APHOTOMARINE

An Educational Photographic Resource and Stock Image Library
of the Sea, Maritime Environment, Marine and Rockpool Life in the
Coastal Waters of South-West England by David Fenwick.

Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) - Portuguese or Rock oyster
Portuguese or Rock oyster
Crassostrea gigas
- live animal / habitat 1

Portuguese or Rock oyster
Crassostrea gigas
- live animal / habitat 2

Portuguese or Rock oyster
Crassostrea gigas
- live animal / habitat 3

Portuguese or Rock oyster
Crassostrea gigas
- top valve 1

Portuguese or Rock oyster
Crassostrea gigas
- top valve 2

Portuguese or Rock oyster
Crassostrea gigas
- top valve 3

Portuguese or Rock oyster
Crassostrea gigas
- left and right valves 1

Portuguese or Rock oyster
Crassostrea gigas
- left and right valves / inside 1

Images taken at Jennycliif Beach and Batten Bay, near Plymouth, Devon; and near the dock wall at Par Beach, near St. Austell, Cornwall.

Scientific and European Names:
Crassostrea gigas, Pacific cupped oyster, Portuguese oyster, Wystrysen portiwgal, Japanse oester, Portugese oester, Huitre creuse, Huitre portugaise, Felsenauster, Pazifische auster, Portugiesische auster, Japanskt jatteostron.

Crassostrea gigas Portuguese or Rock Oyster Marine Bivalve Images
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