Words To Know

• Sessile: fixed in one place; immobile
• Bivalves: mollusks that have 2 shells
• Exoskeleton: a hard structure developed on the outside of the body, such as the shell of a crab or an oyster
• Mantle: two fleshy folds of tissue that cover the internal organs of the oyster that are in contact with the shell, but not attached
• Invertebrate: animals without backbone
• Trochophore: a particular type of free-swimming larva
• Cilia: tiny, hair-like structures, that some larvae use to swim and feed
• Spat: a post-larval oyster that is attached to a surface
• Phytoplankton: small free-swimming algae
• Turbidity: measure of water clarity