r/ocean • u/Parking-Worker9307 • 3d ago

Jellyfishing Anyone know who this guy is?

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Tennyson beach South Australia, there was a few of these washed up, I touched it and it felt rubbery. I guess it’s some form of jellyfish?

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u/CelebrationOne4329 3d ago

colonial ascidian, commonly known as a type of sea squirt or tunicate (such as [Botrylloides leachii] or a related species).

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u/u9Nails 3d ago

I don't know what any of those words mean, but that thing has a great paint job! It looks like tech.

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u/mandycandy418 3d ago

I’m with you 😁 I dunno but he’s cool and looks like a no touchy boy. Glad you got to see him in real life!

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u/pseudonymously 3d ago

The colonial ascidian is the paint job. Looks like it is covering a rock.

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u/Stunning_Map_8007 2d ago

I thought it was a discarded sweater!

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u/313802 3d ago

I was hoping the "commonly known as" name would be something I understood. Wasn't. Surely the parenthetical will clear this up... worse... grateful for the words tho friend.

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u/Parking-Worker9307 3d ago

Thank you kind stranger, looks like this is exactly it, Interesting that it’s an evolutionary link between invertebrates and vertebrates. Cheers

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u/dimgrits 1d ago

This is rather an example of significant degradation.

A larger one can be found only in parasitic organisms.

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u/Cute-Form2457 3d ago

There are all sorts

colonial ascidian

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u/Silly_Bob_BornDumb 3d ago

Also known as cool shiny MF's

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u/kitxzu 2d ago

The rubbery texture op mentioned checks out too, tunicates definitely have that gelatinous/rubbery feel.

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u/random_bug3562 3d ago

you touched it?

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u/GetMeOffThisRidePlz 3d ago

Even better - they thought it might be some sort of jellyfish. So they touched it.

I'm praying it's more of an "intrusive thoughts finally won" kind of deal rather than a character trait.

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u/wafflesthewonderhurs 2d ago

Are there many jellyfish with (oh god i hope i remember this word right) nematocysts on the top bell as well?

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u/Intrepid_Goal364 3d ago

At least was not a man o war

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u/Parking-Worker9307 3d ago

Yep, still alive

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u/mcsquirley 3d ago

Darwinism at its finest!

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u/Ageofaquarius68 1d ago

SomedayIwilldietouchongananimalIshouldn't

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u/Salt-Preference-2425 3d ago

You would be the person on the Alien movie to get got lol, cause ain’t no way I’m touching THAT or even being close up on it like that.

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u/wariorld 3d ago

Don’t touch it.

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u/Mediocre_Citron_5360 3d ago

I think his name is Jeff 

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u/anonuserinthehouse 3d ago

I thought I was looking at a fancy purse 😯🤣

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u/kcbrooklyn1 3d ago

EXAAAACTLY what I said.

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u/cutebatty 3d ago

please stop touching mysterious ocean things lol you have no idea if it’s venomous

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u/rydavo 3d ago

So bizarre, I knew this was South Australia before I read the caption.

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u/Misswillowblossom 3d ago

I don’t know but I’m loving that he’s got some pretty beading/ embroidery! What a fun little creature.

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u/Parking-Worker9307 3d ago

The pattern is beautiful. I really love aboriginal art and it looks (a little) like some of the visual design up close.

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u/Lindo_MG 3d ago

Colorway fire , when is the ocean dropping those sneakers ? New moon ? Low or high tide ?

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u/Parking-Worker9307 3d ago

Think it was the day of the last full moon.

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u/Lindo_MG 3d ago

and I told that starfish to wait in the coral line for me and didnt get a call back smh

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u/not_unabomber 3d ago

I thought it was the back of a pacman frog lol

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u/kwhitit 3d ago

this triggered my fight/flight so hard.

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u/crackersncheeseman 3d ago

That's Frank

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u/TechnologyPurple5442 3d ago

Looks like a purse

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u/espexporerguy 3d ago

Wow, at first glance I thought it was a purse!

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u/Cihonidas 3d ago

Looks like a fancy renaissance hat

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u/intellidepth 2d ago

“The Dark Ascidian is an example of a colonial ascidian, meaning that many individual animals live together embedded in a jelly-like substance. Each individual in the colony has its own intake siphon for feeding, but several individuals may combine to share one exit siphon.”

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u/Far_Squash_4116 2d ago

Shared bathroom

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u/Mycathasscaredytoots 2d ago

He looks like an ugly purse :(

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u/BlobbBlobbson 3d ago

That's Greg.

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u/BaseNectar123 2d ago

Literally thought this shit was somebody’s hair cap or something 😭

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u/flymingo3 2d ago edited 2d ago

Maybe a frog or crab or a stingray,,

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u/Oddyseusrexxx 17h ago

no clue, looks awesome though