Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758
(Common European Oyster, Flat Oyster, Common Oyster)

Interactions where Ostrea edulis is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
shell shell is inhabited by UK/Ireland Althornia crouchii a marine slime net Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Chromista/Bigyra/Labyrinthulea/Althornia crouchii/Althornia crouchiia marine slime net Animal / endozoiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Mollusca/Bivalvia/Ostreoida/Ostreidae/Ostrea edulis/Ostrea eduliscommon european oyster, flat oyster, common oystershell lives within shell

Author & YearTitleSource
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Ostrea edulis (Common European Oyster, Flat Oyster, Common Oyster) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOstrea edulis (Common European Oyster, Flat Oyster, Common Oyster)
GenusOstrea (a genus of molluscs)
SubfamilyOSTREINAE (a subfamily of molluscs)
FamilyOSTREIDAE (oysters)
SuperfamilyOSTREOIDEA (a superfamily of molluscs)
OrderOSTREOIDA (an order of molluscs)
SubclassPTERIOMORPHIA (fan mussels)
ClassBIVALVIA (bivalves)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ostrea edulis (Common European Oyster, Flat Oyster, Common Oyster)

Ostrea edulis (Common European Oyster, Flat Oyster, Common Oyster) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ostrea edulis (Common European Oyster, Flat Oyster, Common Oyster):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 9 images of Ostrea edulis (Common European Oyster, Flat Oyster, Common Oyster)
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