fragmeister Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 (edited) Hi Raiders, I know I am not giving you much to go off ( No phone , no camera) but any ideas on what type of marine creatures belongs to the following eggs. I went for my Sunday swim in the Harbour (16 degrees and one of those "why am I doing this" moments!) There were masses of clear hard jelly eggs about 8 mm across with just a small black tadpole looking larvae inside. The eggs were about 8mm in diameter and the larvae at this stage were probably about 3mm long. Many of the eggs were in long strands while others were floating individually. There were literally millions of them along Shark Beach at Neilsen Park and probably elsewhere I would imagine. Hope there is enough info for an educated guess. Cheers Jim Edited September 2, 2018 by fragmeister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Hey Jim Your a brave man swimming in this cold Could be squid eggs ? I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hornet Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 They could be from salmon. Its not uncommon to see them like that off the beaches at this time of year down here on the south coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fragmeister Posted September 2, 2018 Author Share Posted September 2, 2018 15 hours ago, GoingFishing said: Hey Jim Your a brave man swimming in this cold Could be squid eggs ? I I think squid ess are white an usually elongated but I don't know for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fragmeister Posted September 2, 2018 Author Share Posted September 2, 2018 2 hours ago, Green Hornet said: They could be from salmon. Its not uncommon to see them like that off the beaches at this time of year down here on the south coast. Could be. I have been trying to find something on the salmon breeding cycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Squid eggs are normally on the bottom attached to weed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volitan Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Probably salps. often mistaken for eggs, but actually a colonial planktonic tunicate. do a google on ‘salp’ - there will be lots of images. cheers V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takethebait Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 I reckon salps too. There were heaps a couple of weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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