| 1. | Additionally byssal threads have provided insight into the construction of artificial tendons
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| 2. | The entoliids did not / do not secrete a byssal thread.
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| 3. | Larvae likely settle anywhere they can attach byssal threads.
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| 4. | The byssal gland in these clams does not produce threads as in Pteriomorphia.
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| 5. | Gooseneck barnacles, byssal threads are able to overgrow all the other sessile organisms.
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| 6. | Here mussels can be the successful species, secured to the rock with their byssal threads.
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| 7. | This forms extremely tough, strong, elastic, byssal threads that secure the mussel to its substrate.
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| 8. | In the end stage of veliger development photosensitive eye spots and elongated foot with a byssal gland are formed.
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| 9. | Young mussels grow through the stockings, anchoring themselves to the ropes with their strong byssal threads ( beards ).
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| 10. | Once byssal threads have developed, the clams are moved to a secondary nursery system which contains sand as the substrate.
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