Gobs of Goo at Turtle Beach Boat Launch

 The shore at the launch site was covered with gelatinous globs a week ago. They were palm size down to quarter size and may be some creatures'  egg masses. 

Tour of mangrove swamps

Following is a really nice mangrove swamp web page.
I especially like their "Halloween Crab".
http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/mangroves.htm

One of the crabs on the above website also lives in the South Lido mangroves.
It is the mangrove tree crab or Aratus pisonii. .

This is one of only two species of crabs that can climb trees. It digs into the tree with sharp claws and can cling to tree bark as well as to wooden docks and pilings. The mangrove crab eats leaves and insect larvae in the mangrove trees

Mangrove Mystery

This gelatinous blob was in the shallow water of the mangrove area on the east tip of City Island, Lido Key. It was about 5 inches in diameter and, at first, resembled a baby stingray in shape. Perhaps it is the egg mass of some animal.

What is this?

A jelly-like mass (probably formed around eel grass or a stick), this could be some sort of colonial animal. Several such objects were found in the wrack on North Lido Beach yesterday.
(click on the photo for a better view)

Here's another sample:

A large, lovely mass of orange turnicate was also on the beach.
We couldn't identify it at that point and
the camera was out of storage space.