Georgette Douwma / Cock's comb oyster (Lopha cristagalli) covered with encrusting sponge on artificial reef. Mabul, Malaysia.
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Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Barnacles and oysters on mangrove in Ha Pak Nai, a mudflat in the Yuen Long District, Hong Kong, China.
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Loic Poidevin / Rows of racks used in oyster farming at high tide, Isle de Re, Charente-Maritime, France, July 2017.
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Loic Poidevin / Rows of racks used in oyster farming at low tide, Ie de Re, Charente-Maritime, France, July 2017.
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Sue Daly / Pacific oyster (Magallana gigas) farm, Herm, British Channel Islands, June 2016
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Nick Upton / Pacific oyster / Japanese oyster / Miyagi oyster (Crassostrea gigas) attached to rocks among barnacles, mussels, limpets and anemones, exposed at low tide, Asturias, Spain, August
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Philippe Clement / Cultivated oysters (Lophia folium) in bags at oyster farm / oyster park exposed on beach at low tide, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Normandy, France, June 2015
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Benjamin Barthelemy / Aerial view of oyster hatcheries in Le Banc d'Arguin, Arcachon Bay, Aquitaine, France, June 2014.
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Georgette Douwma / Cock's comb oyster (Lopha cristagalli) covered with encrusting sponge on artificial reef. Mabul, Malaysia.
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Ashley Cooper / Oyster (Ostreidae) shells from a fish farm, Walney island, Cumbria, UK. March.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Encrusting sand tube worm (Sabellaria sp.) and Ivory barnacles (Balanus eburneus) on the shell of a American / Common oyster (Crassostrea virginica), Gulf Specimen Marine Lab and Aquarium.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Encrusting sand tube worm (Sabellaria sp.) and Ivory barnacles (Balanus eburneus) on the shell of a North America / Common oyster (Crassostrea virginica), Gulf Specimen Marine Lab and Aquarium.