Crassostrea gigas
Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)
- Mollusca
- Bivalvia
- Autolamellibranchiata
- Pteriomorphia
- order Ostreoida
- family Ostreidae
- genus Crassostrea
Common Names
Felsenauster (German), Giant Pacific oyster, Giant oyster, Huître creuse japonaise (French), Huître portugaise (French), Immigrant oyster, Japanese Oyster, Japanse oester (Dutch), Miyagi oyster, Ostión (Castilian), Ostión del Pacífico (Castilian), Ostra de pobre (Castilian), Ostra gigante (Portuguese), Ostra portuguesa (Castilian), Ostra portuguesa (Portuguese), Ostrica concava (Italian), Ostrica giapponese (Italian), Ostrica portoghese (Italian), Pacific cupped oyster (English), Pacific giant oyster (English), Pacific oyster (English), Pazifische Felsenauster (German), Portugiesische Auster (German), Portugisisk øster (Danish), Portuguese cupped oyster (English), Portuguese oyster (English), Riesenauster (German), Stillehavs-østers (Danish)
Description
Morphology
Cannuel and Beninger (2006) demonstrated that the inner demibranchs of the gills develop earlier than the outer demibranchs. Plication of the gill is also attained relatively late in ontogeny. The gills of early juveniles of the species are thus structurally and functionally different from those of the adult.
Rights holder(s): Sartori, André F. - Comment (0)
Taxonomic Children
Total: 3
Crassostrea gigas gigas (Thunberg, 1793), Crassostrea gigas kumamoto, Crassostrea gigas laperousii Schrenck