What is this disc?

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I found this on the sand tonight. I picked it up and looked and dropped it again, assuming it was a limpit shell or something. Then, it shocked me by swimming to the glass, climbing it's way down to the sand again and chilling there. Picture is the best I can do, but it's definitely alive. Maybe a mm or two across. Looks like an orange disc with concentric circles on the underside.

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Weird... Any legs or tentacles? Was it hard like a shell? I can think of nothing round that can swim other than a jellyfish or medusa hydroid.
 
It looks like it has very small filaments coming off it. Hasn't moved since last night.
 
Pic very blue. Looks like chalice but need better pic with white lights to confirm
 
Very blue picture but at 1 or 2 mm, I am thinking some type of ostracod?
 

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