Saccostrea echinata, Spiny rock oyster : fisheries

Saccostrea echinata   (Qouy & Gaimard, 1835)

Spiny rock oyster

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed.
Saccostrea echinata  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
Upload your photos 
Google image |
Image of Saccostrea echinata (Spiny rock oyster)
No image available for this species;
drawing shows typical species in Ostreidae.

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Ostreida | Ostreidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

.  Tropical

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Western Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

It is found in Intertidal areas, attached to pier pilings and rocks (Ref. 75840), common in coastal hard substrates (Ref. 128042). Also part of the fouling communities attached in mariculture cages (Ref. 127121).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the class Bivalvia are mostly gonochoric, some are protandric hermaphrodites. Life cycle: Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam.

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

SAUP Database 2006 SAUP Database. www.seaaroundus.org. (Ref. 356)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell
| FishSource | Sea Around Us

Verktyg

Ytterligare information

Trophic Ecology
Food items (preys)
Födosammansättning
Födointag
Predatorer
Ekologi
Population dynamics
Tillväxt
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundans
Life cycle
Reproduktion
Könsmognad
Fecundity
Lek
Eggs
Egg development
Larvae
Physiology
Syreförbrukning
Human Related
Stamps, coins, misc.
Outreach
Taxonomy
referenser

Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.