Pyrosome at Columbia Shallow.

[drbill]

Look for my column on giant pyrosomes in the Marine Life and Ecosystems forum

DIVE DRY WITH DR. BILL #760: THE GIANT PYROSOME

 

[deepsea21]

Very cool. I've never seen one but when I did see something like it a pyrosome was among the potential identifications until all concluded it was large squid egg mass attached to the reef.

 

[scrane]

If you run into Jose from DWM ask him about it. He spent quite a while studying it.
I just thought I'd make this posting as a data point in case more sightings come up.

A once in a lifetime for me! (?)

 

[Dave Dillehay]

If you have a copy of the Paul Humann book and look up venus girdle it will completely contradict what Wikipedia says and the Humann photo looks exactly as the Bing photo. I've only seen one up close just once in my 25 years and it looked nothing like Christi's photo. But maybe they change colors, or spots. I have no idea.

Dave

 

[ggunn]

I saw one several years ago at Cozumel. It was pretty weird looking, like a huge neutral buoyancy Slinky.

 

[Christi]

Ok I knew “we” had seen one fairly recently and this popped up as I was looking at some pictures today. This is my other half filming a pyrosome in December 2016 right after my shoulder accident so I was not on the dive

 

[scrane]

Just to clarify what we saw, the Pyrosome was smooth and featureless on the exterior, opaque, and dark pink/ purple in color.

 

[ronscuba]

Saw a pyrosome 3 years ago in Cozumel.

 

[scrane]

Yup, Ron, that's what we saw.