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Magallana gigas (Thunberg 1793)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Magallana gigas (Thunberg 1793)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Crassostrea gigas
Species recognized by Bailiwick of Jersey Species List, Australia Species List, Belgium Species List, Canada Species List, China Species List, Croatia Species List, France Species List, Germany Species List, Guernsey Species List, Ireland Species List, Italy Species List, New Zealand Species List, Norway Species List, Portugal Species List, Spain Species List, Sweden Species List, Switzerland Species List, Taiwan Species List, Thailand Species List, The Netherlands Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Japan Species List, wikipedia EU, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Bay of Biscay Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Bristol Channel Species List, Celtic Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, English Channel Species List, Great Australian Bight Species List, Gulf of Alaska Species List, Gulf of California Species List, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Species, Gulf of Thailand Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Irish Sea Species List, Kattegat Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, North Sea Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Seto Inland Sea Species List, Skagerrak Species List, South China Sea Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Pacific Species List, wikipedia NN, wikipedia IS, NCBI, wikipedia emerging languages, EOL authors, wikipedia gl Galician, Adriatic Sea Species List, Timor Sea Species List, and United States Species List
Crassostrea gigas
Recognized by Global Invasive Species Database, Biopix Nature Photos, and FAO Fishery Statistics
Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg 1793)
Species recognized by Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species
Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg 1793)
Recognized by Freshwater and Marine Image Bank U Washington, Conabio, and OBIS environmental data records
Magallana gigas
Species recognized by Australia Species List, Canada Species List, NCBI, and United States Species List
Magallana gigas (Thunberg 1793)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, GBIF classification, and Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species
Crassostrea gigas
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, Paleobiology Database, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Moss et al 2016, Simpson et al 2020, Simpson et al 2020, Simpson et al 2020, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Wikipedia (inferred records)
Crassostrea gigas
Recognized by Flickr Group and McClain Bivalve Sizes
Crassostrea gigas (Thumberg 1795)
Species recognized by Shelled animal body mass
Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg 1793)
Species recognized by FAO species catalogs, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, and TreatmentBank
Magallana gigas
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, BioImages, the virtual fieldguide, UK, Global Biotic Interactions, and iNaturalist data coverage
Magallana gigas (Thunberg 1793)
Species recognized by Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, iNaturalist, World Register of Marine Species, and GBIF data coverage

Alternative Names

Crassostrea (Magallana) gigas (Thunberg 1793)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg 1793)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Crassostrea laperousii (Schrenck 1862)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Crassostrea posjetica (Razin 1934)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Crassostrea talienwhanensis (Crosse 1862)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Dioeciostrea hispaniola Orton 1928
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Lopha (Ostreola) posjetica (Razin 1934)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Lopha (Ostreola) posjetica beringi Vialov 1946
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Lopha (Ostreola) posjetica newelskyi Vialov 1946
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Lopha (Ostreola) posjetica zawoikoi Vialov 1946
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Ostraea cymbaeformis G. B. Sowerby II 1871
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Ostraea rostralis Lamarck 1819
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Ostrea chemnitzii var. elongata Grabau & S. G. King 1928
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Ostrea gigas Thunberg 1793
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Ostrea gigas var. tientsiensis Grabau & S. G. King 1928
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Ostrea gravitesta Yokoyama 1926
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Ostrea laperousii Schrenck 1862
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Ostrea posjetica Razin 1934
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Ostrea talienwhanensis Crosse 1862
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Crassostrea gigas gigas
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Crassostrea gigas kumamoto
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Crassostrea gigas laperousii Schrenck
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg 1793)
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Ostrea gigas
Synonym according to NCBI
Ostrea gigas Thunberg 1793
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Crassostrea (Magallana) gigas (Thunberg 1793)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg 1793)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Crassostrea laperousii (Schrenck 1862)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Crassostrea talienwhanensis (Crosse 1862)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Ostrea gigas
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database
Ostrea gigas Thunberg 1793
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Common Names

English

oacific oyster preferred
Recognized by Conabio
pacific giant oyster
prefer
Recognized by Conabio
giant Pacific oyster
prefer
Recognized by Paleobiology Database
Pacific giant oyster
prefer
Recognized by Simpson et al 2020
Pacific oyster
prefer
Recognized by Simpson et al 2020
Pacific cupped oyster
prefer
Recognized by FAO species catalogs

Asturian

ostra xaponesa preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Basque

Ostratzar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

тихоокеанска чашковидна стрида preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

ostra japonesa preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

長牡蠣 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Danish

Stillehavsøsters preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dutch; Flemish

Japanse oester preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

French

huître creuse du Pacifique preferred
Recognized by Conabio
Huître creuse du Pacifique
prefer
Recognized by FAO species catalogs

Galician

Ostra portuguesa preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Pazifische Felsenauster preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

csendes-óceáni osztriga preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Icelandic

Kyrrahafsostra preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Irish

cuasoisre an Aigéin Chiúin preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

magaki preferred
Recognized by Conabio
真牡蠣 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

참굴 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Macedonian

тихоокеанска острига preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

North Frisian

Uastrang preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

Stillehavsøsters preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
stillehavsøsters preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

صدف ژاپنی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

ostryga wielka preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
ostryżyca japońska
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names (prefers this name)

Portuguese

Ostra-do-pacífico preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Spanish; Castilian

ostra gigante del Pacifico preferred
Recognized by Conabio
Ostión japonés preferred
Recognized by FAO species catalogs

Swedish

Japanskt jätteostron preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

Гігантська устриця далекосхідна preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

كراسوستريا جيجاس preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

En Ca

Pacific oyster preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

En Gb

Pacific oyster preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

长牡蛎 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hans

长牡蛎 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hant

长牡蛎 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

長牡蠣 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Magallana gigas (Thunberg 1793)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758
Autobranchia Grobben 1894
Pteriomorphia Beurlen 1944
Ostreida Férussac 1822
Ostreoidea Rafinesque 1815
Ostreidae Rafinesque 1815
Crassostreinae Scarlato & Starobogatov 1979
Magallana Salvi & Mariottini 2016
Magallana gigas (Thunberg 1793) (this page)
Magallana angulata (Lamarck 1819)
Magallana ariakensis (Fujita 1913)
Magallana belcheri (G. B. Sowerby II 1871)
Magallana bilineata (Röding 1798)
Magallana dactylena (Iredale 1939)
Magallana dianbaiensis (J.-J. Xia, X.-Y. Wu, S. Xiao & Z. Yu 2014)
Magallana gryphoides (Schlotheim 1820)
Magallana hongkongensis (Lam & B. Morton 2003)
Magallana nippona (Seki 1934)
Magallana rivularis (Gould 1861)
Magallana sikamea (Amemiya 1928)

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Mollusca
Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758
Autobranchia Grobben 1894
Pteriomorphia Beurlen 1944
Ostreida Férussac 1822
Ostreoidea Rafinesque 1815
Ostreidae Rafinesque 1815
Crassostreinae Scarlato & Starobogatov 1979
Magallana Salvi & Mariottini 2016
Magallana gigas (Thunberg 1793) (this page)
Magallana angulata (Lamarck 1819)
Magallana ariakensis (Fujita 1913)
Magallana belcheri (G. B. Sowerby II 1871)
Magallana bilineata (Röding 1798)
Magallana dactylena (Iredale 1939)
Magallana dianbaiensis (J.-J. Xia, X.-Y. Wu, S. Xiao & Z. Yu 2014)
Magallana hongkongensis (Lam & B. Morton 2003)
Magallana markushuberi (Thach 2018)
Magallana nippona (Seki 1934)
Magallana saidii (Wong & Sigwart 2021)
Magallana sikamea (Amemiya 1928)
Magallana valentichscotti (Thach 2018)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Ostreida
Ostreoidea
Ostreidae
Magallana
Magallana gigas (Thunberg 1793) (this page)
Magallana angulata (Lamarck 1819)
Magallana ariakensis (Fujita 1913)
Magallana belcheri (G. B. Sowerby II 1871)
Magallana bilineata (Röding 1798)
Magallana dactylena (Iredale 1939)
Magallana dianbaiensis (Xia, Wu, Xiao & Yu 2014)
Magallana hongkongensis (Lam & B. Morton 2003)
Magallana nippona (Seki 1934)
Magallana sikamea (Amemiya 1928)

GBIF classification

Animalia
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Ostreida
Ostreidae
Magallana Salvi, Macali & Mariottini 2014
Magallana gigas (Thunberg 1793) (this page)
Magallana angulata (Lamarck 1819)
Magallana ariakensis (Fujita 1913)
Magallana belcheri (G. B. Sowerby II 1871)
Magallana bilineata (Röding 1798)
Magallana cuttackensis (Newton & E. A. Smith 1912)
Magallana dactylena (Iredale 1939)
Magallana dianbaiensis
Magallana gryphoides (Schlotheim 1820)
Magallana hongkongensis (Lam & B. Morton 2003)
Magallana nippona (Seki 1934)
Magallana rivularis (Gould 1861)
Magallana sikamea (Amemiya 1928)

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758
Autobranchia
Pteriomorphia
Ostreida
Ostreoidea Rafinesque 1815
Ostreidae Rafinesque 1815
Crassostrea Sacco 1897
Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg 1793) (this page)
Crassostrea gigas gigas (Thunberg 1793)
Crassostrea gigas kumamoto
Crassostrea gigas laperousii Schrenck
Crassostrea angulata Lamarck
Crassostrea ariakensis (Fujita 1913)
Crassostrea chilensis Hertlein
Crassostrea columbiensis (Hanley 1846)
Crassostrea corteziensis (Hertlein 1951)
Crassostrea rhizophorae Guilding
Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin 1791)

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Ostreoida
Ostreoidea
Ostreidae
Magallana
Magallana gigas (this page)
Magallana bilineata
Magallana nippona

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Ostreoida
Ostreoidea
Ostreidae
Crassostrea
Crassostrea gigas (this page)
Crassostrea angulata
Crassostrea ariakensis
Crassostrea belcheri
Crassostrea brasiliana
Crassostrea columbiensis
Crassostrea corteziensis
Crassostrea cuttackensis
Crassostrea dianbaiensis
Crassostrea gasar
Crassostrea gigas × Crassostrea angulata
Crassostrea gryphoides
Crassostrea hongkongensis
Crassostrea hongkongensis × Crassostrea sikamea
Crassostrea iredalei
Crassostrea madrasensis
Crassostrea nippona
Crassostrea rhizophorae
Crassostrea rivularis
Crassostrea sikamea
Crassostrea sikamea × Crassostrea angulata
Crassostrea sikamea × Crassostrea ariakensis
Crassostrea talonata
Crassostrea virginica
Crassostrea zhanjiangensis
unclassified Crassostrea

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Ostreida
Ostreidae
Crassostrea
Crassostrea gigas (this page)
Crassostrea aequatorialis
Crassostrea amasa
Crassostrea ariakensis
Crassostrea belcheri
Crassostrea bilineata
Crassostrea brasiliana
Crassostrea chilensis
Crassostrea columbiensis
Crassostrea corteziensis
Crassostrea cristagalli
Crassostrea cuccullata
Crassostrea cucullata
Crassostrea cuttackensis
Crassostrea dactylena
Crassostrea denticulata
Crassostrea dianbaiensis
Crassostrea discoidea
Crassostrea echinata
Crassostrea forskahlii
Crassostrea gasar
Crassostrea gigantissima
Crassostrea glomerata
Crassostrea hongkongensis
Crassostrea iredalei
Crassostrea iridescens
Crassostrea madrasensis
Crassostrea mangle
Crassostrea margaritacea
Crassostrea markushuberi
Crassostrea nippona
Crassostrea paraibanensis
Crassostrea praia
Crassostrea rhizophorae
Crassostrea rivularis
Crassostrea sikamea
Crassostrea talienwhanensis
Crassostrea talonata
Crassostrea tulipa
Crassostrea valentichscotti
Crassostrea virginica

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Ostreida
Ostreidae
Crassostreinae
Magallana
Magallana gigas (this page)
Magallana angulata
Magallana ariakensis
Magallana belcheri
Magallana bilineata
Magallana cuttackensis
Magallana dactylena
Magallana dianbaiensis
Magallana gryphoides
Magallana hongkongensis
Magallana nippona
Magallana rivularis
Magallana sikamea

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Ostreida
Ostreidae
Magallana
Magallana gigas (Thunberg 1793) (this page)
Magallana angulata (Lamarck 1819)
Magallana ariakensis (Fujita 1913)
Magallana belcheri (G. B. Sowerby II 1871)
Magallana bilineata (Röding 1798)
Magallana dactylena (Iredale 1939)
Magallana dianbaiensis (J.-J. Xia, X.-Y. Wu, S. Xiao & Z. Yu 2014)
Magallana hongkongensis (Lam & B. Morton 2003)
Magallana markushuberi (Thach 2018)
Magallana nippona (Seki 1934)
Magallana saidii (Wong & Sigwart 2021)
Magallana sikamea (Amemiya 1928)
Magallana valentichscotti (Thach 2018)
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