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Oct 16
2009
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What's growing on your oysters may not be algae......
It could be Bryozoans
Bryozoans are minute, tentacle-bearing, moss-like animals that form colonies permanently attached to rocks, pilings, ropes, etc. Individual bryozoans are microscopic, but colonies appear as soft, fuzzy, greenish-brown layer and can be mistaken for algae. Bryozoans are filter feeders! We like them!!
Algae growth is less fuzzy and usually more strand-like.
