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  1. Eastern Oyster | NOAA Fisheries

  2. ADW: Crassostrea virginica: INFORMATION

    WEBThe East­ern oys­ter is rel­a­tively large, grow­ing up to 10 cm. in length. It is nor­mally some­what pear-shaped in out­line, but mem­bers of this species vary greatly in size and shape. The shell is dirty gray ex­ter­nally and …

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    It was introduced to the Hawaiian Islands in the nineteenth century and is common in Pearl Harbor. Like all oysters, Crassostrea virginica is a bivalve mollusk with a hard calcium carbonaceous shell that protects it from predation.
    Distribution data supplied by the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS). To interrogate UK data visit the NBN Atlas. Crassostrea virginica is elongate and broadly oval reaching up to 18 cm in length. The left valve is convex and sculptured with concentric ridges and lines whilst the right valve tends to be flat.
    Crassostrea virginica reproduces externally with both eggs and sperm being discharged through the exhalent siphon. Over 100 million eggs may be liberated from a single female. Spawning of one individual also induces spawning in the surrounding population, therefore maximizing gamete interaction.
    Like all oysters, C. virginica is a bivalve mollusk with a hard calcium carbonaceous shell that protects it from predation. This particular type of oyster is important to its ecosystem. Like all oysters, C. virginica is a filter feeder.
  4. Crassostrea virginica - Wikipedia

  5. The Eastern oyster: Crassostrea virginica - National Oceanic and ...

  6. Eastern Oyster Facts & Information Guide - American …

    WEB7 min read. Eastern oysters, otherwise known as the American oyster, Virginia oyster, or Crassostrea virginica, are mollusks located across the Western Atlantic coast extending from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and …

  7. Crassostrea virginica - Feiten, Dieet, Leefomgeving & Foto's op ...

  8. Eastern oyster - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio

  9. Morphological Assessment of the Eastern Oyster …

    WEBJul 3, 2021 · The eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica is a commercially and ecologically important organism found throughout the western North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Morphological differences in shell shape of eastern …

  10. American oyster (Crassostrea virginica) - MarLIN - The Marine Life ...