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Do you have any pictures of sea squirts?

Oh yeah, here are some cool tunicates...

Pyrosomes - “Sea Pickles”

You may have heard about strange sea creatures referred to as “sea pickles” in the news lately because they are washing ashore in the thousands in the Pacific Northwest and Northern California. These animals are called pyrosomes, which are free-floating colonial tunicates. The name Pyrosoma comes from Greek (pyro-“fire”, soma- “body”).  The colony forms a tube, which may reach a length of 60 cm and may be colorless, pink, grayish or blue-green. Pyrosomes are brightly bioluminescent, producing an intense blue-green glow when disturbed. MBARI’s remotly operated vehicles (ROVs) have observed pyrosomes from surface waters down to 900 meters depth. Watch video of a pyrosome from our ROV: http://ow.ly/wyUN30d90ot

via: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)

A garland of holiday lights? 

Not quite – this odd-looking creature in Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary is a chain of salps! These gelatinous creatures glide through the water in colonies, feeding on phytoplankton.  Though they may look alien, they’re actually more closely related to us than crabs are: salps have nerve chords that are similar to our spinal chords, whereas crabs are invertebrates. 

(Photo: Michelle Manson)

via: noaasanctuaries

Sea Tulip (Pyura spinifera)

Images: Michael McKnight and Richard Ling

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