Crassostrea Gigas (Pacific Oyster)

Description:

• It's large, and rounded.
• Radial folds are extremely rough and sharp.
• Mature specimen can vary from 80mm to 400mm long.
• The two valves of the shell are slightly different in size and shape.
• Shell color varies, inside is pale white.
• Bilateral Symmetry
• Hydrostatic Skeleton

Taxonomy:

• Animalia
• Mollusca
• Bivalvia
• Ostreoida
• Ostereidae
• Crassostrea
• C. Gigas

Ecology/ Features:

• Native to Pacific Coast of Asia.
• Can be found in intertidal and subtidal zones.
• Larvae often settle on the shell of adults.
• May be hermaphrodites.