HEALTHY MUSSELS, HEALTHY RIVER! Mussels also have this amazing and unusual lifecyle that includes fish as a host. Glochidia (or mussel larvae) attach themselves to the gills of fish, where they ...

The fertilized eggs develop inside the female into tiny larvae called glochidia. The glochidia must attach to the gills of a host fish or salamander to complete development. Some mussels produce lures ...