Crassostrea

Translingual

Crassostrea gigas

Etymology

From Latin crassus (“thick”) + ostrea (“oyster”).

Proper noun

Crassostrea f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ostreidae – most of the oyster species used as human food.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Bivalvia - class; Pteriomorphia - subclass; Ostreida - order; Ostreina - suborder; Ostreoidea - superfamily; Ostreidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): For species see Crassostrea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia .

References

• Crassostrea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Crassostrea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Crassostrea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Crassostrea at World Register of Marine Species
• Crassostrea at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Crassostrea at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Crassostrea at Paleobiology Database