Giant honeycomb oyster
Hyotissa hyotis
- Usual depth4–73 m
- Water temperature15–30 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, March, and May
- How commonRare
About this species
The giant honeycomb oyster is a very large saltwater oyster, a marine bivalve mollusk.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Giant honeycomb oyster”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 20 records
- February: 15 records
- March: 16 records
- April: 12 records
- May: 19 records
- June: 12 records
- July: 10 records
- August: 12 records
- September: 8 records
- October: 12 records
- November: 13 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 4–73 m · Deepest record: 299 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 15–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Giant honeycomb oyster, Coxcomb Foam Oyster, Flattened Oyster, Giant Foam Oyster, giant honeycomb oyster, Honeycomb Oyster
Names in 5 more languages
- German
- Große Zackenauster, Riesen-Zackenauster
- Spanish
- Ostión de Piedra, Ostra de panal
- Japanese
- シャコガキ
- Korean
- 벌집굴
- Simplified Chinese
- 硨磲牡蠣
Other scientific names: Mytilus hyotis, Ostrea hyotis, Ostrea radiata, Pycnodonta hyotis, Pycnodonte hyotis
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.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 452 open-data records from 1758 to 2020.
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