Pacific oyster

Pacific oyster

Not Threatened (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Ostreida
Family: Ostreidae
Genus: Magallana
Species:
M. gigas
Binomial name
Magallana gigas
(Thunberg, 1793)
Synonyms

Crassostrea gigas

Video of an adult exemplar as it responds to stimulation by light

The Pacific oyster, Japanese oyster, or Miyagi oyster (Magallana gigas[2]) is an oyster native to the Pacific coast of Asia. It has become an introduced species in North America, Australia, Europe, and New Zealand.

  1. ^ Funnell, Greig; et al. (January 2023). Todd, Amanda (ed.). Conservation status of indigenous marine invertebrates in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021 (PDF) (Report). New Zealand Department of Conservation. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-99-118365-1. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  2. ^ Salvi, D; Macali, A; Mariottini, P (2014). "Molecular phylogenetics and systematics of the bivalve family Ostreidae based on rRNA sequence-structure models and multilocus species tree". PLOS ONE. 9 (9): e108696. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j8696S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0108696. PMC 4177229. PMID 25250663.