Okay..I give...never seen this before

Forgive the photo. It was in cozumel and the current was getting along quite well. I found this the moment I descended. It was at about 60ft and was wrapped around the coral. Anyway, I snapped a quick shot. Any ideas?

Looks like the segments of the "bobitt worm" But that is just a guess, don't even know if they exist in Cozumel

Leslie??

terry

I believe they are whelk eggs - or eggs from another gastropod.

Cheers

James

James is right - gastropod egg capsules. Each capsule holds multiple eggs.

West Indian Chank eggs (Turbinella angulata (Lightfoot, 1786)). Here's a photo, taken by Jeff Slimmon, of the gastropod in the act.

[Jeff kindly gave me permission to post this picture - I wish it were mine!]