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Stavro. Laura is an expert on these. She is a marine biologist.
I made the Id suggestion on her behalf,since she is busy exploring the Arctics!
I'm pretty certain this is a tunicate, since I can make out the siphons :) Ascidia nigra is a good ID, as the distribution fits the location! They're hard to ID when they're out of the water like this, haha :D Great spot!
I was comparing the images on the internet and the shape looks very much like " Ascidia nigra "
Just a feedback. Wait for expert confirmation.
The tunicate suggestion by Stavros is a good one too. I'll try to bring it to the attention of one on the marine biologists on the rangers team. I'm very much out of my comfort zone here!
I was thinking black sea cucumber, Holothuria leucospilota; but Daniele's suggestion seems quite likely.
was in the sea,it has textured alive and when you press it took out water from a small hole at the top
It must be some sea creature coated in oil .which happens so often. Poor thing!
Peculiar. It does look very much like crude oil. What was it 'doing' that leads you to say it's alive?
Was it in the sea, or near by, like inside the intertidal zone? It might be somekind of ascidians, or nudibranchs..
Spotted on Oct 22, 2012
Submitted on Oct 23, 2012
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