Species Detail - Portuguese Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Porcupine Marine Natural History Society Records".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Crassostrea gigas
Crassostrea gigas
Portuguese Oyster
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crgig
(Thunberg, 1793)
mollusc
Species
6
3
3
27/09/2007
13/09/2018
8 January (recorded in 2022)
12 December (recorded in 2019)
Porcupine Marine Natural History Society, Porcupine Marine Natural History Society Records, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Portuguese Oyster (Crassostrea gigas), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/313/Species/120448>

Records per month (across all datasets)

National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Portuguese Oyster (Crassostrea gigas), image, accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/313/Species/120448>

Records per year (across all datasets)

National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Portuguese Oyster (Crassostrea gigas), image, accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/313/Species/120448>