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Field Notes

Description:

Looks like an egg case but I have never seen one this big! About 8" in length

Habitat:

Found on the beach on Olympic peninsula

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)

It kinda looks like a type of seaweed?
Possibly long nose skate http://bcsharkreports.blogspot.ca/2008/02/mermaids-purses.html
I moved this fish egg case (from a shark or ray) to the Fish category :-) "An egg case or egg capsule, colloquially known as a mermaid's purse or devil's purse, is a casing that surrounds the fertilized eggs of some sharks, skates, and chimaeras" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_case_(Chondrichthyes)
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PublishedOctober 27, 2012

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