Lettuce or Lace?

[icechip]

Saw this pale 'tissue-like' flora on my dive today in Maine waters. At first thought they were Sea Lace but now thinking they might be Sea Lettuce? Although I thought Sea Lettuce was always much greener than this.

 

[Ministryofgiraffes]

what did it taste like in a sandwich with bacon and tomato?

 

[CuzzA]

Lace coral is a branching non photosynthetic coral often found under ledges and caves.

 

[icechip]

That's pretty cool-looking coral, but I'm referring to the Bryozoan known as Sea Lace. Except what I saw today did not have the fibers like in this photo of Sea Lace. That's why I'm thinking what I saw most likely might just have been a wicked pale version of Sea Lettuce.

 

[CuzzA]

That's pretty cool-looking coral, but I'm referring to the Bryozoan known as Sea Lace. Except what I saw today did not have the fibers like in this photo of Sea Lace. That's why I'm thinking what I saw most likely might just have been a wicked pale version of Sea Lettuce.
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I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure your photo is the same thing, just a different species.

Lace Coral

 

[Seaweed Doc]

When sea lettuce dies or sporulates, it can turn white. Did it look like a white sea lettuce?

 

[icechip]

Yes it did. So this stuff was dying/dead? That's interesting, there was a lot of it.

 

[arcticat99]

i thought the song was leather and lace by Stevie Nicks?

 

[Seaweed Doc]

Yes it did. So this stuff was dying/dead? That's interesting, there was a lot of it.

Or just at a point in it's seasonal cycle where it sheds spores or gametes. The whole critter "goes" at once.