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Magallana gigas   (Thunberg, 1793)

Giant cupped oyster
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Magallana gigas


Ecuador 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/ec.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bartley, D.M. (comp./ed.), 2006
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Ostreida () > Ostreidae (oysters)

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

; salmastro; distribuzione batimetrica 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

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

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

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 45.0 cm SHL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 348); common length : 15.0 cm SHL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 348)

Biologia     Glossario (es. 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 Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

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

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


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Pesca: commerciale
FAO - Acquacoltura: production, species profile; pesca: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Fecundity
Uova
Egg development
Age/Size
Accrescimento
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Length-length
Morfologia
Larve
Abbondanza

Fonti Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Acquacoltura: species profile; pesca: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, ricerca) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 7.4 - 22.6, mean 16 (based on 334 cells).
Resilienza (Ref. 69278) Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (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.