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I was trying to document an underwater plant/creature i saw in a dream i just woke up from. They were scattered all over the sand. Any nearby disturbance in the sand and their black feelers would go crazy trying to find it. The feelers were either a lot longer than what i drew, or they extended to be longer once disturbed. They were rather stiff and seemed to move mostly on one or two joints. The ends were probably soft and pliable. Diameter of the orange circle - varying between 1-2ft. Height - about half the diameter. Some had proportions weighted more toward the height. Christmas tree worm-like protrusions coming out of the sockets. Now that makes sense. If those are its gills and the creature is mostly stationary, then the CTW-protrusions would be like whiskers or eyelashes. I'm not certain of the second inner orange ring, and there was something on the back end of the squid-like structure. I can't make it out anymore, it's been too long already. Environment - murky sandy bottom / moist shore. (I saw one out of the water). Small enclosure of salt water/ brine. Looked like a still swamp/lake of sea water. lush and strong vegetation surrounding the lake but no plants actually growing in it, even in the shallows. There were other locals here. It seemed to be a popular place to bring the kids. I doubt they liked tourists here. We supposedly came here to see the manta rays. there were a ton of them. backflip-swirling to filter feed. Some were trying to jump out of the water to other parts of the lake that were separated by raised sand. I saw one sting ray, I imagine there are many buried in the sand. Do these plants prey on them? or do they feed on smaller things found in the sand? Probably the latter, the orange ring seemed brittle, too brittle to hold a struggling ray. What are those teeth for? Visibility was between 1-4 ft. depending on location. Maximum depth- couldn't tell. 15-30/40 ft? it was too murky to see from the sky, and i woke up before we were suited up to go down.