Greetings from Avalon

[Scott Bryan]

Just a quick post to introduce myself. I'm a kayak guide working for Descanso Beach Ocean Sports and joined this forum primarily to get some help identifying the strange creatures I've encountered kayaking around the west side of Santa Catalina island, like this strange helical ribbon like gelatinous creature that was about 2 meters long:

 

[BabyDuck]

you need to hook up with dr bill!

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lives in avalon, harvard phd biologist, all around nice guy.

 

[dwaters]

Welcome aboard!!!

Please feel free to drop on down to our local forum and join in the fun here: http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/socal/
Sorry can't help you on your find as it's new to me too...but Dr.Bill surely would know and others on the local forum.
Hope to see you on the island one of these times...topside or under water.

 

[drbill]

When Jake described it to me yesterday, I thought it might have been one of the siphonophores (Apolemia or Praya) but seeing these images, it is the oral arms of a jellyfish separated from the bell.