Depending on the species, mussels are found in many different marine habitats – intertidal areas, rocky reefs and subtidal locations.

The New Zealand green-lipped mussel (Perna canaliculus), also known as the New Zealand mussel, the greenshell mussel, kuku, and kutai, is a bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae (the true mussels). P. canaliculus has economic importance as a cultivated species in New Zealand.

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