Nonnative Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay (2004)
Chapter: Appendix K: Scientific and Common Names
K
Scientific and Common Names
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Scientific Name |
Common Name |
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OYSTERS |
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Crassostrea angulata |
Portuguese oyster |
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Crassostrea ariakensis (=rivularis, discoidea, paulucciae) |
Suminoe oyster |
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Crassostrea gigas |
Pacific or Japanese oyster |
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Crassostrea rhizophorae |
Mangrove oyster |
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Crassostrea sikamea |
Kumamoto oyster |
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Crassostrea virginica |
Eastern oyster |
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Ostrea angasi |
Australian flat oyster |
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Ostrea denselamellosa |
Asian Milin (meaning densely scaled) oyster |
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Ostrea edulis |
European flat oyster |
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Ostrea puelchana |
Argentinean flat oyster |
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Ostreola conchaphila |
Olympia oyster |
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Saccostrea glomerata (=commercialis) |
Sydney rock oyster |
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Tiostrea chilensis (=lutaria) |
New Zealand flat oyster |
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OTHER SHELLFISH |
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Ceratostoma inornatum |
Japanese oyster drill |
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Corbicula fluminea |
Asian clam |
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Crepidula fornicata |
slipper shell |
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Cyclope neritea |
snail |
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Dreissena polymorpha |
zebra mussel |
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Macoma balthica |
Baltic macoma clam |
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Macoma spp |
macoma clam |
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Mercenaria mercenaria |
Atlantic hardshell clam or quahog |
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Modiolus americanus |
American horse mussel |
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Mulinia lateralis |
dwarf surf clam |
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Mya arenaria |
softshell clam |
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Mytilus edulis |
blue mussel |
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Mytilus galloprovincialis |
Mediterranean mussel |
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Palaemonetes pugio |
grass shrimp |
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Potamocorbula amurensis |
Amur River or brackish-water corbula |
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Rangia cuneata |
Atlantic rangia clam |
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Ruditapes decussatus |
grooved carpet shell clam |
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Ruditapes (=Venerupes) philippinarum |
Manila clam |
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Tagelus plebeius |
stout razor clam |
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Urosalpinx cinerea |
Atlantic oyster drill |
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OYSTER PARASITES AND PATHOGENS |
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Bonamia ostreae |
oyster parasite |
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Haplosporidium armoricanum |
oyster parasite |
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Haplosporidium costale |
agent of SSO disease |
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Haplosporidium nelsoni |
agent of MSX disease |
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Marteilia maurini |
oyster parasite |
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Marteilia refringens |
agent of Aber disease |
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Marteilia sydneyi |
agent of QX disease |
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Mikrocytos mackini |
oyster parasite |
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Mikrocytos roughleyi |
agent of Australian Winter disease |
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Mytilicola intestinalis |
European copepod |
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Mytilicola orientalis |
Japanese parasitic copepod |
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Nodardia crassostreae |
oyster bacterium |
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Ostracoblabe implexa |
oyster shell fungus |
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Perkinsus marinus |
agent of Dermo disease |
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Polydora websteri |
shell-boring polychaete |
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Quahog Parasite X |
agent of QPX disease |
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Vibrio splendidus |
marine bacterium |
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Vibrio tapetis |
agent of Brown Ring Disease |
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FLATWORMS |
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Pseudostylochus ostreophagus |
Japanese flatworm |
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Stylochus ellipticus |
oyster leech (flatworm) |
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PLANTS |
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Caulerpa sp. |
Mediterranean seaweed |
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Chaetoceros calcitrans |
diatom |
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Eichornia crassipes |
water hyacinth |
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Sargassum muticum |
Japanese seaweed |
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Spartina alterniflora |
smooth cord grass |
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Thalassia testudinum |
North American seagrass |
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Zostera japonica |
Japanese eelgrass |
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Zostera marina |
eelgrass |
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FINFISH |
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Chasmodes bosquianus |
striped blenny |
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Gobiesox strumosus |
skilletfish |
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Gobiosoma bosc |
naked goby |
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Hypsoblennius hentz |
feather blenny |
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Morone saxatilis |
striped bass |
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Opsanus tau |
oyster toadfish |
