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Found this on myrtle beach this morning after heavy thunderstorms threw large debris all around the beach, I'm not sure what this is? It's attached to a large concretion.IMG_1993.thumb.JPG.e6ba3b9fc45bef8772fd9af2de2d5c79.JPGIMG_2009.thumb.JPG.ad625136d78b6e439fd40cdf5ae7227a.JPGIMG_2010.thumb.JPG.752f917854945fcdb066d29eea6dce0f.JPG

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It seems like a piece of sponge or coral that got washed up, doesn't look fossilized though.

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I'm not the guy to ask, but first idea is either a Bryozoan or a weathered coral.

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Definitely looks bryozoan to me, and as I remember most of the sand there doesn't have much staining potential. 

Was this not the case where it was found ?

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57 minutes ago, thelivingdead531 said:

I was thinking coral as well, but I’m far from an expert. 

The reason it resembles coral could easily be that this was a symbiotic relationship between a worm like animal and a bryozoan.

I have some modern examples collected in Sandy Hook Bay NJ.

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Definitely a Byrozoan colony. I would also say it is fossilized.

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I am on the bryozoan side also

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4 hours ago, Rockwood said:

The reason it resembles coral could easily be that this was a symbiotic relationship between a worm like animal and a bryozoan.

I have some modern examples collected in Sandy Hook Bay NJ.

Modern examples.

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The specimen in question nicely resembles the 'coral sponge' from here:)

 

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21 minutes ago, abyssunder said:

nicely resembles

Sorry but it looks a bit too thick to be a good match to me.

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Very interesting, I hadn't the slightest clue other than maybe coral, I believe you are right about both the identity and the worm holes @Rockwood thanks to everyone who answered! I have some research to do:)

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2 hours ago, Rockwood said:

Sorry but it looks a bit too thick to be a good match to me.

That's not a problem. Try to compare the inside and outside patterns and the general shape of the specimens. I'm leaning toward sponge vs bryozoan.

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8 minutes ago, abyssunder said:

That's not a problem. Try to compare the inside and outside patterns and the general shape of the specimens. I'm leaning toward sponge vs bryozoan.

I'm curious are aquatic worms found in sponges too? Upon closer inspection this thing has quite a few tube like worms IMG_2075.thumb.JPG.9efa5d9183459637295f01b87d434afb.JPGIMG_2072.thumb.JPG.6e53836a9cbca3245d3005b5e5048625.JPG

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Yes, that looks like a colony of worm tubes covered in sediment 

Can't see sponges or bryozoa there 

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1 hour ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

 worm tubes covered in sediment 

What kind of sediment looks like that ?

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10 hours ago, Jazfossilator said:

I'm curious are aquatic worms found in sponges too? Upon closer inspection this thing has quite a few tube like worms 

Those little hollow tubes are worm tubes of tube worms which can attack sponges, corals, gastropods, bivalves, etc.

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I agree with everyone who says this is a bryozoan colony. On several of the photos you can see the individual zooids.

 

 

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I'm a little over my head here so throw me a line if I go under.

Could some of the confusion be caused by the fact that all zooid like structures do not necessarily house feeding zooids.

Might this colony have employed an unusual number due to the presence of the tubes ?

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Maybe Plocoscyphia looks more close to the specimen in question.

 

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