Hyotissa hyotis Giant Coxcomb Oyster

Hyotissa hyotis is commonly referred to as Giant Coxcomb Oyster. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

2227 

AphiaID:

216636 

Scientific:

Hyotissa hyotis 

German:

Riesen-Zackenauster 

English:

Giant Coxcomb Oyster 

Category:

Sea Shells 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Ostreida (Order) > Gryphaeidae (Family) > Hyotissa (Genus) > hyotis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Australia, Columbia, East Africa, Ecuador, Florida, Gulf of California, Indo Pacific, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mexico (East Pacific), Mozambique, New Zealand, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, South-Africa, Tansania, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea, USA, Western Pacific Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

5 - 50 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Epibiont (living on other organisms), Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Lagoons, Rocky reefs, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Ship Wrecks, Stony soils 

Size:

7.09" - 11.81" (18cm - 30cm) 

Temperature:

23,3 °F - 29,2 °F (23,3°C - 29,2°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Hyotissa hyotis
  Riesen-Zackenauster
• Hyotissa inermis
• Hyotissa mcgintyi
• Hyotissa numisma
• Hyotissa quercina
• Hyotissa sinensis

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2007-05-17 13:14:36 

Last edit:

2025-05-01 14:16:19 

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