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Topic: Can anyone ID this?  (Read 853 times)

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Michael_Alive

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No salmon bites for me up near fort Bragg, but the water was 64 degrees and was thick with these things. Anyone know what they are?


SOMA

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Jellyfish children.  Rockfish love to take care of these babies.


shiner1

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Pyrosomes in the second photo, a type of pelagic tunicate. https://bodegahead.blogspot.com/2014/12/fire-bodies.html?m=1


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Pyrosomes in the second photo, a type of pelagic tunicate. https://bodegahead.blogspot.com/2014/12/fire-bodies.html?m=1

From the link:
"A pyrosome is a pelagic tunicate, somewhat like a salp".

That definitely does looks something like salp.
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