Saccostrea glomerata Sydney Rock Oyster, Auckland Oyster, New Zealand Rock Oyster

Saccostrea glomerata is commonly referred to as Sydney Rock Oyster, Auckland Oyster, New Zealand Rock Oyster. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

14648 

AphiaID:

397183 

Scientific:

Saccostrea glomerata 

German:

Sydney-Felsenauster, Neuseeländische Felsenauster 

English:

Sydney Rock Oyster, Auckland Oyster, New Zealand Rock Oyster 

Category:

Muslinger 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Ostreida (Order) > Ostreidae (Family) > Saccostrea (Genus) > glomerata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gould, ), 1850 

Occurrence:

Hong Kong, Australia, France, Indonesia, New Zealand, Palau, Philippines, Queensland (Australia) 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0 - 3 Meter 

Habitats:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 1.97" (5 cm) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Saccostrea circumsuta
• Saccostrea cucullata
• Saccostrea echinata
• 
  Saccostrea glomerata
  Sydney-Felsenauster, Neuseeländische Felsenauster
• Saccostrea kegaki
• Saccostrea malabonensis
• Saccostrea palmula
• Saccostrea scyphophilla
• Saccostrea spathulata
• Saccostrea subtrigona

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2022-03-26 13:27:36 

Last edit:

2024-02-24 18:27:27 

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