Tree Oyster

Coastal Habitats

Animals of the Nearshore Waters 

Tree Oyster

Isognomon bicolor

Tree oysters are one of many animals found on artificial reefs that usually live on rocks, jetties and piers. These oysters use tough fibers called byssal threads to attach their purple and white shells to the reef. They often live inside empty barnacle shells or in the spaces between living barnacles.

Animals of the Nearshore Waters

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Brown Tube Sponge

Red Boring Sponge

Red-Orange Encrusting Sponge

Tree Oyster

Ivory Bush Coral

Cup Coral

Pearly Red Encrusting Bryozoan

Black Drum

Crevalle Jack

Florida Pompano

Sand Seatrout

Tarpon

Gulf Kingfish

Southern Kingfish

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