In this activity, students observe green-lipped mussels to determine the impact of pea crab infestation on their size and weight.
New Zealand pea crabs are known to damage the green-lipped mussels they live in, but what impact do they have on mussel farming in New Zealand?...
The New Zealand pea crab (Nepinnotheres novaezelandiae) is a parasite that spends its adult life within a mussel shell. However, the larval stages of its life...
See our newsletters here.