WoRMS taxon details
Dendostrea crenulifera (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871)
244714 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:244714)
accepted
Species
Dendrostrea crenulifera (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ostraea crenulifera G. B. Sowerby II, 1871 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ostrea albatra Jousseaume, 1925 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of Ostraea crenulifera G. B. Sowerby II, 1871) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1870-1871). Monograph of the genus <i>Ostraea</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 18, pl. 1-33 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-5, October 1870; pl. 6-13, January 1871; pl. 14-16, February 1871; pl. 17-27, September 1871; pl. 1, 28-33, November 1871]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8209078
page(s): pl. 27, figs. 67 a–b [details]
page(s): pl. 27, figs. 67 a–b [details]
Type locality contained in Red Sea
type locality contained in Red Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dendostrea crenulifera (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=244714 on 2025-08-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ostraea crenulifera G. B. Sowerby II, 1871) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1870-1871). Monograph of the genus <i>Ostraea</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 18, pl. 1-33 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-5, October 1870; pl. 6-13, January 1871; pl. 14-16, February 1871; pl. 17-27, September 1871; pl. 1, 28-33, November 1871]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8209078
page(s): pl. 27, figs. 67 a–b [details]
original description (of Ostrea albatra Jousseaume, 1925) Lamy, E. (1925). Les Huîtres de la mer Rouge (d'après les matériaux recueillis par le Dr Jousseaume). <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.</em> 31: 190-196, 252-257, 317-322., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51949906
page(s): 195 [details]
basis of record Sharon, Y.; Benayahu, Y.; Mienis, H. K. (2005). First record of an exotic oyster: <i>Alectryonella crenulifera</i>, from the Mediterranean coast of Israel. <em>Triton.</em> 12: 5-6. [details]
page(s): pl. 27, figs. 67 a–b [details]
original description (of Ostrea albatra Jousseaume, 1925) Lamy, E. (1925). Les Huîtres de la mer Rouge (d'après les matériaux recueillis par le Dr Jousseaume). <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.</em> 31: 190-196, 252-257, 317-322., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51949906
page(s): 195 [details]
basis of record Sharon, Y.; Benayahu, Y.; Mienis, H. K. (2005). First record of an exotic oyster: <i>Alectryonella crenulifera</i>, from the Mediterranean coast of Israel. <em>Triton.</em> 12: 5-6. [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Oliver, P. G.; Garzia, M.; Paulay, G.; Salvi, D. (2025). On the species identity of a tropical oyster (Bivalvia, Ostreidae, <i>Dendostrea</i>) invading the eastern Mediterranean Sea. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1243: 207-224., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/152856/ [details]
Other
context source (Introduced species)
Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors 
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context source (HKRMS) Lam K. & Morton B. (2004). The oysters of Hong Kong (Bivalvia: Ostreidae and Gryphaeidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52. pp 11-28. [details]
additional source Galil, B. (2007). Seeing Red: Alien species along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 2(4): 281-312., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2007.2.4.2 [details]
[request]context source (HKRMS) Lam K. & Morton B. (2004). The oysters of Hong Kong (Bivalvia: Ostreidae and Gryphaeidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52. pp 11-28. [details]
additional source Galil, B. (2007). Seeing Red: Alien species along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 2(4): 281-312., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2007.2.4.2 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details]Introduced species vector dispersal in Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Shipping [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ノコギリガキ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Ostraea crenulifera G. B. Sowerby II, 1871)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dendostrea crenulifera)
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Ostraea crenulifera G. B. Sowerby II, 1871)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Dendrostrea crenulifera (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Ostraea crenulifera G. B. Sowerby II, 1871)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dendostrea crenulifera)
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Ostraea crenulifera G. B. Sowerby II, 1871)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Dendrostrea crenulifera (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871))
