Oceaneering Discovers Bizarre Creature With ROV

[Palancar]

Saw this on another forum and thought I would share it. It is definitely an invert, look at the water depth read out when it is seen.
[video=youtube;-E-8_wDgN7c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E-8_wDgN7c[/video]

 

[wysiwyg]

wow that is incredible. looks like some sort of large jellyfish

 

[apicturepaints]

That is pretty amazing. I love the mystery the ocean holds.

 

[G8RSNOOK]

Almost looks like a sheet of plastic trash

 

[MattL22]

Wow!! Awesome!!

 

[pumarjr]

incredible!

 

[cparka23]

Pretty neat to see that honeycomb pattern on that guy's sheet!

 

[REEFKEEPER10]

It the blob from the old movies. Lol

 

[dsmhero]

Repost...but I am pretty sure they figured out it was a whales placenta.

 

[REEFKEEPER10]

Ok it just went from cool to gros. Lol

 

[ReefPops]

Ok it just went from cool to gros. Lol

My thoughts exactly.:tongue:

 

[larryl]

What the duece!

 

[mallorieGgator]

It's a jelly fish

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[dsmhero]

It's a jelly fish

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I stand corrected...you are right, it looks to be a Deepstaria enigmatica jelly fish.

 

[SmokeyCFH]

It is a Deepstaria Enigmatica. Identification here: Marine Species Identification Portal : Deepstaria enigmatica

And an article about it: Solving the Mystery of the Placental Jellyfish | Deep Sea News

 

[SmokeyCFH]

Also, I just found this video by the Monterey Bay Aquarium: Video: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Explains Deepstaria Jellyfish

 

[dsmhero]

Great links, thank you.

 

[saltwaternoob]

I was going to say.. whale placenta what the heck. It does look like a trash bag.

 

[mallorieGgator]

Also, I just found this video by the Monterey Bay Aquarium: Video: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Explains Deepstaria Jellyfish

Great video!

 

[asmashling]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swarm_(novel)

looks, like a viral marketing for this book/film.. which everyone interested in reefing should have read :)

Cheers, Flow
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