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Taxonomic Details for Crassostrea virginica

Systematic Resumé:
KingdomAnimalia
SubkingdomBilateria
InfrakingdomProtostomia
SuperphylumLophozoa
PhylumMollusca
ClassBivalvia
SubclassPteriomorphia
OrderOstreoida
FamilyOstreidae
GenusCrassostrea
SpeciesCrassostrea virginica
Common Name: eastern oyster
Authority: (Gmelin, 1791)
ITIS TSN: 79872   (click on the taxonomic serial number to view the ITIS web page)
Habitats: Salinity Zone: Brackish water, Salinity Zone: Marine
GCE Contact: Steven C. Pennings, University of Houston, Houston, Texas

GCE Data Sets:

INV-GCEM-2304 (Yearly survey of barnacle settlement near creekbank plots at GCE LTER study sites in October 2022)

INV-GCEM-2204 (Yearly survey of barnacle settlement near creekbank plots at GCE LTER study sites in October 2021)

INV-GCES-2105 (Long-term Barnacle Settlement Near Creekbank Plots from the Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Fall Marsh Monitoring Program)

INV-GCEM-2104 (Yearly survey of barnacle settlement near creekbank plots at GCE LTER study sites in October 2020)

ANT-GCED-2005 (Oyster Paleobiology along the South Atlantic Coast of the United States)

(view all 9 relevant data sets in the GCE Data Catalog)

Crassostrea virginica
Oyster clump, Sapelo Island, 2016. Photo Steven Pennings

Crassostrea virginica
Oyster reef, Sapelo Island, 2016. Photo Steven Pennings

LTER
NSF

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grants OCE-9982133, OCE-0620959, OCE-1237140 and OCE-1832178. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.