Specimen Information

Crassostrea gigas
Crassostrea gigas
(Pacific giant oyster)
Mollusks-Bivalves
Exotic

Specimen ID1757808
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCrassostrea
Speciesgigas
Common NamePacific giant oyster
CountryMexico
StateBaja California
LocalityParadero Beatriz, El Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve, Baja California
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
Map
Collection Day11
Collection Month9
Collection Year2018
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayescaped captivity aquaculture
Reference 1
Ref. Number:44904
Author:Reyes-Bonilla, H., A. Munguia-Vega, F.O. Lopez-Fuerte, L. Hernandez, C.A. Aguilar-Cruz, C. Rangel-Davalos, M. Olan-Gonzalez, E. Rendon-Hernandez, S. Espindola, and G. Cruz-Pinon
Date:2024
Title:Presence of free-living Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) at El Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve, Mexico, confirmed by morphological and molecular approaches
Journal:BioInvasions Records
Volume:13
Issue:2
Pages:437-451
Record TypeLiterature
Year Classadults


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