Is fertility of hybrids enough to conclude that the two oysters Crassostrea gigas and Crassostrea angulata are the same species?

• Published in: Aquatic Living Resources
• Main Authors: Huvet, Arnaud, Gerard, Andre, Ledu, Christophe, Phelipot, Pascal, Heurtebise, Serge, Boudry, Pierre
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2002
• Subjects: Crassostrea angulata; Crassostrea gigas; Developmental yields of larvae; Fertility; Controlled crosses; Hybridization; Lamark
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2002/publication-1395.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0990-7440(01)01148-2; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/1395/

The distinction of the two cupped oysters Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) and Crassostrea angulata (Lamark, 1819) into two species was chiefly due to their differing geographical distributions, C. gigas being present in Asia and C. angulata in Europe. Today it is commonly accepted that C. angulat...