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Plate 8.— Classification: system Estuarine, subsystem Intertidal, class Reef, subclass Mollusk, water regime Regularly- 

 Flooded, water chemistry Mixohaline. The dominant animals are oysters {Crassostrea spp.). An individual red mangrove 

 (Rhizophora mangle) has become established on the reef. (Collier County. Florida; January 1978) 



