Tube Worm?

[LGF]

Hello All,

While diving in Maui last week I saw a strange tube thing that I cannot identify and was wondering if someone on the forum could help. I found the thing in ~20 feet of water not far from shore. It was moving in the current and was semi-transparent. It was about 4 feet in length.

 

[mikerault]

Looks like some form of egg sack...

Mike

 

[maractwin]

It's the egg mass from a pelagic squid.

-Mark

 

[LGF]

Thanks Mark,

Did you already know this or did you look it up? I knew the folks on ScubaBoard would know what that was!

Cheers

 

[maractwin]

I know this one, because it's the third time in a year that the topic has come up here. I've got a photo of a diamondback squid egg mass (from Mark Norman's Cephalopods: A World Guide) that looks very similar.

-Mark

 

[LGF]

I need to study up on marine life so I know what I am looking at and photographing. Can you recommend any good guides for reef fish? I dive mainly in the carribean.

 

[maractwin]

For the Caribbean, the best starting point is Humann's Reef Fish, Reef Coral, and Reef Creatures books.

-Mark