The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) currently all Pacific cupped oysters that were formerly members the genus Crassostrea in a new genus, Magallana. Magallana is designated as an ‘‘accepted name,’’ whereas a search for gigas results in the message ‘‘no matching results .’’ This has caused dismay among many biologists, , and other stakeholders with an interest in the and other oysters. This note, which is authored by 27 scientists, presents a dissenting view and a rebuttal of proposed change of genus.
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