Iwagaki oyster explained

The Iwagaki oyster (Magallana nippona),^[1] is an oyster native to Japan. It was first described in 1934.

Etymology

The genus Magallana is named for the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and its specific epithet nippona is for "Japanese".^[2] It was previously placed in the genus Crassostrea; from the Latin crass meaning "thick",^[3] ostrea meaning "oyster",^[4] and Crassostrea nippona is considered by part of the scientific community to be the proper denomination^{[5] [6]} as an accepted alternative in WoRMS,^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Magallana nippona (Seki, 1934). 2021-09-25. www.marinespecies.org. en.
2. Definition of giga at dictionary.com.
3. Definition of crass at dictionary.com.
4. Definition of ostrea at dictionary.com.
5. Bayne . B. L. . Ahrens . M. . Allen . S. K. . D'auriac . M. Anglès . Backeljau . T. . Beninger . P. . Bohn . R. . Boudry . P. . Davis . J. . Green . T. . Guo . X. . Hedgecock . D. . Ibarra . A. . Kingsley-Smith . P. . Krause . M. . Langdon . C. . Lapègue . S. . Li . C. . Manahan . D. . Mann . R. . Perez-Paralle . L. . Powell . E. N. . Rawson . P. D. . Speiser . D. . Sanchez . J.-L. . Shumway . S. . Wang . H. . The proposed dropping of the genus Crassostrea for all Pacific cupped oysters and its replacement by a new genus Magallana: a dissenting view . Journal of Shellfish Research . December 2017 . 36 . 3 . 545–547 . 10.2983/035.036.0301 . free. 20.500.12010/8962 . free .
6. Bayne . B. . Anglès d'Auriac . M. . Backeljau . T. . Beninger . P. . Boudry . P. . Carnegie . R. . Davis . J. . Guo . X. . Hedgecock . D. . Krause . M. . Langdon . C. . Lapègue . S. . Manahan . D. . Mann . R. . Powell . E. . Shumway . S. . A scientific name for Pacific oysters . Aquaculture . January 2019 . 499 . 373 . 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.08.048.
7. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Magallana nippona (Seki, 1934). 2021-09-25. www.marinespecies.org. en.