Pheromones and Semiochemicals of Mytilus californianus (Mytilida: Mytilidae), the California mussel

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Semiochemicals of Mytilus californianus, the California mussel

Phylum:	Mollusca
Subphylum:	Conchifera
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Mytilida
Family:	Mytilidae
Subfamily:	Mytilinae
Genus:	Mytilus
Tribe:
Author:	Conrad

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Semiochemical(s):

Quayle DB

1969

Bull. Fish. Res. Board Can.

168:

STX

�Relative ratio of the component�

�(*) indicates that compound is active�

P �Category of the chemical signal

A -	Attractant
Al -	Allomone
K -	Kairomone
P -	Pheromone
Sy -	Synomone�

�Source of the chemical signal

F -	Female
H -	Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -	Lure
M -	Male
M&F -	Male and Female
S -	Solider
Q -	Queen
W -	Worker�

�Amount

pg -	Picogram
ng -	Nanogram
�g -	Microgram
mg -	Milligram
g -	Gram�

Cosine Island, British Columbia, Canada

Schantz EJ

1957

J. Am. Chem. Soc.

79:

5230

STX

�Relative ratio of the component�

�(*) indicates that compound is active�

P �Category of the chemical signal

A -	Attractant
Al -	Allomone
K -	Kairomone
P -	Pheromone
Sy -	Synomone�

�Source of the chemical signal

F -	Female
H -	Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -	Lure
M -	Male
M&F -	Male and Female
S -	Solider
Q -	Queen
W -	Worker�

�Amount

pg -	Picogram
ng -	Nanogram
�g -	Microgram
mg -	Milligram
g -	Gram�

California, USA

Reference(s):

Quayle, D.B. 1969. Paralytic shellfish poisoning in British Columbia. Bull. Fish. Res. Board Can. 168:1-83.

Schantz, E.J., Mold, J.D., Stanger, D.W., Shavel, J., Riel, F.J., Bowden, J.P., Lynch, J.M., Wyler, R.S., Riegel, B., and Sommer, H. 1957. Paralytic shellfish poison VI. A procedure for the isolation and purification of the poison from toxic clams and mussel tissues. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 79:5230-5235.

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