Crassostrea virginica, American cupped oyster : fisheries, aquaculture
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Crassostrea virginica   (Gmelin, 1791)

American cupped oyster

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed.
Crassostrea virginica  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Crassostrea virginica
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Klassifizierung / Names Namen | Synonyme | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Ostreida | Ostreidae

Umwelt: Milieu / Klimazone / Tiefenbereich / Verbreitungsgebiet Ökologie

Benthic; brackwasser; tiefenbereich 0 - 79 m (Ref. 83435).  Subtropical, preferred 22°C (Ref. 107945); 51°N - 50°S, 98°W - 35°W

Verbreitung Territories | FAO Gebiete | Ökosysteme | Vorkommen | Einführungen

Western Atlantic: from Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada to Tamaulipas, Mexico south to Argentina. Introduced in Northeast Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.

Länge bei der ersten Reifung / Größe / Gewicht / Alter

Geschlechtsreife: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 35.5 cm SHL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 96280); max. veröff. Alter: 2.00 Jahre (Ref. 2823)

Kurzbeschreibung Morphologie

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).

Biologie     Fachlexikon (Englisch) (z.B. epibenthic)

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).

Lebenszyklus und Paarungsverhalten Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fruchtbarkeit | Larven

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).

Hauptreferenz Referenzen | Koordinator | Partner

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)

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))


CITES Status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Bedrohung für Menschen

Nutzung durch Menschen

Fischereien: kommerziell; Aquakultur: kommerziell
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Schätzungen auf der Grundlage von Modellen

Rate of population increase
Prior r = 0.72, 95% CL = 0.47 - 1.07, Based on 1 full stock assessment.
Anfälligkeit der Fischerei
(Ref. 71543)
Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100).
Klimaanfälligkeit
(Ref. 125649)
High vulnerability (57 of 100)
Preiskategorie
(Ref. 80766):
Low.
Nutrients
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.