APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Stock Image Library
Crassostrea rhizophorae (Guilding, 1828) - Mangrove or Mangrove cupped oyster
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Mangrove oyster
Crassostrea rhizophorae
- shell pair 1

Mangrove oyster
Crassostrea rhizophorae
- dorsal view shell 1

Mangrove oyster
Crassostrea rhizophorae
- dorsal view shell 2

Mangrove oyster
Crassostrea rhizophorae
- lateral view shell 1

Mangrove oyster
Crassostrea rhizophorae
- interior upper valve 1

Mangrove oyster
Crassostrea rhizophorae
- upper valve muscle scar 1

Mangrove oyster
Crassostrea rhizophorae
- upper valve muscle scar 2

Mangrove oyster
Crassostrea rhizophorae
- lower valve hinge 1

Mangrove oyster
Crassostrea rhizophorae
- lower valve hinge 2

Specimen above was purchased as a reference specimen as the species is a rafting species and may arrive in the UK on flotsam from the Gulf of Mexico and the SE coast of the United States of America.

This particular example was found on rocks on the beach at Amoereiras, Itaparica Is., Bahia State, Brazil; by Andres Bonard, Jan. 2001.

Crassostrea rhizophorae Mangrove cupped oyster Marine Bivalve Images
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help
people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.