unknown egg cluster on SA reef..?
I went for a snorkel on Port Noarlunga reef yesterday (just South of Adelaide) and tooks some nice photos in the ambient light. One of the subjects I wasn't familiar with, I'm guessing it's eggs of some kind?
Check out the pic in my Panasonic LumixLife gallery, and see what you can make of it... it's the white ball-shaped subject, stuck to the reef wall. The cluster of 'eggs' was small, maybe 15-20cm in diameter for the cluster.
Here's the link: http://bit.ly/3DI6b
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Contributed by danimations added 2009-09-11
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Tim Hochgrebe added 2009-09-12
Hi Dan,
What you are seeing there is a cluster of colonial ascidians (sea squirts)
Do a search on this site and you will find loads of different species
http://www.underwater.com.au/search_results?keywords=ascidian
Tim Hochgrebe
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- danimations added 2009-09-12
Wow, thanks for the speedy reply, Tim! I'll take a look at the link and have a read about 'em. great website you have here, by the way!
http://www.danimations.com.au http://www.youtube.com/danimations80
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