Pacific oyster
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| Crassostrea gigas Thunberg, 1793 |
The Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) is the native oyster of the Pacific coast of Korea, Japan and China. It has been introduced to North America, especially in Puget Sound, Washington; and to the Australian states of Tasmania and South Australia. It is an important commercial harvest in all of these places.
The Pacific oyster is an invasive species in the Wadden Sea, outcompeting native mussles such as the Blue mussel.
[edit] External links
- NOAA aquaculture article
- Mediterranean Science Commission article
- Pacific oysters in the European Wadden Sea: An irreversible impact in a highly protected ecosystem (pdf)
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