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nightOwl 08/26/2019 07:14 PM
What is this creature?
 
Can anyone tell me what this is? I took it while snorkeling down in Mexico.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...aa4d1bfe_b.jpgP7280527 by LifeThrough_TheLense, on Flickr

somosomo 08/27/2019 04:14 PM
Looks like a live cowry

nightOwl 08/28/2019 06:59 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by somosomo (Post 25614239)
Looks like a live cowry
The body was really soft and it poppies out its back...it was the weirdest thing.

TetoCCB 08/28/2019 11:31 AM
Some sort of sea slug, perhaps?...

tenurepro 08/30/2019 08:43 PM
Sea cucumber?


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ThRoewer 09/06/2019 04:06 PM
Bursatella leachii

ThRoewer 09/10/2019 03:52 PM
Gulf of Mexico variety:
https://www.jaxshells.org/image%20snail25/alea.jpg
https://www.jaxshells.org/alea.htm

Indo-Pacific variety at Lembeh Strait:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...4970169%29.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bursatella_leachii

nightOwl 09/10/2019 07:03 PM
Definitely Gulf of Mexico Variety is exactly what they looked like. There were tons of them! Thanks.


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