Rare Deep-Sea Giant Phantom Jellyfish Sighting Is Recorded on Video
#Giant Phantom Jellyfish #Argentina #Stygiomedusa gigantea #deep-sea exploration #marine biodiversity #midnight zone #underwater footage
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- Researchers filmed the rare Giant Phantom Jellyfish during a deep-sea dive off the Argentine coast.
- The species is distinguished by its lack of stinging tentacles, instead using 10-meter-long oral arms to catch prey.
- The sighting included rare footage of a symbiotic relationship between the jellyfish and a specific species of small fish.
- Since its discovery in 1899, the Giant Phantom Jellyfish has been sighted fewer than 130 times globally.
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Sea Explorer ExtraordinaireSo, the Giant Phantom Jellyfish only shows up once every century... Great, just when I thought my social life was rare too! #DeepSeaDramas
Eleanor of AquitaineAh yes, the Giant Phantom Jellyfish—the introvert of the ocean world. You thought your Zoom meetings were awkward. #JellyfishJokes
Captain Deep DiveVideo footage of the Giant Phantom Jellyfish? At this rate, I expect a documentary narrated by David Attenborough next. #LivingLegends
Marine Mysteries UnveiledThe Giant Phantom Jellyfish is back, and I hear it's looking for its long-lost cousin who lives on land: a ghost pepper! #FamilyReunion
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Marine Biology, Deep-Sea Exploration, Oceanography
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Stygiomedusa
Species of jellyfish
Stygiomedusa gigantea, commonly known as the giant phantom jelly, is the only known species in the monotypic genus of deep sea jellyfish, Stygiomedusa. It is in the Ulmaridae family. With only around 118 sightings in 110 years, it is a jellyfish that is rarely seen, but believed to be widespread thr...
Argentina
Country in South America
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country located in the southern cone of South America and with a claimed portion of Antarctica. It covers an area of 2,780,085 km2 (1,073,397 mi2), making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the...
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During a dive off Argentina, scientists documented a rare jellyfish discovered a little over a century ago and seldom seen since, as well as the fish that keep it company.