what is this, maybe coldwater corals?

Hey i live in NY on the Long Island Sound and had just came off a boat and saw these things that looked like they could maybe be some kind of corals or maybe fish eggs but they formed in some strangely specific patterns so I doubt they're eggs....the area around them had tons of stunning sponges and stuff i wouldnt imagine being able to even live in the sound

 

Were these on the shoar line or did you pull them out of the water...? Looks like a variety of favia/favidd to me (and why are they not in a container of water?).

 

stuck to a dock, they are in a little local tank...i pulled them out for a quick picture because the camera wouldnt focus through the water...definitely not anything stony, there was no skelton, kind of felt similar to a leather and semi stiff but not solid

 

another idea maybe jellyfish in some kind of larval stage?

 

Oh, I see. You moved the object differently in each photo? lol It must be larval stage of an organism. Any more than that, I don't know. Sorry I couldn't be of more help here.

 

possibly but i dont know what the hell we get around here that would look like this in its larval stage....its weird and in some oddly specific patterns and could fool me into thinking its some kind of coral lol

 

and they're in all different colors

 

Yeah, I see a repetition (for the most part) of green and lavender stripes, purple centers! That's why I thought it was a favidd at first. But those middle 3 shots of it stretched out make it look all black.

 

they're mostly shades of blue/purple....some light some dark some with light outsides and dark centers, im so confused

 

IMO there is a good possibility they are Bryozoans, bases on the where you found them, and the structure.

I would goggle Bryozoans local to your area.