The proposed dropping of the genus crassostrea for all Pacific cupped oysters and its replacement by a new genus magallana: a dissenting view
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instname:Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano
reponame:Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano
Autor
Bayne, B. L.
Ahrens, M.
Allen, S. K.
D'auriac, M. Anglès
Backeljau, T.
Institución
Resumen
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) currently
registers all Pacific cupped oysters that were formerly members
of the genus Crassostrea in a new genus, Magallana. Magallana
gigas is designated as an ‘‘accepted name,’’ whereas a search for
Crassostrea gigas results in the message ‘‘no matching results
found.’’ This has caused dismay among many biologists,
aquaculturists, and other stakeholders with an interest in the
Pacific and other oysters. This note, which is authored by 27
interested scientists, presents a dissenting view and a rebuttal of
the proposed change of genus.