nkw5
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Okay. Who can identify this? It and many others were located at Pt. Lobos around 30-40 feet. It is brownish, very light, and usually roundish. It appears attached to the bottom.
Balloon-like things at Monterey
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nkw5:
I've never seen anything like that. It kind of looks like a quasi-mini nurse shark but where are the eyes and other features? Strange....
I see you're from Folsom. Very Cashy-cool.
sb_diver
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is it attached in the sand or on a rock?
It reminds me of a fat tunicate. But I'm not sure, I could pass it on to one of my buddies here at the university
It reminds me of a fat tunicate. But I'm not sure, I could pass it on to one of my buddies here at the university
Dryglove
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I have also seen those but have no idea what they are. If Chuck Tribolet comes along he will probably know what they are.
Seabear70
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Eel Larva?
Iduno, about how big is it?
Iduno, about how big is it?
I think they come out of the holes and seem to be mucus bags secreted by some critter. I asked the same question a few months ago on ba_diving but noone had a conclusive answer.
sb_diver
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I showed the picture to one of the faculty members in the Marine Science Institute on campus here, and he identified it as a gelatinous egg mass of the polychaete Arenicola cristata
Thomas
Thomas
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nkw5
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sb_diver:
Thanks, Thomas. I had to hunt for a while to find information to "translate" your scientic lingo. If anybody cares, the common name for the creature is the lugworm. Some additional info and pictures can be found at:
http://www.flpa-images.co.uk/picdisplay.asp?GROUP=34985
http://www.users.totalise.co.uk/~darrenbarton/id97.htm
sb_diver
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haha thanks for the translation. I sometimes forget that all divers aren't marine biologists, since thats who I always dive with here. 
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