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Magallana gigas   (Thunberg, 1793)

Giant cupped oyster
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Magallana gigas

Guam country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments:
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/gq.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bartley, D.M. (comp./ed.), 2006
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Pacific oyster, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Ostreida () > Ostreidae (oysters)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

; salobre; rango de profundidad 0 - 15 m (Ref. 348).   Subtropical; 15°C - 30°C (Ref. 76803), preferred 13°C (Ref. 107945); 48°N - 30°N, 126°E - 148°E

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Introducciones

Northwest Pacific. Introduced in the Pacific, Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 45.0 cm SHL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 348); common length : 15.0 cm SHL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 348)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

A major commercial species. Introduced for aquaculture in many countries. However experimental plantings in tropical western Pacific Islands often failed, apparently because of the sustained high temperature of the water (Ref. 348).

Main reference Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Poutiers, J.M. 1998. (Ref. 348)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial
FAO - Acuicultura: producción, species profile; pesquerías: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Herramientas

E-book | Guía de campo

Fuentes de Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Acuicultura: species profile; pesquerías: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Árbol de la vida | Wikipedia (Go, búsqueda) | Expediente Zoológico

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 7.4 - 22.6, mean 16 (based on 334 cells).
Resiliencia (Ref. 69278) Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (K=0.01-2.69).
Prior r = 0.57, 95% CL = 0.37 - 0.85, Based on 3 data-limited stock assessments.
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (23 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): High.