Dendostrea crenulifera
- Usual depth4 m
- Water temperature21–28 °C
- Best monthsApril, May, and November
- How commonRare
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 14 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 43 records
- May: 26 records
- June: 21 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 9 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 4 records
- November: 28 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 4 m · Deepest record: 4 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 21–28 °C
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- ノコギリガキ
Other scientific names: Alectryonella crenulifera, Dendrostrea crenulifera, Ostraea crenulifera, Ostrea albatra
Similar species
Leaf oysterDendostrea folium
Coon oysterDendostrea frons
- Crenulate Oyster
Dendostrea sandvichensis
hooded oysterSaccostrea cuccullata
Fingerprint oysterAlectryonella plicatula
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- 175 open-data records from 1871 to 2024.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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