Evidence for the presence of the Portuguese oyster, Crassostrea angulata, in northern China

• Main Authors: Lapegue, Sylvie, Batista, Frederico, Heurtebise, Serge, Yu, Ziniu, Boudry, Pierre
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The National Shellfisheries Association 2004
• Subjects: Phylogeography; Cytochrome oxidase C subunit 1 gene; Crassostrea talienwhanensis; Gigas; Crosstrea; Crassostrea angulata; Cupped oysters; Lamarck; Pacific; Crassostrea gigas; Pacific oyster
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/3173/2756.pdf; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/3173/

The Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg), and the Portuguese oyster, C. angulata (Lamarck), are two closely related taxa. Although these two taxa were both introduced from Asia into Europe. one (C. gigas) was voluntarily introduced in the early 1970s, whereas the other (C. angulata) was pres...