Cucullate Rock Oyster

Saccostrea kegaki

• Group: Other
• IUCN status: LC

A rock oyster that cements itself to stone in the lower intertidal zone, where it sits exposed and clamped tight between tides. It filters plankton when the water covers it, and its rough cupped shell anchors it firmly to the shore.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Ostreida › Ostreidae › Saccostrea

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 506737.