
Untitled.

Untitled.

Sanderling No. 9.
Thus endeth the sanderlings.

Sanderling No. 9.
Thus endeth the sanderlings.

Sanderling No. 8.

Sanderling No. 8.

Sanderling No. 7.

Sanderling No. 7.
Sieved.
Sieved.

Dead man’s fingers (tentatively Alcyonidium verrilli). At Fort Monroe National Monument, Hampton, Virginia. This branched mass is neither sponge nor seaweed, but a colony of thousands of bryozoans. This squiggly blob was about 1 foot across (30 cm). Please click the photo for an enlarged view.