This is One of the Most Rare Jellyfish Ever Seen Before

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This is what might just be the rarest jellyfish in the world, a species only ever seen just once before. It was spotted just back in May and because it has only been observed twice, it still hasn’t even been named.

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00:00this video is captured by marine biologists with the ocean exploration trust and this is what might

00:09just be the rarest jellyfish in the world a species only ever seen just once before it

00:14was spotted just back in May and because it has only been observed twice it still hasn't

00:18been named in fact this was the reaction of the marine researchers when they first spotted it

00:22the creature was observed in an extremely remote area of the ocean one 4800 miles away from the

00:39australian coast marine life experts say this jellyfish is quite unique as its tentacles are

00:44more rigid and arm-like with research scientists with the japan agency for marine earth science

00:48and technology dr dougal lindsay saying about it quote this is extremely rare for a jellyfish as

00:54they are normally radially splittable into pizza slices with even rather than odd numbers dr lindsay

00:59adds that they believe it might eat bioluminescent prey as their body coloration would mask any light

01:04being emitted by the prey as it struggles under the bell or is digested within the stomach

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