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08/13/2018, 09:18 AM | #1 |
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strange ball of ????
I found this snorkeling in the Florida Keys.
20180811_142928 by Ron Lindensmith, on Flickr 20180811_143001 by Ron Lindensmith, on Flickr It was in shallow water (2') about 100' of a small island on the Florida Bay side of the chain. It is not hard or soft, but firm, much like a small cell sponge. But as far as I can see it has no incurrent or excurrent pores or holes. So I don't think it's a sponge. The spikes are firm but flexible and it doesn't move but it has attached itself to a rock in just 24 hours. I've looked at a lot of sponge and algae ID photos online and through 3 ID books... nothing close to this was found. Any ideas, or leads will be appreciated. A firm ID would be terrific, but I'm not expecting one. I have requests into a couple of Phd. Marine Biologists, but so far, no reply. Thanks.
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08/13/2018, 05:12 PM | #2 |
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Very unique looking. Nice picture.
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08/14/2018, 03:05 PM | #3 |
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I found a pic of something that looks similar at the top of the Wet Web Media page on sponges but it's not tagged.
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08/14/2018, 09:00 PM | #4 |
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It looks like some kind of plant tuber that's been grazed down to nubs. See if it grows like a plant.
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08/18/2018, 10:15 PM | #5 |
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It dosen't look exactly like an immature horse chestnut seed pod. But close.
At you decided 100% if it is terrestrial or normally submerged? Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk |
08/18/2018, 10:33 PM | #6 |
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How large is it?
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08/23/2018, 06:21 AM | #7 |
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Update?
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08/25/2018, 05:38 AM | #8 |
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Lol, you have me curious. Any word on the green ball?
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04/28/2020, 10:02 PM | #9 |
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Green ball...
A tunicate?
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05/23/2020, 06:00 PM | #10 |
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Its Kohlrabi
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