Tag: Pyrosome

This Morpha wasn’t discovered in a real life Water Temple, thankfully. Believe it or not, this particular Giant Aquatic Amoeba is a real-life deep sea creature known as a Pyrosome, which is comprised of a tubular colony called Pyrostremma spinosum. It was discovered back in 2011 off the Tasman Peninsula in Tasmania, Australia; one of the few locations in the world home to oceanic gelatinous plankton. Although similar in appearance, the Pyrosome lacks the red nucleus that is Morpha. Hit the…