BeRMS name details
Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)
140656 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140656)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Ostrea gigas Thunberg, 1793) Thunberg, C.P. (1793). Tekning och Beskrifning på en stor Ostronsort ifrån Japan. <em>Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar.</em> 14(4-6): 140-142, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46957303 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793). Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140656 on 2026-01-19
VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140656 on 2026-01-19
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(of Ostrea gigas Thunberg, 1793) Thunberg, C.P. (1793). Tekning och Beskrifning på en stor Ostronsort ifrån Japan. <em>Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar.</em> 14(4-6): 140-142, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46957303 [details]
basis of record Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 253-254, photos 168-172 [details] Available for editors
additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 208. [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Huvet, A.; Fabioux, C.; Mccombie, H.; Lapegue, S.; Boudry, P. (2004). Natural hybridization between genetically differentiated populations of <i>Crassostrea gigas</i> and <i>C. angulata</i> highlighted by sequence variation in flanking regions of a microsatellite locus. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 272: 141-152., available online at http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/3355/ [details]
additional source Hedgecock D., Li G., Hubert S., Bucklin K. & Ribes V. 2003. Widespread null alleles and poor cross-species amplification of microsatellite dna loci cloned from the Pacific oyster, <i>Crassostrea gigas</i>. <i>Journal of Shellfish Research</i>, 23(2): 379-385. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3063290 [details]
additional source Yu Z., Kong X. Zhang L., Guo X. & Xiang J. 2003. Taxonomic status of four <i>Crassostrea</i> oysters from China as inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. <i>Journal of Shellfish Research</i>, 22(1): 31-38. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3105572 [details]
additional source Marchini, A., J. Ferrario, A. Sfriso & A. Occhipinti-Ambrogi. (2015). Current status and trends of biological invasions in the Lagoon of Venice, a hotspot of marine NIS introductions in the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 17:2943–2962., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-015-0922-3 [details] Available for editors
additional source Isaji, S.; Kato, H. (2011). A Fossil Pearl from the Upper Miocene Kubota Formation in the Higashitanagura Area, Fukushima Prefecture, Northeastern Japan. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 69 (3-4): 195-201. [details] Available for editors
additional source Bayne, B.; Anglès d'Auriac, M.; Backeljau, T.; Beninger, P.; Boudry, P.; Carnegie, R.; Davis, J.; Guo, X.; Hedgecock, D.; Krause, M.; Langdon, C.; Lapègue, S.; Manahan, D.; Mann, R.; Powell, E.; Shumway, S. (2019). A scientific name for Pacific oysters. <em>Aquaculture.</em> 499: 373., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.08.048 [details]
additional source Branch, G.M., Griffiths, C.L., Branch, M.L. & Beckley, L.E. (2010). Two Oceans. A guide to the marine life of southern Africa. Revised edition. David Philip: Cape Town.
page(s): 150. [details]
additional source Valentich-Scott, P.; Coan, E. V.; Zelaya, D. (2020). <i>Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile</i>. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. vii + 593 pp.
page(s): 147, pl. 48 [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
status source Bayne B.L., Ahrens M., Allen S. K., Anglès D'auriac M., Backeljau T., Beninger P., Bohn R., Boudry P., Davis J., Green T., Guo X., Hedgecock D., Ibarra A., Kingsley-Smith P., Krause M., Langdon C., Lapègue S., Li C., Manahan D., Mann R., Perez-Paralle L., Powell E.N., Rawson P.D., Speiser D., SanchezJ.L., Shumway S. & Wang H. (2017). The proposed dropping of the genus <i>Crassostrea</i> for all Pacific cupped oysters and Its replacement by a new genus <i>Magallana</i>: A dissenting view. <em>Journal of Shellfish Research.</em> 6(3): 545-547., available online at https://doi.org/10.2983/035.036.0301 [details]
status source Backeljau, T. (2018). Crassostrea gigas or Magallana gigas: A Community-based Scientific Response. <em>National Shellfisheries Association Quarterly Newsletter.</em> (1): 3., available online at https://shellfish.memberclicks.net/assets/docs/Current_Newsletters/qnl_2018_1.pdf [details]
basis of record Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 253-254, photos 168-172 [details] Available for editors
additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 208. [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Huvet, A.; Fabioux, C.; Mccombie, H.; Lapegue, S.; Boudry, P. (2004). Natural hybridization between genetically differentiated populations of <i>Crassostrea gigas</i> and <i>C. angulata</i> highlighted by sequence variation in flanking regions of a microsatellite locus. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 272: 141-152., available online at http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/3355/ [details]
additional source Hedgecock D., Li G., Hubert S., Bucklin K. & Ribes V. 2003. Widespread null alleles and poor cross-species amplification of microsatellite dna loci cloned from the Pacific oyster, <i>Crassostrea gigas</i>. <i>Journal of Shellfish Research</i>, 23(2): 379-385. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3063290 [details]
additional source Yu Z., Kong X. Zhang L., Guo X. & Xiang J. 2003. Taxonomic status of four <i>Crassostrea</i> oysters from China as inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. <i>Journal of Shellfish Research</i>, 22(1): 31-38. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3105572 [details]
additional source Marchini, A., J. Ferrario, A. Sfriso & A. Occhipinti-Ambrogi. (2015). Current status and trends of biological invasions in the Lagoon of Venice, a hotspot of marine NIS introductions in the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 17:2943–2962., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-015-0922-3 [details] Available for editors
additional source Isaji, S.; Kato, H. (2011). A Fossil Pearl from the Upper Miocene Kubota Formation in the Higashitanagura Area, Fukushima Prefecture, Northeastern Japan. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 69 (3-4): 195-201. [details] Available for editors
additional source Bayne, B.; Anglès d'Auriac, M.; Backeljau, T.; Beninger, P.; Boudry, P.; Carnegie, R.; Davis, J.; Guo, X.; Hedgecock, D.; Krause, M.; Langdon, C.; Lapègue, S.; Manahan, D.; Mann, R.; Powell, E.; Shumway, S. (2019). A scientific name for Pacific oysters. <em>Aquaculture.</em> 499: 373., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.08.048 [details]
additional source Branch, G.M., Griffiths, C.L., Branch, M.L. & Beckley, L.E. (2010). Two Oceans. A guide to the marine life of southern Africa. Revised edition. David Philip: Cape Town.
page(s): 150. [details]
additional source Valentich-Scott, P.; Coan, E. V.; Zelaya, D. (2020). <i>Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile</i>. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. vii + 593 pp.
page(s): 147, pl. 48 [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
status source Bayne B.L., Ahrens M., Allen S. K., Anglès D'auriac M., Backeljau T., Beninger P., Bohn R., Boudry P., Davis J., Green T., Guo X., Hedgecock D., Ibarra A., Kingsley-Smith P., Krause M., Langdon C., Lapègue S., Li C., Manahan D., Mann R., Perez-Paralle L., Powell E.N., Rawson P.D., Speiser D., SanchezJ.L., Shumway S. & Wang H. (2017). The proposed dropping of the genus <i>Crassostrea</i> for all Pacific cupped oysters and Its replacement by a new genus <i>Magallana</i>: A dissenting view. <em>Journal of Shellfish Research.</em> 6(3): 545-547., available online at https://doi.org/10.2983/035.036.0301 [details]
status source Backeljau, T. (2018). Crassostrea gigas or Magallana gigas: A Community-based Scientific Response. <em>National Shellfisheries Association Quarterly Newsletter.</em> (1): 3., available online at https://shellfish.memberclicks.net/assets/docs/Current_Newsletters/qnl_2018_1.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Catalan | ostra japonesa | [details] |
| Dutch | Japanse oester | [details] |
| English | Portuguese oysterPacific oysterPacific giant oysterPacific cupped oysterJapanese oysterimmigrant oystergiant pacific oystergiant oystergiant cupped oyster | [details] |
| French | huître portugaisehuître japonaisehuître du Pacifiquehuître creuse japonaisehuître creuse du Pacifiquehuître creuse | [details] |
| German | RiesenausterPortugiesische AusterPazifische FelsenausterPazifische AusterJapanische AusterFelsenauster | [details] |
| Italian | ostrica giapponeseostrica del Pacificoostrica concava | [details] |
| Japanese | マガキ | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Στρείδι Πορτογαλίας | [details] |
| Portuguese | ostra-gigante | [details] |
| Russian | Устрица тихоокеанская (гиганская) | [details] |
| Spanish | ostra japonesaostión del Pacíficoostión | [details] |
| Swedish | Japanskt jätteostron | [details] |
European Network on Invasive Alien Species (NOBANIS) - Crassostrea gigas
Global invasive species database - Crassostrea gigas
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (102 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Dyntaxa
To FAO Cultured Aquatic species fact sheets
To FAO Species fact sheets
To GenBank (296363 nucleotides; 65854 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To Niet-inheemse soorten Belgisch deel Noordzee en aanpalende estuaria (in Dutch)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Global invasive species database - Crassostrea gigas
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (102 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Dyntaxa
To FAO Cultured Aquatic species fact sheets
To FAO Species fact sheets
To GenBank (296363 nucleotides; 65854 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To Niet-inheemse soorten Belgisch deel Noordzee en aanpalende estuaria (in Dutch)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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