Iwagaki oyster

Iwagaki oyster
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Ostreida
Family: Ostreidae
Genus: Magallana
Species:
M. nippona
Binomial name
Magallana nippona
(Seki, 1934)
Synonyms
  • Crassostrea nippona (Seki, 1934)
  • Ostrea nippona Seki, 1934

The Iwagaki oyster (Magallana nippona),[1] is an oyster native to Japan. It was first described in 1934.

Etymology

The genus Magallana is named for the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and its specific epithet nippona is for "Japanese".[2] It was previously placed in the genus Crassostrea; from the Latin crass meaning "thick",[3] ostrea meaning "oyster",[4] and Crassostrea nippona is considered by part of the scientific community to be the proper denomination[5][6] as an accepted alternative in WoRMS,[7]

References

  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Magallana nippona (Seki, 1934)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  2. ^ Definition of giga at dictionary.com.
  3. ^ Definition of crass at dictionary.com.
  4. ^ Definition of ostrea Archived 2010-07-09 at the Wayback Machine at dictionary.com.
  5. ^ Bayne, B. L.; Ahrens, M.; Allen, S. K.; D'auriac, M. Anglès; Backeljau, T.; Beninger, P.; Bohn, R.; Boudry, P.; Davis, J.; Green, T.; Guo, X.; Hedgecock, D.; Ibarra, A.; Kingsley-Smith, P.; Krause, M.; Langdon, C.; Lapègue, S.; Li, C.; Manahan, D.; Mann, R.; Perez-Paralle, L.; Powell, E. N.; Rawson, P. D.; Speiser, D.; Sanchez, J.-L.; Shumway, S.; Wang, H. (December 2017). "The proposed dropping of the genus Crassostrea for all Pacific cupped oysters and its replacement by a new genus Magallana: a dissenting view". Journal of Shellfish Research. 36 (3): 545–547. doi:10.2983/035.036.0301. hdl:20.500.12010/8962.
  6. ^ Bayne, B.; Anglès d'Auriac, M.; Backeljau, T.; Beninger, P.; Boudry, P.; Carnegie, R.; Davis, J.; Guo, X.; Hedgecock, D.; Krause, M.; Langdon, C.; Lapègue, S.; Manahan, D.; Mann, R.; Powell, E.; Shumway, S. (January 2019). "A scientific name for Pacific oysters" (PDF). Aquaculture. 499: 373. doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.08.048.
  7. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Magallana nippona (Seki, 1934)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-09-25.



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