RubberDucky
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To start, unfortunately I have no picture to provide.
I did a night dive in front of the Paprika/Tikila location recently, and I saw perhaps the most unusual creature I've seen to date. I'm hopeful that I can describe it sufficiently so that someone can say or guess what it was.
In shallow waters (less than 30 feet) on the bottom of the ocean floor, and not attached to anything that I could see, I noticed a small (only an inch or 2), spherical shaped white-ish colored object. Protruding from or near the top of the object was what I can only describe as a round shaped, webbed object similar to one of those little umbrellas that you would get in alcoholic beverage (without the stick that connects to the umbrella). The color of the "umbrella" was orange.
When I got near this mysterious oceanic curiosity (within 10 feet, perhaps), the orange webbed umbrella protrusion sucked back into the spherical body, just like spirobranchus giganteus, or the common christmas tree worms.
If necessary, I can try to attach an image of a crude drawing.
Any takers?
I did a night dive in front of the Paprika/Tikila location recently, and I saw perhaps the most unusual creature I've seen to date. I'm hopeful that I can describe it sufficiently so that someone can say or guess what it was.
In shallow waters (less than 30 feet) on the bottom of the ocean floor, and not attached to anything that I could see, I noticed a small (only an inch or 2), spherical shaped white-ish colored object. Protruding from or near the top of the object was what I can only describe as a round shaped, webbed object similar to one of those little umbrellas that you would get in alcoholic beverage (without the stick that connects to the umbrella). The color of the "umbrella" was orange.
When I got near this mysterious oceanic curiosity (within 10 feet, perhaps), the orange webbed umbrella protrusion sucked back into the spherical body, just like spirobranchus giganteus, or the common christmas tree worms.
If necessary, I can try to attach an image of a crude drawing.
Any takers?
