2023年7月18日 · In 2022, an extremely rare species of box jellyfish was sighted off the coast of Queensland, Australia, by divers who filmed the majestic marine creature. This is only the second time this type...

Box jellyfish (class Cubozoa) are cnidarian invertebrates distinguished by their box-like (i.e., cube-shaped) body. [2] Some species of box jellyfish produce potent venom delivered by contact with their tentacles.

2022年8月5日 · The gorgeous jellyfish, which features four groups of striped tentacles that trail behind a translucent body spotted with rings around a bright red core, is called Chirodectes maculatus ...

2022年7月25日 · It’s called Chirodectes maculatus (from the Latin for “spotted”), and it’s an extremely uncommon species of box jelly found off the coast of Queensland, Australia. Box jellies, distinguished...

2022年11月25日 · Chirodectes is a rare type of box jellyfish that was originally found in the Great Barrier Reef. It is so rare that it has only been captured on camera twice, in 1997 and 2022. The first and only specimen was filmed and captured in 1997 and studied for a …

Caught on camera for the first time in history, this is the extremely-rare Chirodectes Maculatus—a species of spotted box jelly #GoProAwards recipient Dorian Borcherds is just the second human to ever see this soccer-ball-sized ocean creature.

2024年5月28日 · Spotted Box Jellyfish Chirodectes macalatus is the scientific name of this rarest Western Central Pacific native. This giant has about 24 eyes for four different roles.

2022年8月8日 · An extremely rare box jellyfish was recently captured by an unnamed diver off the cost of Papua New Guinea. This is no ordinary box jellyfish, as this soccer ball-sized species has only been spotted twice, with this being the first recorded footage of it.

2023年8月15日 · The jellyfish, identified as a Chirodectes maculatus, or spotted box jellyfish, is so rare that it's only been sighted twice.

But that’s precisely what happened when a diver captured an incredibly rare jellyfish on camera off the coast of Australia. The jellyfish in question is a Chirodectes maculatus, also known as the spotted box jellyfish.