MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Ostrea gigas Thunberg, 1793

WoRMS name details

Ostrea gigas Thunberg, 1793

AphiaID

367831 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:367831)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (superseded combination)

Accepted Name

Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793)

Rank

Species

Parent

Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Ostrea gigas Thunberg, 1793

Direct children (2)

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Variety Ostrea gigas var. sikamea Amemiya, 1928 accepted as Magallana sikamea (Amemiya, 1928)
Variety Ostrea gigas var. tientsiensis Grabau & S. G. King, 1928 accepted as Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) accepted as Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) (probable synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Thunberg, C.P. (1793). Tekning och Beskrifning på en stor Ostronsort ifrån Japan. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar. 14(4-6): 140-142, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46957303 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Ostrea gigas Thunberg, 1793. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367831 on 2024-11-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-10-01 07:48:25Z

created

Decock, Wim

2010-11-19 08:29:14Z

checked

Huber, Markus

2011-03-14 19:17:39Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-10-24 07:53:27Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2023-10-20 04:16:26Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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original description Thunberg, C.P. (1793). Tekning och Beskrifning på en stor Ostronsort ifrån Japan. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar. 14(4-6): 140-142, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46957303 [details]

additional source Pilsbry, H. A. (1890). Ostrea gigas Thunberg. The Nautilus. 3(8): 95., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12596716 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
Japanese	マガキ	[details]

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (86 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To GenBank (296363 nucleotides; 65854 proteins)
To PESI