Crassostrea gigas (English spelling)

Japanese: Crassostrea gigas(英語表記)Crassostreagigas
Crassostrea gigas (English spelling)


[Cultivated oysters]
Oyster farming is popular worldwide, and the main species used for it are as follows: (1) Magaki (Crassostrea gigas ) (illustration) Widely distributed from Sakhalin to Japan, Taiwan, southern Korea, and China to Malaysia, this species is the main one cultivated in Japan. Oysters called Shikame, Nagagaki, and Ezogaki are types of this species.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Crassostrea gigas" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


[養殖カキ]
 世界的にカキの養殖は盛んであるが,それに用いられるおもな種は次のとおりである。(1)マガキCrassostrea gigas(英名Japanese oyster)(イラスト)サハリンから日本,台湾,朝鮮南部,中国からマレーにかけ広く分布し,日本で養殖するのは主としてこの種である。シカメ,ナガガキ,エゾガキと称するものはこの種の一型である。…

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