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Giant honeycomb oyster
Hyotissa hyotis
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 216636, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Giant honeycomb oyster
- Scientific
- Hyotissa hyotis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Maximum size
- Up to about 30 cm (length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 50 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The giant honeycomb oyster is a large, heavy oyster with a ruffled, lobed shell, usually overgrown with sponges and other life, attached to reef walls and slopes.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=9); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=11, 10 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Hyotissa-hyotis.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216636
- inaturalist.org /taxa/196211
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Hyotissa_hyotis_Mamoudzou.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.