Saccostrea F, 1920

Duangdee, Teerapong, , Kitithorn Sanpanich, , Sherralee S. Lukehurst, Wells, & Fred E., 2025, Clarification of the identity of oysters in the genera Magallana and Saccostrea in the upper Gulf of Thailand based on 16 S rRNA sequences, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 73, pp. 12-33 : 25

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.26107/RBZ-2025-0002
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scientific name	Saccostrea F
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Saccostrea F View in CoL

( Figs. 5D–F, 6C, D)

Habitat. Hanging ropes, rocky shores and pier.

Material examined. Site 1, Sriracha; Site 3, Ta Kuan Beach; Site 6, mouth of Kungkraben Bay; Site 7, south Kungkraben Bay; Site 9, Pattaya; Site 10, Klongwan Pier; Site 13, Kao Ta Kiep. Identified in the field as Saccostrea cuccullata , S. forskahlii , and Striostrea sp. ( Table 2). Saccostrea F was also identified from the aquaculture farms in Chonburi.

Published Gulf of Thailand records. None.

Geographic range. Taiwan and Singapore ( Lam & Morton, 2006), Japan ( Sekino & Yamashita, 2016), and Queensland ( McDougall et al., 2024).

Remarks. Published Gulf of Thailand records as Saccostrea forskahlii (Bussarawit et al., 2006) , specimen collected from Ang Sila Chonburi oyster farm.