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Polinices sp?
Semi-circular jelly-like masses. The largest in this series is about 30cm from end to end.
This is intertidal, salt-water lagoon at low tide. Sandy bottom
I am surprised by the shapes of these and were it not for their consistency of shape across the range I would have expected they had been circular when in the water. I have never seen this shape but have seen massive migrations of the round ones in the nearby Hawkesbury River. Many millions! I will do more research online for this one. Are these even jellyfish or are they some kind of egg mass?
Spotted on Oct 11, 2009
Submitted on Jan 2, 2013
4 Comments
Perhaps a bit more research is in order... :) Good luck! It can be frustrating sometimes.
That looks good Forest Dragon. I am amazed at the size as the guy in the reference was but the dates are right, it being spring and on those large spring tides. I am not sure how to call it though for ease of indexing! Thanks!
This is an egg mass from a marine snail! If you look closely you can see the tiny eggs inside.
I found this little article here with a couple of the species listed:
http://www.bay-keeper.com/2010/11/beache...
jellyfish or egg mass?