Pelagic Salp

What do you think?

Never saw it. What is it for a thing?

 

Regards Richard

I sent it off to a plankton expert who identified it as Pyrosoma atlanticum. It is a part of the deep scattering layer and ascends to the surface at night along with millions of other strange gelatinous critters. I found it over blue water of water at night.

It's like an UFO.

 

Hi Jeff. First off, thanks for the comment on my expecting glass shrimp.

 

This photo looks like it's from outer space. It's an excellent shot!!! Was it glowing when you found it?

 

Cheers!

That was the coolest part about a lot of the critters I was looking at that night. They all had some form of bioluminescence. We got cruised by a cookie-cutter shark that night, too (talk about creepy!), and even it glowed an olive green color. This guy was doing exactly what you see here.