Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID241211
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusCrassostrea
Speciesgigas
Common NamePacific giant oyster
StateWA
CountyPacific
LocalityWillapa Bay, Port of Bay Center
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameWillapa Bay
HUC8 Number17100106
HUC10 NameNemaha River-Frontal Willapa Bay
HUC10 Number1710010606
HUC12 NamePalix River-Frontal Willapa Bay
HUC12 Number171001060600
Map
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Collection Day21
Collection Month5
Collection Year2000
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayhitch hiker with oysters | stocked aquaculture
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:14792
Author:Cohen, A.N., H.D. Berry, C.E. Mills, and 19 others.
Date:2001
Title:Washington State Expedition 2000: A rapid survey of exotic species in the shallow waters of Elliott Bay, Totten and Eld inlets, and Willapa Bay.
Publisher:Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Olympia, WA.
Pages:46 pp
CommentsArtificially seeded or naturally settled.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineMarine-Brackish


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