ViLco wrote:
> brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> And the coral is NOT the liver, the coral is the roe.
>
> False, as usual, it's the gonads. Scallops are hermaphrodytes, so calling
> roe (female only) what produces both male and female gametes is plain wrong.

Vilco with respect :

You may be in part wrong. Depends what scallop species you are talking
about .
Be advised that MOST species of scallops actually do have sexes
and only some show signs of being hermaphrodites .

Certain species have a strategy for sexual development that makes it
especially vulnerable to fishing pressure (e.g., age at 50% maturity >20
years; sequential hermaphrodites; extremely low fecundity).
As it appears the thread is talking about Northern Hemisphere species

please have a look at
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/j...TRY=1&SRETRY=0

Then do your own research .

But to assist you and also perhaps inform the group
when looking at scallops have a look at the colour of the Gonads
In basic Terms RED for females white for males certainly in
the Giant Sea Scallop (Placopecten magellicanus)

Re
HERMAPHRODITISM IN THE SEA SCALLOP
you may find an old paper of some use

http://www.biolbull.org/cgi/reprint/119/2/197.pdf

I hope that link is still working.
If not look up Arthur Merrill and John Burch + scallop

Kind Regards
Phil