Mizuhopecten yessoensis, Large weathervane scallop : fisheries, aquaculture

Mizuhopecten yessoensis   (Jay, 1857)

Large weathervane scallop

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Pectinida | Pectinidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 0 - 100 m (Ref. 356), usually 2 - 80 m (Ref. 75831).  Temperate, preferred 17°C (Ref. 107945); 56°N - 35°N, 127°E - 151°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northwest Pacific: from the Sea of Japan (North and South Korea and Russia) to Pacific coast of Japan (35°N) to the Sea of Okhotsk, southern Sakhalin and southern Kuril Islands. Introduced in Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 25.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. )

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs on sandy, silty and muddy bottoms. Suspension feeder (Ref. 106923).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Life cycle: Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam (Ref. 833).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

SAUP Database. 2006. (Ref. 356)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial
FAO - Aquaculture: production, species profile; Fisheries: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Aquaculture: species profile; Fisheries: ; publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 1 - 18.5, mean 5.1 (based on 470 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.87-0.98).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (13 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): High vulnerability (58 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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