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[[File:Point Map of Panopea generosa.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Areas where Panopea generosa can be found]] | [[File:Point Map of Panopea generosa.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Areas where Panopea generosa can be found]] | ||
The geoduck clam can be found along the West Coast of [[North America]], in locations ranging from [[Baja, California]] all the way to [[Alaska]]. It lives in lower intertidal and subtidal zones of [[bays]], [[sloughs]], and [[estuaries]]. Geoducks bury themselves below the sand and extend their [[siphon]] out to filter feed. They will burrow in any [[substrate]], from soft mud to pea gravel. The geoduck is a [[filter feeder]]. This means it will eat any small organisms that it filters through its siphon. The major food source of ''Panopea generosa'' is [[phytoplankton]]. The predators of the geoduck includes: [[humans]], [[crabs]], [[sea stars]], [[sea otters]], and [[snails]]. Even with all of these threats some geoducks can live to be over a hundred years old.<ref name=mlife> [http://wikis.evergreen.edu/marinelife1011/index.php/Panopea_generosa#cite_note-2 Ever-green] ''marine-life-1011''. Web. March 7, 2011(Date-of-publication).</ref> | The geoduck clam can be found along the West Coast of [[North America]], in locations ranging from [[Baja, California]] all the way to [[Alaska]]. It lives in lower intertidal and subtidal zones of [[bays]], [[sloughs]], and [[estuaries]]. Geoducks bury themselves below the sand and extend their [[siphon]] out to filter feed. They will burrow in any [[substrate]], from soft mud to pea gravel. The geoduck is a [[filter feeder]]. This means it will eat any small organisms that it filters through its siphon. The major food source of ''Panopea generosa'' is [[phytoplankton]]. The predators of the geoduck includes: [[humans]], [[crabs]], [[sea stars]], [[sea otters]], and [[snails]]. Even with all of these threats some geoducks can live to be over a hundred years old.<ref name=mlife> [http://wikis.evergreen.edu/marinelife1011/index.php/Panopea_generosa#cite_note-2 Ever-green] ''marine-life-1011''. Web. March 7, 2011(Date-of-publication).</ref> | ||
Washington’s [[Puget Sound]] has the highest geoduck density in the continuous [[United States]]. Around 109 million adult geoducks are located in the Sound. They are the largest number of marine animals in the Sound. They can be found living in the Sound’s bays and estuaries and are most populous in the southern part. They are usually found at depths between 10 and 80 feet but have been recorded as deep as 360 feet.<ref> [http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/pugetsound/species/geoduck.html Geoduck Clam] "Puget-Sound-Shorelines". Web. December 13, 2012(Date-of-access).</ref> | |||
== The Geoduck Industry == | == The Geoduck Industry == | ||
