Quercus miyagii explained

Quercus miyagii is a species of oak native to the Ryukyu Islands.[1] It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis.[2]

A tree typically 12m (39feet) tall, its acorns are consumed by the freshwater crabs Geothelphusa grandiovata and Candidiopotamon okinawense, which gather them and store them in their burrows.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Quercus miyagii Koidz. . . 2017 . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 16 October 2020 .
  2. Web site: Denk . Thomas . Grimm . Guido W. . Manos . Paul S. . Deng . Min . Hipp . Andrew L. . 2017 . Appendix 2.1: An updated infrageneric classification of the oaks . figshare . 2023-02-24 . xls . amp .
  3. Sasaki . Takeshi . Naruse . Tohru . December 2014 . Acorn–foraging activity and feeding behaviour by two species of freshwater crabs (Brachyura: Potamidae) from Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan . Crustacean Research . 43 . 31–40 . 10.18353/crustacea.43.0_31 . 16 October 2020 . free .

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