finger like jellyfish
Description and Comments
many washed up on Rockaway Beach Oregon. Clear finger size and shape. firm. One end had mouth like openning which would omit liquid when squeezed. clear bumps completely covering entire outside surface. Have photos but unable to attach them.
Type of organism
Jellyfish
clear finger shaped jellyfish
Quantity
11
Latitude
45.63
Longitude
-123.94
Condition
Unhealthy
Comments
Sorry about the trouble with
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Sounds like Pyrosomes, perhaps?
Indeed does sound like either
In reply to Sorry about the trouble with by jellywatch
Indeed does sound like either salps or pyrosomes. Ctenophores can be tube-like too, but I've never heard of them excreting a liquid before.
Well it only excreted liquid
In reply to Indeed does sound like either by Darwin-Evolution
Well it only excreted liquid when i squeezed the jellyfish between my fingers and the liquid was clear so maybe it was saltwater. I just sent 3 photos to the admin@jellywatch.org address (12/12/16)
My spouse and I were walking
My spouse and I were walking on the beach just north in Manzanita on the 5th. We saw thousands of them over a 3 mile walk. I am fairly sure they were pyrosomes. I have never seen one before in 8 years of walking this beach, but looked them up on wikipedia, and several of the images there and the description match exactly what we saw. Not sure why so many of them got washed up all of a sudden. Maybe a result of the warn water blob off the west coast, combined with a strong storm just before.