ID help on odd thing seen at Redondo

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ID help on odd thing seen at Redondo

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Saw the thing in the photograph at about 50 feet south of the boat ramp at Redondo today. Both Andrea Peterson and I saw it and neither of us could tell what it was. I thought perhaps it was a clump of eggs, but looking at the photograph, I wonder if it's a sponge.

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Re: ID help on odd thing seen at Redondo

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I should add that it was about 2" across, and appeared to have a bit of a stalk (which you can see at the bottom of the photo).
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Re: ID help on odd thing seen at Redondo

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I'm guessing a colonial tunicate of some sort, like this one I saw at Three Tree:

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That does look very similar! Thanks.
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I agree on some kind of compound tunicate.
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