ID tips
How to photograph shellfish so they can be identified: three views and a ruler
Many shellfish are hard to identify to species from a single photo taken from above. Shell shape changes with the substrate and growing conditions: t…
Species stories
Yesso, Farrer's and bay scallops: telling apart three common northern scallops
On the farms and in the seafood markets of the Liaodong and Shandong peninsulas, three scallops are the most common. All belong to Pectinidae, and si…
Announcements
How does the community settle on a name?
Like iNaturalist, AquaWiki leaves the final name of an observation to community consensus, rather than to the uploader alone. This article explains h…