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So no wing on that plate. Was that a fiberglass or plastic plate?
Kind of like a white stag? Looks like he was diving a dry suit though, so some buoyancy device.
It's salp ring. There are several different types, from some that form chains that are stretched out to some with chains that curl into a spiral, and some that form rings. I've seen some that are rings made up of several smaller rings. The day I took those photos at Breakwater, the shallows were almost jelly soup with millions of salps,comb jellies, and juvenile moon jellies. Next time conditions are like that, I'm going to try and get some photos of it. I also saw dozens of a type of comb jelly often called Venus Girdle, which I've seen before, but never ones that were almost 3ft long. They were hard to take photos of because they're completely transparent with only some features along their edges.Mark,
Nice pics. What's that critter in picture 6? I got some video of one last week, but couldn't find it in my "critter" book. I assume a salp-chain or similar colonial critter?