03-03-2021, 12:57 PM | #1 |
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Alien egg sacks ?
These 4 tubes with a sort of egg like sphere in each one were floating about as I was Rockfishing yesterday...can anyone identify them ? They were about a foot long and almost seemed to be kind of swimming along...
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03-03-2021, 04:04 PM | #2 |
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Probably a species of Salp
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03-03-2021, 05:01 PM | #3 |
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Second that opinion. Google Salp images, I couldn't get it to paste into this reply.
Usually they are more than two, they can form long chains and vary in size from grapes to the size of you palm. |
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porpoise condoms
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03-04-2021, 07:54 AM | #6 |
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I've been seeing salps, moon jellyfish and purple-striped jellyfish recently at La Jolla.
Hopefully a sign of a flourishing ecosystem! |
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Thanks Guys...
A salp (plural salps) or salpa (plural salpae or salpas[1]) is a barrel-shaped, planktic tunicate. It moves by contracting, thereby pumping water through its gelatinous body, one of the most efficient examples of jet propulsion in the animal kingdom.[2] The salp strains the pumped water through its internal feeding filters, feeding on phytoplankton.
Lots of jelly fish around here too...
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food source, salps provide little nutrition. eat the same Last edited by JohnMckroidJr; 03-04-2021 at 08:00 PM. |
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Scientists speculate that global warming may favor salps over krill.
I wonder if the salps killed the penguins at La Jolla? I haven’t seen one there, for at least 15 years |
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