# Name this marine critter **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 7, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-marine-critter/535320 "2010-04-07T20:09:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-marine-critter/535320/1 "2010-04-07T20:09:28Z")
Another shot I took decades ago, at the NY Aquarium. What the hell is it? ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-marine-critter/535320/2 "2010-04-07T20:10:39Z")
I don’t see a link. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-marine-critter/535320/3 "2010-04-07T20:11:30Z")
You show me a link, and I’ll try to name it. Or hell, forget that…whatever it is, just call it George. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-marine-critter/535320/4 "2010-04-07T20:13:51Z")
it pronoun [third person singular] 1 used to refer to a thing previously mentioned or easily identified : a room with two beds in it | this approach is refreshing because it breaks down barriers. • referring to an animal or child of unspecified sex : she was holding the baby, cradling it and smiling into its face. • referring to a fact or situation previously mentioned, known, or happening : stop it, you’re hurting me. 2 used to identify a person : it’s me | it’s a boy! 3 used in the normal subject position in statements about time, distance, or weather : it’s half past five | it was two miles to the island | it is raining. 4 used in the normal subject or object position when a more specific subject or object is given later in the sentence : it is impossible to assess the problem | she found it interesting to learn about their strategy. 5 [with clause] used to emphasize a following part of a sentence : it is the child who is the victim. 6 the situation or circumstances; things in general : no one can stay here—it’s too dangerous now | he would like to see you right away if it’s convenient. 7 exactly what is needed or desired : they thought they were it | you’ve either got it or you haven’t. 8 (usu. “it”) informal sex appeal : he’s still got “it.” • sexual intercourse. 9 (usu. “it”) (in children’s games) the player who has to catch the others. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-marine-critter/535320/5 "2010-04-07T20:21:59Z")
[Oikopleura](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oikopleura). It’s not really invisible, it just is so transparent that it’s very difficult to see. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-marine-critter/535320/6 "2010-04-07T20:25:46Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Another shot I took decades ago, at the NY Aquarium. What the hell is it? Right now my guess would be Jagermeister. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-marine-critter/535320/7 "2010-04-07T20:27:03Z")
Bob? ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-marine-critter/535320/8 "2010-04-07T20:32:35Z")
Dad? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-marine-critter/535320/9 "2010-04-07T20:37:51Z")
In order of probability: Gumboot Chiton Sand Dollar _Rio_, By Duran Duran ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-marine-critter/535320/10 "2010-04-07T20:40:29Z")
wrong thread ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-marine-critter/535320/11 "2010-04-07T20:42:32Z")
Sigh, just a smudge on the camera lens. You Nessie believers are always grasping at straws. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-marine-critter/535320/12 "2010-04-07T20:43:33Z")
Wild guess that [this is the picture](http://s174.photobucket.com/albums/w113/flamingriver/?action=view¤t=0687ani018fb.jpg) in question, which looks like a sea anemone of some sort. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-marine-critter/535320/13 "2010-04-07T20:44:01Z")
Link? ah, a Missing Link! ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-marine-critter/535320/14 "2010-04-07T20:49:35Z")
Okay, I found a picture of the New York Aquarium. [Which creature are you asking about?](http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_about/parks_history/zoos/images/lg/ny-aquarium/01-A.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-marine-critter/535320/15 "2010-04-07T21:43:42Z")
> [@Lanzy](#): > > Link? > > ah, a Missing Link! I think you identified it. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-marine-critter/535320/16 "2010-04-07T21:44:53Z")
Damn! I copied, but forgot to paste. Actually, some of you were close. OK, [here’s the link.](http://s174.photobucket.com/albums/w113/flamingriver/?action=view¤t=0687ani018fb.jpg&newest=1)Hope this helps a little. Actually, \*\*garygnu \*\*found it without the link. I’m impressed. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-marine-critter/535320/17 "2010-04-07T21:47:12Z")
[Magnifica Ritteri Anemone](http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=16+2158+2212&aid=2153), perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![longPath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@longPath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longPath)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-marine-critter/535320/18 "2010-04-07T23:28:47Z")
\>Oikopleura is a genus of urchordates(sea-squirts) in the class Appendicularia. It \>forms a mucus house every four hours at 20 degrees Celsius. MUCUS HOUSE! cool band name? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-marine-critter/535320/19 "2010-04-07T23:36:32Z")
> [@longPath](#): > > MUCUS HOUSE! > > cool band name? Band name? I think that’s a whole genre! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-marine-critter/535320/20 "2010-04-08T00:14:19Z")
> [@longPath](#): > > MUCUS HOUSE! > > cool band name? They might play songs from “The Sound of Mucus.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-marine-critter/535320.md?page=2)