Crassostrea gigas

Summary

Crassostrea gigas is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (166 views/month, #1,481 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Crassostrea gigas's video is recorded as Adult-Pacific-Oyster-(Crassostrea-gigas)-May-Have-Light-Sensitivity-pone.0140149.s001.ogv^[3].
• Crassostrea gigas's image is recorded as Crassostrea gigas p1040847.jpg^[4].
• Crassostrea gigas's image is recorded as 202407 Pacific oyster.svg^[5].
• Crassostrea gigas's instance of is recorded as taxon^[6].
• Crassostrea gigas's taxon rank is recorded as species^[7].
• Crassostrea gigas's parent taxon is recorded as Magallana^[8].
• Crassostrea gigas's parent taxon is recorded as Crassostrea^[9].
• Crassostrea gigas's taxon name is recorded as Crassostrea gigas^[10].
• Crassostrea gigas's Commons category is recorded as Crassostrea gigas^[11].
• Crassostrea gigas's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09ch36^[12].
• Crassostrea gigas's UNII is recorded as H7X29PIR2W^[13].
• Crassostrea gigas's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 29159^[14].
• Crassostrea gigas's ITIS TSN is recorded as 79868^[15].
• Crassostrea gigas's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46467202^[16].
• Crassostrea gigas's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 305595^[17].
• Crassostrea gigas's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2286069^[18].
• Crassostrea gigas's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 140656^[19].
• Crassostrea gigas's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Crassostrea gigas^[20].
• Crassostrea gigas's Commons gallery is recorded as Crassostrea gigas^[21].
• Crassostrea gigas's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/Japanese-oyster^[22].
• Crassostrea gigas's this taxon is source of is recorded as Pacific oyster as food^[23].
• Crassostrea gigas's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. gigas'}^[24].
• Crassostrea gigas's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '長牡蠣'}^[25].
• Crassostrea gigas's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '真牡蠣'}^[26].
• Crassostrea gigas's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'stillehavsøsters'}^[27].

Why It Matters

Crassostrea gigas ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (166 views/month, #1,481 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]