What is this?

Daniel · May 27, 2004, 06:06

Found these on the Tokyo fish market. Can anyone tell me what animal these are?

RockLee · May 27, 2004, 06:38

They look like they escaped from an Aliens-set !

fugue · May 27, 2004, 07:15

that's hoya, sea squirt.

GoldCoinLover · May 27, 2004, 11:12

Ewww......... what are they fried in the second picture? Or is that a level of decomposition?

sea squirt? Heh, you mean sea squid?

Lina Inverse · May 27, 2004, 11:23

That clearly belongs to the most gross things I've seen this far

"It came from outer space"

Daniel · May 27, 2004, 14:47

They aren't fried,that's just another variation of the species. So it is a sea-squirt, I never heard of this animal before.How do you eat it?

fugue · May 27, 2004, 15:42

Hoya sashimi.

http://www.ukemochi.com/menu/menu1/hoya/hoya.html

Daniel · May 28, 2004, 01:46

Doesn't look too bad. Does it taste good? What is the texture of the meat? It looks kind of slimey.

fugue · May 28, 2004, 05:05

It's also known as sea pineapple.
Tastes like frute.
Rare delicacy.

RockLee · May 28, 2004, 06:47

Well...sounds like I have to try sometime !!!!

**lexico** · Jun 11, 2005, 19:37

I love this 'hoya' 保夜, 海鞘. 老海鼠 sea squirt (1850) or ascidian (1856); they make one of the best chasers *slurrrps*

As for looks and texture (yellow part) somewhat close to yellow peach with a heavenly scent ! Best eaten fresh & raw.
As for the sinuous shell, it's as tough as cow hide, so you can enjoy it for a good 30 min before swallowing ! Can be eaten raw or boiled.

MW 10th Collegiate on ascidian:

etymology [New Latin Ascidia, group comprising turnicates < Ascidium, genus name < Greek askidion, diminutive of askos wineskin, bladder]
definition: any of a class (Ascidacea) of solitary or colonial sessile turnicates that have an oral and an atrial siphon -- called also sea squirt.

http://bio.classes.ucsc.edu/bio136/u...ochordata.html

Google img search for Ascidian 'large img'

Google img searh for Sea Squirt 'large img'

Does anyone have the species identification ?

Apollo · Jun 11, 2005, 23:05

Sea squirts are an animal species with many characteristics of plants.

These two Latin names are commonly found among popular sea squirts found in Japan:
“Styela clava” (leathery sea squirt) and “Styela Plicata”.
A solitary sea squirt has a long club-shaped body tapering to a slender and tough stalk. 12 cm tall, the stalk can be a third of the total length. The surface of the sea squirt can be leathery with folds and swellings. The two openings (siphons) at the top end are close together.
The sea squirt, is a small slug-like creature that was previously best known for eating its own brain: once it has found an appropriate rock to set up home on it has no further use for its brain, and digests it. (!!!)
WHERE ARE THEY? Found in shallow water on hard surfaces.
Often found in sheltered warm water docks and harbours.
What do they eat?
They feed on plankton.

Kamakiri · Jun 12, 2005, 12:23

I had these at my friend's house last month, and I was surprised how good they were! Being a biology major I knew what these were right away, and was rather loth to try them, but I'll try anything once, so I ate one....and then a few more. The texture is reeeally weird, like someone else said it's like a peach, but with a coarse/paste-like inner layer. At least I can say I've eaten them...

ralian · Jun 12, 2005, 13:57

I've never seen it before.
There are so many weird creatures in the ocean!
Fascinating!

Hiroyuki Nagashima · Jun 12, 2005, 14:04

Hoya is not eaten in Kansai and Kyushu.
I have eaten in Iwate.

I have respect toward courage of the person who ate a sea squirt first in the world.

nanda · Jun 24, 2005, 14:10

how do u cook that sea pineapple?

pipokun · Jun 25, 2005, 07:14

it is usually dressed in a sweet sour miso sauce, Sumiso.
sumiso: vineger, sugar, mirin, white miso, and mustard
In spring rape blossoms are also dressed in it.

Apollo · Jun 30, 2005, 04:13

Imagine eating something which has digested its own brain.....

**lexico** · Jun 30, 2005, 04:20

Not having eaten someone else's brain, might I say it shall be free of Mad Cow Disease, BSE, or CJD ?
And also, no pain, nor struggle, nor competition, no stress, no sad memories to anguish over; all this would give it a very heatlhy chemistry, happy meat so to speak.

I would say sea squirts can be rightfully called the Buddha of the sea.

Pararousia · Jun 30, 2005, 07:29

[QUOTE=Miss_apollo7]
The sea squirt, is a small slug-like creature that was previously best known for eating its own brain [QUOTE]

Reminds me of some occupational hazard, say, TV news.

May 27, 2004, 06:06	#1
Daniel Regular Member Join Date: May 27, 2004 Location: Denmark Posts: 53	What is this? Found these on the Tokyo fish market. Can anyone tell me what animal these are?

May 27, 2004, 06:38	#2
RockLee Hullu Join Date: Apr 22, 2004 Location: Espoo Age: 26 Posts: 3,084	They look like they escaped from an Aliens-set ! __________________ ~ Parempi hullu kuin tylsä - Better crazy than boring ~ http://www.fin-style.be/blog -> My Blog about Finland and other random thingies.

May 27, 2004, 11:23	#5
Lina Inverse Hentai Koutaishi Join Date: Apr 29, 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 1,141	That clearly belongs to the most gross things I've seen this far "It came from outer space" __________________ Try out the new style!

Jun 11, 2005, 19:37	#11
lexico Chukchi Salmon Join Date: Dec 22, 2004 Location: Sunny South Korea Posts: 2,223	I love this 'hoya' 保夜, 海鞘. 老海鼠 sea squirt (1850) or ascidian (1856); they make one of the best chasers slurrrps As for looks and texture (yellow part) somewhat close to yellow peach with a heavenly scent ! Best eaten fresh & raw. As for the sinuous shell, it's as tough as cow hide, so you can enjoy it for a good 30 min before swallowing ! Can be eaten raw or boiled. MW 10th Collegiate on ascidian: etymology [New Latin Ascidia, group comprising turnicates < Ascidium, genus name < Greek askidion, diminutive of askos wineskin, bladder] definition: any of a class (Ascidacea) of solitary or colonial sessile turnicates that have an oral and an atrial siphon -- called also sea squirt. http://bio.classes.ucsc.edu/bio136/u...ochordata.html Google img search for Ascidian 'large img' Google img searh for Sea Squirt 'large img' Does anyone have the species identification ? __________________ Z: The fish in the water are happy. H: How do you know ? You're not fish. Z: How do you know I don't ? You're not me. H: True I am not you, and I cannot know. Likewise, I know you're not, therefore I know you don't. Z: You asked me how I knew implying you knew I knew. In fact I saw some fish, strolling down by the Hao River, all jolly and gay. --Zhuangzi

Jun 11, 2005, 23:05	#12
Apollo Cat lover Join Date: Mar 28, 2004 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Age: 30 Posts: 1,593	Sea squirts are an animal species with many characteristics of plants. These two Latin names are commonly found among popular sea squirts found in Japan: “Styela clava” (leathery sea squirt) and “Styela Plicata”. A solitary sea squirt has a long club-shaped body tapering to a slender and tough stalk. 12 cm tall, the stalk can be a third of the total length. The surface of the sea squirt can be leathery with folds and swellings. The two openings (siphons) at the top end are close together. The sea squirt, is a small slug-like creature that was previously best known for eating its own brain: once it has found an appropriate rock to set up home on it has no further use for its brain, and digests it. (!!!) WHERE ARE THEY? Found in shallow water on hard surfaces. Often found in sheltered warm water docks and harbours. What do they eat? They feed on plankton. __________________

May 27, 2004, 07:15	#3
fugue Regular Member Join Date: Feb 25, 2004 Posts: 33	that's hoya, sea squirt.

May 27, 2004, 11:12	#4
GoldCoinLover Returning student Join Date: May 24, 2004 Location: Phoenix, Arizona Age: 21 Posts: 794	Ewww......... what are they fried in the second picture? Or is that a level of decomposition? sea squirt? Heh, you mean sea squid?

May 27, 2004, 14:47	#6
Daniel Regular Member Join Date: May 27, 2004 Location: Denmark Posts: 53	They aren't fried,that's just another variation of the species. So it is a sea-squirt, I never heard of this animal before.How do you eat it?

May 27, 2004, 15:42	#7
fugue Regular Member Join Date: Feb 25, 2004 Posts: 33	Hoya sashimi. http://www.ukemochi.com/menu/menu1/hoya/hoya.html

May 28, 2004, 01:46	#8
Daniel Regular Member Join Date: May 27, 2004 Location: Denmark Posts: 53	Doesn't look too bad. Does it taste good? What is the texture of the meat? It looks kind of slimey.

May 28, 2004, 05:05	#9
fugue Regular Member Join Date: Feb 25, 2004 Posts: 33	It's also known as sea pineapple. Tastes like frute. Rare delicacy.

May 28, 2004, 06:47	#10
RockLee Hullu Join Date: Apr 22, 2004 Location: Espoo Age: 26 Posts: 3,084	Well...sounds like I have to try sometime !!!!

Jun 12, 2005, 12:23	#13
Kamakiri Regular Member Join Date: Apr 27, 2005 Location: Mishima, Shizuoka Posts: 37	I had these at my friend's house last month, and I was surprised how good they were! Being a biology major I knew what these were right away, and was rather loth to try them, but I'll try anything once, so I ate one....and then a few more. The texture is reeeally weird, like someone else said it's like a peach, but with a coarse/paste-like inner layer. At least I can say I've eaten them...

Jun 12, 2005, 13:57	#14
ralian 長靴をはいた猫やねん Join Date: Sep 1, 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 521 Blog Entries: 1	I've never seen it before. There are so many weird creatures in the ocean! Fascinating! __________________ PEACE ON EARTH

Jun 12, 2005, 14:04	#15
Hiroyuki Nagashima TAN Join Date: Jan 18, 2005 Location: NIPPON/FUKUOKA Age: 42 Posts: 5,952	Hoya is not eaten in Kansai and Kyushu. I have eaten in Iwate. I have respect toward courage of the person who ate a sea squirt first in the world.

Jun 24, 2005, 14:10	#16
nanda What are u looking at? Join Date: Apr 6, 2005 Posts: 268	how do u cook that sea pineapple? __________________ Pain is inevitable Suffering is optional

Jun 25, 2005, 07:14	#17
pipokun Regular Member Join Date: Feb 4, 2005 Posts: 2,499	it is usually dressed in a sweet sour miso sauce, Sumiso. sumiso: vineger, sugar, mirin, white miso, and mustard In spring rape blossoms are also dressed in it.

Jun 30, 2005, 04:13	#18
Apollo Cat lover Join Date: Mar 28, 2004 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Age: 30 Posts: 1,593	Imagine eating something which has digested its own brain.....

Jun 30, 2005, 04:20	#19
lexico Chukchi Salmon Join Date: Dec 22, 2004 Location: Sunny South Korea Posts: 2,223	Not having eaten someone else's brain, might I say it shall be free of Mad Cow Disease, BSE, or CJD ? And also, no pain, nor struggle, nor competition, no stress, no sad memories to anguish over; all this would give it a very heatlhy chemistry, happy meat so to speak. I would say sea squirts can be rightfully called the Buddha of the sea.

Jun 30, 2005, 07:29	#20
Pararousia Regular Member Join Date: Feb 15, 2005 Posts: 111	[QUOTE=Miss_apollo7] The sea squirt, is a small slug-like creature that was previously best known for eating its own brain [QUOTE] Reminds me of some occupational hazard, say, TV news. __________________ Even the smallest candle is bright in darkness.

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