Anybody want to Id this?

[Anonymous]

this was in the water on the side of a dock in the bay at Norfolk Virginia.

My wife wanted to know what it was and I had no idea so she told me to find out :lol:


There was a lot of it, and plenty of crabs crawling around on it too.

 

[WRASSER]

it looks like a type of sponge.




I was stationed there for 10 years :wink:

 

[Anonymous]

How long ago?

I was there as a kid and I remember it not being very nice.

Now the waterfront is nice looking, its been revitalized! hehe

 

[WRASSER]

I left there in 95' so ten years to the month. funny that 8)

 

[Anonymous]

Bryan,

It does look like a sponge. I suppose it could also be a bryozoan but it's hard to tell without a close up shot.

Docks are great to look at for marine life! They are always submerged so you are seeing subtidal fauna without having to dive.

 

[Anonymous]

Without a closer picture my guess because of location, growth pattern, coloration, etc. would be an invasive species of Porifera (sponge) most likely Halichondria bowerbanki. :wink:

Regards,
David Mohr

 

[Anonymous]

it's orange

 

[Anonymous]

And pretty.

 

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately that is the closest pic I can get seeing as how my telephoto lens won't reach from new jersey to VA

hehe

thanks for the Id, now I can tell the wife and look all smart and stuff

 

[Anonymous]

Looks like fire coral.......or a sponge too.

 

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately that is the closest pic I can get seeing as how my telephoto lens won't reach from new jersey to VA

hehe

thanks for the Id, now I can tell the wife and look all smart and stuff

You could have done that just by telling her it's a Pocillifeopsis graudunderpora. She wouldn't know the difference :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

Without a closer picture my guess because of location, growth pattern, coloration, etc. would be an invasive species of Porifera (sponge) most likely Halichondria bowerbanki. :wink:

Regards,
David Mohr

Why invasive?

 

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately that is the closest pic I can get seeing as how my telephoto lens won't reach from new jersey to VA

hehe

thanks for the Id, now I can tell the wife and look all smart and stuff

You could have done that just by telling her it's a Pocillifeopsis graudunderpora. She wouldn't know the difference :lol:

Ahh, true, but then I would of lied to my wife. That's something I choose not to risk :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately that is the closest pic I can get seeing as how my telephoto lens won't reach from new jersey to VA

hehe

thanks for the Id, now I can tell the wife and look all smart and stuff

You could have done that just by telling her it's a Pocillifeopsis graudunderpora. She wouldn't know the difference :lol:

Ahh, true, but then I would of lied to my wife. That's something I choose not to risk :lol:

I don't buy it, you told here SOMETHING to get her to date you.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks man



Actually, we have discussed this, and neither of us can decide what it was that made her go out with me. My bet is that it was alcohol, drugs, insanity, or a combination of the above.

 

[Anonymous]

Without a closer picture my guess because of location, growth pattern, coloration, etc. would be an invasive species of Porifera (sponge) most likely Halichondria bowerbanki. :wink:

Regards,
David Mohr

Why invasive?

Because it's not a native species of Porifera to that area, it was accidently introduced by most likely being transported in bilges or on hulls of ship. It is crowding out the native sponges and corals there.

Regards,
David Mohr

 

[Anonymous]

I see. Thanks.

 

[Anonymous]

Ahh, true, but then I would of lied to my wife. That's something I choose not to risk :lol:

I don't buy it, you told here SOMETHING to get her to date you.

Heheheheheheheheheh. :twisted: