Sea Sponge??

[whopper]

Hello fellow members!!

Any ideas what this little critter is?? I think its possibly some kind of sea sponge. Took the photo today as the tide was going out. I've seen a fair few of them by the end of a rocky feature near a pier where I Live in Herne Bay kent.

Looks like a mangled orange!

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h14/leebee_2006/P3050016.jpg

[martin297]

its a sargeants brain!

[whopper]

its a sargeants brain!

PMSL!!! git! :)

[chorley boy]

its a sargeants brain!

Magnified many many times. In good nick as well.:laugh:

[martin297]

common problem apparently, pc sneezes too hard brain flies out,instant sargeant.........

[whopper]

Anyway!!!!! Sea sponge?

[hart2002]

Anyway!!!!! Sea sponge?

could be wrong but doesnt look like a sea sponge to me =p

[1colin]

it looks like a alien egg which has been blasted with a shot gun:ohnoes:

[PhilR]

This is just a WAG (wild arsed guess). It looks like a decomposed kelp stalk attachment (the thick bit that sticks onto a rock).

[Davy Holt]

This is just a WAG (wild arsed guess). It looks like a decomposed kelp stalk attachment (the thick bit that sticks onto a rock).

Yup. that's what I was thinking, a decomposing kelp fasthold (though sargeants brain sounds good :) )

[Snaggletooth]

IMHO it cannot be a sergeants brain as it does look well used!!!!

[whopper]

Thing is i cant see there being a large amount of kelp on the North kent coast (could be wrong??), there were quite a few of them where i took this picture??

[Fiiish1987]

try sending the picture to the sea life centre or an aquarium. We've done this with spiders at work (paignton zoo though as the sea life centre didn't have a black widow expert when I last checked!). they're normally very helpful when it comes to identifying critters. :-)

[Davy Holt]

Thing is i cant see there being a large amount of kelp on the North kent coast (could be wrong??), there were quite a few of them where i took this picture??

Could quite easily have come off a shallow wreck offshore, or a shallow reef some distance away as it looks like it has been rolled about a fair bit by the tide

[Vicfisher]

Looks like one of my piles. :oops:

[fordy]

Looks like one of my piles. :oops:

Aye, you're right!

[Garfish1]

It looks much like a discarded lump of expanding foam - the sort used to plug holes etc. Colour certainly matches.

Did you touvh it? what did it feel like?

[shaggy]

i have go what davy said kelp foot?shaggy

[whopper]

It looks much like a discarded lump of expanding foam - the sort used to plug holes etc. Colour certainly matches.

Did you touvh it? what did it feel like?

Sponge.

There were a few bits of it about and I have seen it there before on several occasions??? Going to go down there again soon to see if I can find some more. Im also going to send the pics to a sea life centre or such.

[SeaMouse]

Looks to me like a sea sponge. They're common enough on the southern coasts but usually a lot smaller than that and the 'vent holes' are usually a bit more visible. Colour's right.

Steve

[fordy]

Looks to me like a sea sponge. They're common enough on the southern coasts but usually a lot smaller than that and the 'vent holes' are usually a bit more visible. Colour's right.

Steve

Like I said, it does resemble one of Vic's 'Duke of Argyles'

4D

[sharpshooter]

It is a kelp foot or root.
Well done once again Davy :)