Eyes Under Puget SoundThis species image was collected from Puget Sound sediments and photographed by the Washington State Department of Ecologys Marine Sediment Monitoring Team. For more information about this teams work visit: www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/psamp/index.htm.Cant get enough benthos? Check out our Eyes Under Puget Sound Critter of the Month species profile blogs at bit.ly/critterofthemonth
2011-12-03 Austria, Lower Austria, district Bruck/Leitha - Danube bayou which has fallen dry, National Park (140 msm Quadrant 7867/2).German names: Wandermuschel (Dreissena polymorpha) + Teichmuschel (Anodonta sp.)For the record low of water level exposing these mussels see remarks here.Species identified by Andreas Tiefenbach at naturbeobachtung_at: it is a neozoon which travelled up the Danube river, following water traffic (it is attaching itself to ship hulks), coming from the Black Sea - and is invasive here in Austria already.For habitat shot please click here.