美洲牡蠣(又譯作美東牡蠣[3],學名:Crassostrea virginica),原生於美洲東部,屬於巨牡蠣屬(學名:Crassostrea)。其分布範圍從加拿大新不倫瑞克省北部起,向南經過西印度群島的部分地區[4],一直延伸至委內瑞拉[5][6]:7美洲牡蠣也被人工養殖於加拿大海洋省份美國東岸各州和墨西哥灣沿岸州。在美國華盛頓州普吉特海灣養殖的美洲牡蠣被稱為托頓維珍尼亞生蚝(Totten Inlet Virginica)。[7]19世紀,美洲牡蠣被引入夏威夷群島,目前常見於珍珠港[8]

美洲牡蠣
美國佐治亞州不倫瑞克市格林沼澤的牡蠣床
科學分類 編輯
界: 動物界 Animalia
門: 軟體動物門 Mollusca
綱: 雙殼綱 Bivalvia
目: 牡蠣目 Ostreida
科: 牡蠣科 Ostreidae
屬: 巨牡蠣屬 Crassostrea
種:
美洲牡蠣 C. virginica
二名法
Crassostrea virginica
(Gmelin, 1791)
異名[2]
  • Crassostrea floridensis Sowerby
  • Dioeciostrea americana Orton, 1928
  • Lopha gibsonsmithi Macsotay & Campos, 2001
  • Ostraea floridensis G.B. Sowerby II, 1871
  • Ostraea reniformis G.B. Sowerby II, 1871
  • Ostraea rostrata Chemnitz, 1785
  • Ostrea borealis Lamarck, 1819
  • Ostrea canadensis Lamarck, 1819
  • Ostrea procyon Holmes, 1858
  • Ostrea triangularis Holmes, 1856
  • Ostrea virginiana Röding, 1798
  • Ostrea virginica Gmelin, 1791

美洲牡蠣是重要的經濟物種,然而,它們已受到棲息地變化的嚴重影響。據估計,切薩皮克灣及其支流中現存的美洲牡蠣種群數量已不及歐洲殖民者初次抵達時的1%。[9]目前,美洲牡蠣的種群數量正受過度捕撈水污染的威脅。2014年,經公益自然英語NatureServe(NatureServe)評估,美洲牡蠣的全球保護等級被調整為「易危」。[1]此外,美洲牡蠣面臨的其他威脅還包括全球變暖、疾病、寄生蟲,以及入侵物種的競爭。[10]

描述 編輯

美洲牡蠣是濾食性動物,通過吸水並過濾出浮游生物和碎屑進行攝食,然後將水排出,從而清潔周圍的水域。一隻美洲牡蠣可以在24小時內過濾多達50加侖(約189升)的水。[11]

美洲牡蠣是許多地區的基礎物種英語Foundation species。在西大西洋河口區域,美洲牡蠣扮演着生態系統工程師的角色。[12][13]珊瑚礁類似,牡蠣床(又稱牡蠣礁英語Oyster reef)是可供其他生物附着和棲息的堅硬基底。[14]據估計,牡蠣床的表面積為同等大小平坦海床的50倍。[15]

大多數雙殼綱生物的貝殼由霰石形式(正交晶系)的碳酸鈣構成。美洲牡蠣幼蟲的貝殼同樣由霰石形式的碳酸鈣構成,但成年後其貝殼會轉變為菱方系英語Rhombohedral(Rhombohedral)形式。[16] 這種貝殼成分的轉變被認為是美洲牡蠣對抗捕食者的適應性演化,因為固定在暴露位置的牡蠣需要更厚實且更易生成的菱方系碳酸鈣貝殼。[16]

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