They might of been pyrosomes. with the species in CA being called the “sea pickle”. They’re more tubular than the snail shell, which is slipper shaped. Both are enigmatic squishy blobs. Hard to distinguish if you’ve never seen either.
November 12, 2024 at 3:51 PM
They might of been pyrosomes. with the species in CA being called the “sea pickle”. They’re more tubular than the snail shell, which is slipper shaped. Both are enigmatic squishy blobs. Hard to distinguish if you’ve never seen either.
Start with "this is more of a comment than a question" & then go on for 10 minutes about giant pyrosomes without letting him get a word in edgewise
I just saw The Abyss on the big screen and now James Cameron is doing a Q&A what should I ask him? Wrong answers only
September 28, 2023 at 5:39 AM
Start with "this is more of a comment than a question" & then go on for 10 minutes about giant pyrosomes without letting him get a word in edgewise
Correct for the sea squirty tunicates. I'm not sure if pyrosomes/salps ever have it
December 22, 2023 at 11:41 PM
Correct for the sea squirty tunicates. I'm not sure if pyrosomes/salps ever have it
I'm a sucker for flying animals! Undergrad and masters I studied caiman and pyrosomes (both aquatic), so I think I just prefer things that shun the land
April 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I'm a sucker for flying animals! Undergrad and masters I studied caiman and pyrosomes (both aquatic), so I think I just prefer things that shun the land
i just remembered, some diver saw a Giant Pyrosome in my local inlet a couple years ago!!!
we also had that utter plague of regular-size pyrosomes a few years back that clogged fishing nets and got nicknamed "penis fish" when they washed up on beaches looking like limp dildos
we also had that utter plague of regular-size pyrosomes a few years back that clogged fishing nets and got nicknamed "penis fish" when they washed up on beaches looking like limp dildos
i love how the aliens in The Abyss were inspired by the Giant Pyrosome, a colonial tunicate that can grow to enormous size & is strongly bioluminescent!
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Giant Pyrosome - Oceana
Giant Pyrosomes are bioluminescent (light producing), giving rise to the common name, which comes from the Greek for fire (“pyro”) and body (“soma”). The light produced by Giant Pyrosomes is ...
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January 24, 2024 at 2:45 AM
i just remembered, some diver saw a Giant Pyrosome in my local inlet a couple years ago!!!
we also had that utter plague of regular-size pyrosomes a few years back that clogged fishing nets and got nicknamed "penis fish" when they washed up on beaches looking like limp dildos
we also had that utter plague of regular-size pyrosomes a few years back that clogged fishing nets and got nicknamed "penis fish" when they washed up on beaches looking like limp dildos
Strange animals called pyrosomes are thriving as the Pacific heats up
Strange animals called pyrosomes are thriving as the Pacific heats up
Sausage-shaped pyrosomes are blooming in great numbers during marine heatwaves, but their success comes at the cost of other animals, including fish
www.newscientist.com
February 28, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Strange animals called pyrosomes are thriving as the Pacific heats up
Believe it or not, these are some of our closest relatives in the marine invertebrate world. Pelagic tunicates like salps (top left), pyrosomes (bottom left) and doliolids (right) are all chordates like us. From this shared ancestry, they went one way and humans (as vertebrate animals) went another.
January 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Believe it or not, these are some of our closest relatives in the marine invertebrate world. Pelagic tunicates like salps (top left), pyrosomes (bottom left) and doliolids (right) are all chordates like us. From this shared ancestry, they went one way and humans (as vertebrate animals) went another.
I had a vision and made this pyrosome man, pyrosomes are basically jus colonies of lil dudes that float around the ocean
#art #digitalartwork #pyrosomes #buff #anatomy #originalcharacterart #ocart #anthroart #anthro
#art #digitalartwork #pyrosomes #buff #anatomy #originalcharacterart #ocart #anthroart #anthro
September 8, 2024 at 1:48 PM
I had a vision and made this pyrosome man, pyrosomes are basically jus colonies of lil dudes that float around the ocean
#art #digitalartwork #pyrosomes #buff #anatomy #originalcharacterart #ocart #anthroart #anthro
#art #digitalartwork #pyrosomes #buff #anatomy #originalcharacterart #ocart #anthroart #anthro
Opening my emails this morning to find random #pyrosome pics people thought I'd appreciate. Love it!!😂😍
#marinebiologistthings
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#marinebiologistthings
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November 27, 2023 at 7:21 PM
Opening my emails this morning to find random #pyrosome pics people thought I'd appreciate. Love it!!😂😍
#marinebiologistthings
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#marinebiologistthings
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Observations off Timor-Leste suggest that coral reefs feeding on giant plankton like pyrosomes may enhance resilience to climate change by taking advantage of nutrient-rich ocean conditions. doi.org/g9prnr
Giant plankton could help coral fight climate change
A QUT researcher has observed a rare ocean phenomenon off the coast of Timor-Leste revealing a surprising ally in the fight for coral reef survival: giant, gelatinous plankton known as pyrosomes.
phys.org
June 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Observations off Timor-Leste suggest that coral reefs feeding on giant plankton like pyrosomes may enhance resilience to climate change by taking advantage of nutrient-rich ocean conditions. doi.org/g9prnr
Poor Glenn cowrote a book with me and said he needed a random sea critter, so he made one up, remembered the rules for Belamuria, then lost an evening learning about pyrosomes.
April 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Poor Glenn cowrote a book with me and said he needed a random sea critter, so he made one up, remembered the rules for Belamuria, then lost an evening learning about pyrosomes.
June 16, 2024 at 5:14 AM
Pyrosomes are colonies of tiny organisms working as one, glowing with shared light. Education is a communal act—teachers, students, and thinkers fueling a brighter world. They want to snuff that out, but like pyrosomes, we shine brighter together. #marinelife #invertebrate
March 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Pyrosomes are colonies of tiny organisms working as one, glowing with shared light. Education is a communal act—teachers, students, and thinkers fueling a brighter world. They want to snuff that out, but like pyrosomes, we shine brighter together. #marinelife #invertebrate
Actus Mer/Sea News: Pyrosomes - enigmatic marine inhabitants with an important role in the Cabo Verde ecosystem - @GEOMAR_en http://dlvr.it/Rz3Hx1
Pyrosomes - enigmatic marine inhabitants with an importan...
4 May 2021 / Kiel. Pyrosomes spend their entire lives in ...
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January 31, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Actus Mer/Sea News: Pyrosomes - enigmatic marine inhabitants with an important role in the Cabo Verde ecosystem - @GEOMAR_en http://dlvr.it/Rz3Hx1
Slipper lobsters. Horseshoe crabs. Nautiluses. Tube worms. Mantis shrimp. Nudibranchs. Coral. Trilobites. Pyrosomes. Crinoids. Sea urchins. All of these and more...
July 6, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Slipper lobsters. Horseshoe crabs. Nautiluses. Tube worms. Mantis shrimp. Nudibranchs. Coral. Trilobites. Pyrosomes. Crinoids. Sea urchins. All of these and more...
Some years ago I made my deep dive into jelly fish proliferation and some group of authors also connected to the fishing industry argued against it - now I think its set and done - jelly fish are on the rise likely massively in a regional kind of bloom and bust cycle sign
Love pyrosomes thou :D
Love pyrosomes thou :D
A global review of pyrosomes: Shedding light on the ocean's elusive gelatinous “fire‐bodies”
Pyrosomes are colonial tunicates that form gelatinous tubes and occasionally produce bioluminescent swarms. The rapid “bloom-bust” dynamics of pyrosomes have the potential to outcompete other zooplan...
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Some years ago I made my deep dive into jelly fish proliferation and some group of authors also connected to the fishing industry argued against it - now I think its set and done - jelly fish are on the rise likely massively in a regional kind of bloom and bust cycle sign
Love pyrosomes thou :D
Love pyrosomes thou :D
Caution! Pyrosomes lurching in the dark…
April 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Caution! Pyrosomes lurching in the dark…
just found out about pyrosomes. fucked up.
October 20, 2024 at 3:48 AM
just found out about pyrosomes. fucked up.
@climatenews.bsky.social - this could be an interesting one...
Currently just an assumption, but technically this should be the outcome of smaller phytoplankton like cyanobacteria increasingly being grazed by large filter feeders...
look at these sudden peaks off the US west coast:
Currently just an assumption, but technically this should be the outcome of smaller phytoplankton like cyanobacteria increasingly being grazed by large filter feeders...
look at these sudden peaks off the US west coast:
May 9, 2025 at 8:02 AM
@climatenews.bsky.social - this could be an interesting one...
Currently just an assumption, but technically this should be the outcome of smaller phytoplankton like cyanobacteria increasingly being grazed by large filter feeders...
look at these sudden peaks off the US west coast:
Currently just an assumption, but technically this should be the outcome of smaller phytoplankton like cyanobacteria increasingly being grazed by large filter feeders...
look at these sudden peaks off the US west coast:
Heart shaped rocks and jelly dinks to celebrate valentines on the coast. #pyrosomes #rockawaybeach #oregoncoast
February 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Heart shaped rocks and jelly dinks to celebrate valentines on the coast. #pyrosomes #rockawaybeach #oregoncoast
I found a bunch of something like these at Monastery Beach in Carmel a couple years ago but someone said they were pyrosomes? They had the consistency of a gummy bear.
November 12, 2024 at 3:48 PM
I found a bunch of something like these at Monastery Beach in Carmel a couple years ago but someone said they were pyrosomes? They had the consistency of a gummy bear.
Discovered pyrosomes. I'm not mad at them I just cant comprehend this creatures form
April 23, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Discovered pyrosomes. I'm not mad at them I just cant comprehend this creatures form
Actus Mer/Sea News: Via @PlaneteNAUSICAA - Découvrez les pyrosomes, de fabuleuses créatures marines entièrement… http://dlvr.it/71cXql
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March 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Actus Mer/Sea News: Via @PlaneteNAUSICAA - Découvrez les pyrosomes, de fabuleuses créatures marines entièrement… http://dlvr.it/71cXql