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Name:
Spondylus variegatus & Spondylus imperialis
Common name:
Spondylus imperialis → Spiny oysters, Thorny oysters, Imperial thorny oyster
Spondylus variegatus → Spiny oysters, Thorny oysters
Synonym:
Spondylus variegatus → Spondylus aculeatus, (Schreibers, 1793)
Family / Genus / Species / Binom / Author:
Spondylidae → Spondylus → variegatus → Spondylus variegatus → Schreibers, 1793
Spondylidae → Spondylus → imperialis → Spondylus imperialis → Chenu, 1844
Protection status:
Location:
Masbate Island / Philippines
Size of the specimen:
Span: 11 cm / 7,5 cm
Object Length: 9,5 cm / 6,5 cm
Weight:
Every hard bottom of tropical waters is colonized in a short time by the mostly free-swimming larvae of various otherwise sessile organisms, and this is how such interesting communities can form.
