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Jan 30, 10 Comments (0)
 Spiny Oyster Good evening guys, here’s another colorful sea creature from the Brown studio. This is a beautiful Spondylus or as it’s more commonly called, a Spiny Oyster or a Thorny Oyster. This is another specimen I borrowed from work and just couldn’t wait to get it home to play with. I thought photographing this would be super easy but it turned out to be another big challenge and I had to make another special holder for it. You would think these spines would be fragile but they are not. These oysters are found all over the reef attached or should I say cemented to all kinds of rocks and dead coral heads and those spines help keep unwanted predators from attacking them. These oysters also love to make their homes on any kind of rusted materials, they are all over the side of the Superior Producer and on all the posts that hold up the piers around the island. Spondylus have multiple eyes around the edges of the shell, and they have a relatively well developed nervous systems. Obviously the shells are very attractive making them a hot commodity on the shell market, seashell collectors just love them! What I have noticed from diving is that they are very hard to see. The shells don’t look like this underwater, they are covered in moss and encrusting sponges you really have to look to see them and if your real still you may be able to observe them while feeding and get to see their colorful mantle.
Crazy day at work, so glad I am home!! Many thanks for the notes, couldn’t do this without your continuing support! Enjoy your weekend, Barry
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