Crassostrea gigas
Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) Description Osorio (2002), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012). Distribution Native to Japan and Korea and the North Atlantic Ocean (Coan and Valentich- Scott 2012). This species is usually introduced through aquaculture (Diederich et al. 2005). In Chile this species w...
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| Online Access: | https://zenodo.org/record/4336615 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4336615 |
| Summary: | Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) Description Osorio (2002), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012). Distribution Native to Japan and Korea and the North Atlantic Ocean (Coan and Valentich- Scott 2012). This species is usually introduced through aquaculture (Diederich et al. 2005). In Chile this species was introduced in 1978 and has been recorded from latitude 15° S to 40° S (Valdovinos 1999). Possible mechanism of introduction/Status Intentional transplantation/unestablished (Valdovinos 1999). Remarks Filter feeder, invasive species, species of commercial importance (Diederich et al. 2005). UA, II. Published as part of Araya, Juan Francisco, 2015, Current status of the non-indigenous molluscs in Chile, with the first record of Otala punctata (Müller, 1774) (Gastropoda: Helicidae) in the country and new records for Cornu aspersum (Müller, 1774) and Deroceras laeve (Müller, 1774), pp. 1731-1761 in Journal of Natural History 49 (29) on page 1734, DOI:10.1080/00222933.2015.1006703, http://zenodo.org/record/3997965 |
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