Humpback
whale calf probably born prematurely.
A
deep sea ribbon fish
A
manta ray
Turtle
A
salp -
These pelagic tunicates are often barrel shaped and at
least partly hollow. They belong to the chordate phylum, the same
as vertebrates. The salp moves by contracting its main body walls
and pumping out water. Salps can occur individually or in
strings. Some species form huge mats or large hollow bodies many
meters long which almost replicate their individual body shape.
Salps feed on plankton. They reproduce by budding off clones as a
direct response to plankton blooms. Often after plankton blooms
fade salps wash up on beaches. Text paraphrased from Dave Banks,
Page 57 New Scientist 24/2/2007
Tiger
moth with engine faliure lands on the beach