Not sure what this is

[bvanant]

I think this is an unusual pyrosome, clearly it is some kind of pelagic colonial tunicate. Shot last night on Black Water.

 

[rmorgan]

Funky, that’s for sure. What size? Do you think the orange dots might be eggs?

 

[bvanant]

About a half inch across, I thought eggs too but not sure
Bill

 

[js1221]

Thought you preferred the 30mm for backwater shoots, and said the 45mm was a no-go? That is a great picture.

 

[bvanant]

Yes indeed, normally I shoot the 30 but we moved from the boat to a day at a resort and all i had was the 45. Still a PITA for BW, probably missed 2x as many as I got.
Bill

 

[justinthedeeps]

I bet this could get some action on iNaturalist.org

 

[bvanant]

Will try that. There were tons of these last night
Bill