things on the beach

[ritaxis]

I saw a bunch of things on the beach that I think I ought to have known, but I don't. I took a bunch of pictures of them, and we even cut one open, deciding that they were probably already dead (naturally I'm a little worried that they weren't and that we unnecessarily killed some creature who might even be endangered).






here's a little one, maybe two inches in diameter.



here's a big one, maybe six inches long.

edit: They are orange puffball sponges! Tethya aurantia. The Monterey Bay Aquarium, naturally, had the information I needed.

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[aquaeri.livejournal.com]

That was me, logged out again. I don't like whatever it was they did to lj.