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Crassostrea
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Crassostrea is a genus of true oysters (family Ostreidae) containing some of the most important oysters used for food.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderOstreida
- FamilyOstreidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 764
- With media
- 32
- Family
- Ostreidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, NHMUK, LACM, SDNHM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United Kingdom, Suriname, Angola, United States, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
Research
4,501 papers- Transcriptome profiling of triploid Crassostrea gigas gills indicates the host immune mechanism against bacterial infection.Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part D, Genomics & proteomics · 2025
- Identification and characterization of Crassostrea angulata arginine kinase, a novel allergen that causes cross-reactivity among shellfish.Food & function · 2021
- Multi-species protein similarity clustering reveals novel expanded immune gene families in the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica.Fish & shellfish immunology · 2016
- CD18 acts as an immune recognition molecule to induce the expressions of immune effectors through the Syk-ERK signaling pathway in oyster Crassostrea gigas.International journal of biological macromolecules · 2025
- The draft genomes of Crassostrea gasar and Crassostrea rhizophorae: key resources for leveraging oyster cultivation in the Southwest Atlantic.BMC genomic data · 2024
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Species
- Fossil species
- Genetics
- References
Crassostrea is a genus of true oysters (family Ostreidae) containing some of the most important oysters used for food.
The genus was recent split in WoRMS, following the DNA-based phylogenies of Salvi et al. (2014 and 2017). Pacific species were moved to a new genus Magallana. C. zhanjiangensis became Talonostrea zhanjiangensis. The changes are not universally welcomed by oyster researchers, as C. gigas (now M. gigas) is "one of the most researched species of marine invertebrate".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Crassostrea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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