Pacific tidepool find

[Pbh-reef]

found this orb at the waterline on a beach outside San Francisco. It feels leathery and has a single kind of indented hole. Any ideas what it is?

 

[Oscaror]

found this orb at the waterline on a beach outside San Francisco. It feels leathery and has a single kind of indented hole. Any ideas what it is?

Aaaaaaaa I used to take family trips to the Carrbiean and go tidepool searching all the time and now I rememebr how fun and blissful it was I wish I could go back ;Sorry

Not sure what that is, maybe some sort of round sponge?

 

[Bob Loblaw]

Something that fell off of a tree?

 

[Pbh-reef]

What I don’t understand (besides what it is!) is how it was attached to anything. The bottom is just a leathery round surface with no attachments.

 

[Pbh-reef]

Something that fell off of a tree?

And maybe got pickled in the ocean? It does feel like a pickled plum

 

[cristata.reef]

I'm gonna be completely honest it's probably piece of plastic. I can ID most species from eastern pacific intertidal regions with the exception of polychaetes and a couple bivalves and this is uncharacteristic of anything found there

 

[Pbh-reef]

I'm gonna be completely honest it's probably piece of plastic. I can ID most species from eastern pacific intertidal regions with the exception of polychaetes and a couple bivalves and this is uncharacteristic of anything found there

Hmmm it really felt more organic than plastic but maybe. I wish I had kept it to cut open.

 

[Pbh-reef]

And for everyone checking this thread here’s a lovely little tide pool and an adorable orange peel nudibranch!

 

[cristata.reef]

Hmmm it really felt more organic than plastic but maybe. I wish I had kept it to cut open.

Maybe like a piece of foam then?

 

[cristata.reef]

And for everyone checking this thread here’s a lovely little tide pool and an adorable orange peel nudibranch!

Oo an Acanthodoris lutea! Haven't seen one of those in a while. And those Anthopleura xanthogrammica are always a classic. Pardon the nerd speak lol

 

[Pbh-reef]

Maybe like a piece of foam then?

Maybe I’m leaning towards fruit pickled in the ocean at this point. I really wish I’d kept it to dissect