We’ve got a mystery here.
This white thing, Shirely’s going, “that is not a sponge.” That does not look like a sponge to me.
What the heck is that?
That’s fascinating.
I think it looks like a benthic ctenophore in the genus Lyrocteis.
Have you ever seen anything like that?
No. I’ve never seen anything like that anywhere.
We see lots of ctenophores in the water column. They look like little ovals.
This is an interesting group of ctenophores which is adapted to live on the substrate.
Wow.
What do you think?
Another one of these anemones, maybe?
Or it’s a fish.
Nudibranch.
Or something completely different.
Could it be a gastropod? Could it be a sea slug?
But it’s definitely in the Molluska.
I like that we spanned four different phyla there before we could narrow this one down.
What is that?
It’s an anemone.
No, it’s not.
It’s called Alicia. Really?
Fantastic.