Orange tube, 8ft long, Cozumel

[ronscuba]

Cozumel, 8 feet long, orange tube. What is this ?

 

[Full Circle]

There is a pelagic squid that releases egg masses similar to your photo, the Diamond back squid, Thysanoteuthis rhombus but those are blue and said to be four feet long. Maybe from a different squid species.

 

[nathm055]

A Salp agglomeration known as a pyrosome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EQGA_4BZ5s

 

[ronscuba]

A Salp agglomeration known as a pyrosome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EQGA_4BZ5s

Yes, I think that's it.

Here is the video clip of what I saw in Coz.

[vimeo]125090843[/vimeo]

 

[cbm32]

I just read about Pyromsomes yesterday and recognized the pic you posted immediately.

 

[diver 85]

(Someone lost their --big--SMB)..........(lol).......saw a show on it just the other day------now I can't remember where it was........RS, good pic too.....