Pearl oysters of the species Pinctada maxima (silver lip or gold lip pearl oyster), P. margaritifera (black lip pearl oyster), and Pteria penguin (bat wing pearl oyster), are all used in the Australian cultured pearl industry, but Pinctada maxima is by far the most important economically. Pinctada...
The large starfish, Coscinasterias calamaria is known to feed on commercially exploited molluscs, including blacklip abalone (Haliotis rubra), mussels (Mytilus edulis) and scallops (Pecten irradians).
The study investigated the abundance of the seastar on reefs in Port Phillip Bay, and the extent to...