Bivalvia |
Ostreida |
Ostreidae
Ambiente: milieu / zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / gama de distribuição
Ecologia
Benthic; estuarina; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 79 m (Ref. 83435). Subtropical, preferred 22°C (Ref. 107945); 51°N - 50°S, 98°W - 35°W
Western Atlantic: from Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada to Tamaulipas, Mexico south to Argentina. Introduced in Northeast Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
Comprimento na primeira maturidade / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 35.5 cm SHL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 96280); Idade máx. registada: 2.00 anos (Ref. 2823)
Diagnostic features: Shell thick and heavy, usually narrow and elongate, but extremely variable in shape. Upper valve flatter, smaller than lower valve; lower valve convex. Shell shape and outline variable. Shell margins undulating straight. Umbones long and curved. Colour: dirty to light grey, internally white with muscle scar deep purple (Ref. 271).
Attached to rocks, other oyster shells, or other hard substrates (Ref. 271). Favors estuaries and embayments with low salinities and are intolerant of prolonged exposure to fresh water or marine conditions. They may either be filter feeders (Ref. 96280) or suspension feeders (Ref. 3248). Found in shallow water of tidal to subtidal depth of fairly constant turbidity and salinity (Ref. 3248) and salt marshes (Ref. 2823). Main sources of food are phytoplankton, suspended detritus particles (Ref. 96280) and bacteria (Ref. 101343). Able to regulate its feeding rates based on differences in size, type and composition of the food source (Ref. 96280).
Ciclo de vida e comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Gonochoristic (separate male and females). After external fertilization, the developing larvae or veliger settles to the bottom after a time in the plankton stage. First spawning usually occurs when oyster is two years of age (Ref. 3248).
Carpenter, K.E. (ed.) 2002 The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volume 1: Introduction, molluscs, crustaceans, hagfishes, sharks, batoid fishes, and chimaeras. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5, Rome. 600p. (Ref. 271)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Categoria CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Ameaça para o homem
Utilização humana
Pescarias: espécies comerciais; Aquacultura: espécies comerciais
FAO - Aquaculture Systems: perfil da espécie, production search; pescarias: perfil da espécie, landings search; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us
Ferramentas
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Relacionado com o ser humanoSelos, moedas, diversos.
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Estimativas baseadas em modelos
Rate of population increase
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Prior r = 0.72, 95% CL = 0.47 - 1.07, Based on 1 full stock assessment. |
Vulnerabilidade da pesca
(Ref. 71543) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100). |
Vulnerabilidade climática
(Ref. 125649) |
High vulnerability (57 of 100) |
Categoria de preço
(Ref. 80766): |
Low. |
Nutrients
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Calcium = 149 [71, 228] mg/100g; Iron = 8.53 [1.95, 15.11] mg/100g; Protein = 9.88 [8.64, 11.12] %; Omega3 = 0.313 [0.202, 0.423] g/100g; Selenium = 61 [50, 72] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 2.04 [0.56, 3.51] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies. |
