Pinctada capensis Cape Pearl Oyster

Pinctada capensis is commonly referred to as Cape Pearl Oyster. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully.

Johan Swanepoel, Südafrika

Pinctada capensis (Cape pearl oyster)

Courtesy of the author Johan Swanepoel, Südafrika . Please visit www.easterncapescubadiving.co.za for more information.

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lexID:: 10653
AphiaID:: 464521

Scientific:: Pinctada capensis
German:: Kap-Perlauster
English:: Cape Pearl Oyster

Category:: Sea Shells

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Ostreida (Order) > Pteriidae (Family) > Pinctada (Genus) > capensis (Species)
Initial determination:: (Sowerby III, ), 1890

Occurrence:: Mozambique, South-Africa
Sea depth:: 1 - 30 Meter
Size:: 1.57" - 12.99" (4cm - 33cm)
Temperature:: 51.8 °F - 64.4 °F (11°C - 18°C)
Food:: Filter feeder, Plankton, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Pinctada albina
Perlenauster
Pinctada capensis
Kap-Perlauster
Pinctada chemnitzii
Pinctada cumingii
Pinctada galtsoffi
Pinctada imbricata
Flügelauster, Japanische Perlmuschel , Atlantische Perlmuschel
Pinctada inflata
Pinctada longisquamosa
Pinctada maculata
Pinctada margaritifera
Perlauster
Pinctada maxima
Pinctada mazatlanica
La Paz Perlauster
Pinctada nigra
Pinctada petersii
Pinctada reeveana
Pinctada sugillata
Pinctada vidua

More related species in this lexicon:

Pinctada radiata
Strahlen-Perlenmuschel

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-04-19 20:18:38
Last edit:: 2017-04-20 05:40:36

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Pinctada capensis (Sowerby III, 1890)

P. capensis is a large squarish oyster . Shells can measure up to 4cm , 10 cm or 33 cm in length (size is not exactly known) . The Cape Pearl Oyster attedhes itself to the substratum with byssal threads.This species is a filter feeder.

Synonym:
Avicula (Meleagrina) capensis

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Ostreida (Order) > Pterioidea (Superfamily) > Pteriidae (Family) > Pinctada (Genus) > Pinctada capensis (Species)

External links

Eastern Cape Scuba Diving (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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