pyrosomes in Bodega Bay, California

Description and Comments

Many pyrosomes washed up on Salmon Creek Beach in Bodega Bay, California, on 8 December 2014. Varied in size from about 1 cm to about 11 cm in length. First time I've seen them here. Water temperature has been about 15 deg C. (See photo of large specimen.)

Author

Type of organism

Other
pyrosome

Quantity

11

Latitude

38.35

Longitude

-123.07