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Suggested Citation:"Appendix K: Scientific and Common Names." National Research Council. 2004. Nonnative Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10796.
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Scientific and Common Names

Scientific Name

Common Name

OYSTERS

 

Crassostrea angulata

Portuguese oyster

Crassostrea ariakensis (=rivularis, discoidea, paulucciae)

Suminoe oyster

Crassostrea gigas

Pacific or Japanese oyster

Crassostrea rhizophorae

Mangrove oyster

Crassostrea sikamea

Kumamoto oyster

Crassostrea virginica

Eastern oyster

Ostrea angasi

Australian flat oyster

Ostrea denselamellosa

Asian Milin (meaning densely scaled) oyster

Ostrea edulis

European flat oyster

Ostrea puelchana

Argentinean flat oyster

Ostreola conchaphila

Olympia oyster

Saccostrea glomerata (=commercialis)

Sydney rock oyster

Tiostrea chilensis (=lutaria)

New Zealand flat oyster

OTHER SHELLFISH

 

Ceratostoma inornatum

Japanese oyster drill

Corbicula fluminea

Asian clam

Crepidula fornicata

slipper shell

Cyclope neritea

snail

Suggested Citation:"Appendix K: Scientific and Common Names." National Research Council. 2004. Nonnative Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10796.
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Dreissena polymorpha

zebra mussel

Macoma balthica

Baltic macoma clam

Macoma spp

macoma clam

Mercenaria mercenaria

Atlantic hardshell clam or quahog

Modiolus americanus

American horse mussel

Mulinia lateralis

dwarf surf clam

Mya arenaria

softshell clam

Mytilus edulis

blue mussel

Mytilus galloprovincialis

Mediterranean mussel

Palaemonetes pugio

grass shrimp

Potamocorbula amurensis

Amur River or brackish-water corbula

Rangia cuneata

Atlantic rangia clam

Ruditapes decussatus

grooved carpet shell clam

Ruditapes (=Venerupes) philippinarum

Manila clam

Tagelus plebeius

stout razor clam

Urosalpinx cinerea

Atlantic oyster drill

OYSTER PARASITES AND PATHOGENS

 

Bonamia ostreae

oyster parasite

Haplosporidium armoricanum

oyster parasite

Haplosporidium costale

agent of SSO disease

Haplosporidium nelsoni

agent of MSX disease

Marteilia maurini

oyster parasite

Marteilia refringens

agent of Aber disease

Marteilia sydneyi

agent of QX disease

Mikrocytos mackini

oyster parasite

Mikrocytos roughleyi

agent of Australian Winter disease

Mytilicola intestinalis

European copepod

Mytilicola orientalis

Japanese parasitic copepod

Nodardia crassostreae

oyster bacterium

Ostracoblabe implexa

oyster shell fungus

Perkinsus marinus

agent of Dermo disease

Polydora websteri

shell-boring polychaete

Quahog Parasite X

agent of QPX disease

Vibrio splendidus

marine bacterium

Vibrio tapetis

agent of Brown Ring Disease

FLATWORMS

 

Pseudostylochus ostreophagus

Japanese flatworm

Stylochus ellipticus

oyster leech (flatworm)

Suggested Citation:"Appendix K: Scientific and Common Names." National Research Council. 2004. Nonnative Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10796.
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PLANTS

 

Caulerpa sp.

Mediterranean seaweed

Chaetoceros calcitrans

diatom

Eichornia crassipes

water hyacinth

Sargassum muticum

Japanese seaweed

Spartina alterniflora

smooth cord grass

Thalassia testudinum

North American seagrass

Zostera japonica

Japanese eelgrass

Zostera marina

eelgrass

FINFISH

 

Chasmodes bosquianus

striped blenny

Gobiesox strumosus

skilletfish

Gobiosoma bosc

naked goby

Hypsoblennius hentz

feather blenny

Morone saxatilis

striped bass

Opsanus tau

oyster toadfish

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Nonnative Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay discusses the proposed plan to offset the dramatic decline in the bay's native oysters by introducing disease-resistant reproductive Suminoe oysters from Asia. It suggests this move should be delayed until more is known about the environmental risks, even though carefully regulated cultivation of sterile Asian oysters in contained areas could help the local industry and researchers. It is also noted that even though these oysters eat the excess algae caused by pollution, it could take decades before there are enough of them to improve water quality.

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