A high-tech remote control submarine in Monterey, California captured a rare and elusive deep sea creature on camera.
A large, 33-foot “phantom jellyfish” — with dark, ribbon-like “mouth arms” — was found by a remote submarine 3,200 feet off the West Coast. This was reported by Live Science.
“The giant ghost jelly was first collected in 1899. Since then, scientists have encountered this animal only 100 times,” said the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, which discovered Stygiomedusa gigantea near the waters of California. said in the statement.
Although the footage was taken over a year ago, it is currently making waves on the internet.
Although it is known to be one of the largest jellyfish in the world, due to its difficult access to the marine environment, there is a lot of mystery surrounding the amazing three-foot-wide phantom.
According to scientists, the jellyfish uses its “mouth arms” – which can reach more than 10 meters – to grab helpless prey and pull them into its powerful mouth.
According to MBARI, the use of a remotely piloted submarine to detect the phantom was a major breakthrough in observing life in the deep sea.
“These nets could be useful for researching robust creatures such as fish, crustaceans and rats,” the institute said. “But jelly breaks down into gelatinous goo in trawl nets.”
In addition to phantoms, the general importance of brainless jellyfish to science has recently been confirmed In a 2017 study from the Monterey Scientific Organization.
It found that jellyfish – which survive at depth and high pressure thanks to their gelatinous shape – are among the most carnivorous creatures on the ocean floor, giving tough competition for food to cephalopods such as rats and blue whales.
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