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Macrocystis pyrifera
Yellow/brown plant/algae part with spiral shape arms/antlers
Washed up on beach
Spotted on Jun 19, 2011
Submitted on Sep 4, 2011
5 Comments
Thank you all. LauraMaria and S Frazier, I agree with the kelp. I'll update it now :)
Ashish, that's a really good idea, but I'm very certain this isn't a worm shell (the ones in the picture are from sabellid worms). Worms don't have multiple "stalks" on their shells (if they do, it's very rare!) and don't have that node on the other end. The node in fact makes me think along the lines of S Frazier, that this is a piece of kelp. The stalks (called a stipe) do tend to get a bit curly like that when they dry, and that node looks like one of the flotation vesicles you find on kelp. And the colour is right too :) I think this is a broken up piece of kelp! Given where you found this, Cindy, it's most like a piece of giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera :) Can't be 100% certain, but that's my educated guess haha!
http://iloveshelling.com/blog/wp-content...
May be Sea worm shell's broken shell.
a type of kelp?