AnAge entry for Crassostrea virginica
Classification (HAGRID: 04624)
- Taxonomy
-
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia (Taxon entry)
Order: Ostreoida
Family: Ostreidae
Genus: Crassostrea
- Species
- Crassostrea virginica
- Common name
- Eastern oyster
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 5 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 1307
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
These animals have been found to live up to 5.0 years [1307].
This species exhibits an accumulation of fluorescent age pigments. This accumulation happens at a faster rate in the first two years of life, but it slows down afterwards. Age related decrease in HSP60 expression and in catalase activity has been also observed. Furthermore, older oysters have been shown to have the same levels of expression of HSP70 and higher levels of expression of HSP90 [1379].
Life history traits (averages)
- No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1307] Moss et al. (2016), Lifespan, growth rate, and body size across latitude in marine Bivalvia, with implications for Phanerozoic evolution (PubMed)
- [1379] Ivanina et al. (2008), Oxidative stress and expression of chaperones in aging mollusks (PubMed)
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 79872
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
- Search Google