This was the first-ever footage of the Giant Phantom 🪼 🪼 The Stygiomedusa gigantea is one of the ocean's rarest and most mysterious jellyfish. It's only been seen around 100 times since 1899, and footage of it is even rarer. This eerie giant was captured by MBARI's deep-sea ROV over 1,000 meters below the surface-and it looks unreal. With its ghostly bell and flowing, curtain-like arms that stretch up to 10 meters, it drifts through the darkness like something out of another world. Though this
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This was the first-ever footage of the Giant Phantom 🪼 🪼 The Stygiomedusa gigantea is one of the ocean's rarest and most mysterious jellyfish. It's only been seen around 100 times since 1899, and footage of it is even rarer. This eerie giant was captured by MBARI's deep-sea ROV over 1,000 meters below the surface-and it looks unreal. With its ghostly bell and flowing, curtain-like arms that stretch up to 10 meters, it drifts through the darkness like something out of another world. Though this
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Taking the blues out of your Wednesday with this phenomenal jelly. ⁠ ⁠ Stygiomedusa gigantea is one of the largest invertebrate predators known in the ocean, yet researchers know little about its ecology and behavior. Stygiomedusa lacks tentacles but has four extraordinarily large oral arms that are presumably used to envelope prey. The swimming bell of this spectacular medusa can reach over one meter across with arms over ten meters long.⁠ ⁠ A symbiotic relationship between Stygiomedusa and the
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Taking the blues out of your Wednesday with this phenomenal jelly. ⁠ ⁠ Stygiomedusa gigantea is one of the largest invertebrate predators known in the ocean, yet researchers know little about its ecology and behavior. Stygiomedusa lacks tentacles but has four extraordinarily large oral arms that are presumably used to envelope prey. The swimming bell of this spectacular medusa can reach over one meter across with arms over ten meters long.⁠ ⁠ A symbiotic relationship between Stygiomedusa and the
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New ocean fear unlocked. 🌊😨 A rare giant phantom jellyfish, aka Stygiomedusa gigantea, was caught on camera about 820 feet below the surface off the coast of Argentina. The creatures’ bell can grow up to 3.3 feet wide, and their four arms can stretch up to 33 feet long, according to the Schmidt Ocean Institute. The jellyfish don’t have stinging tentacles — but they use those massive arms to catch prey. | Yahoo News
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New ocean fear unlocked. 🌊😨 A rare giant phantom jellyfish, aka Stygiomedusa gigantea, was caught on camera about 820 feet below the surface off the coast of Argentina. The creatures’ bell can grow up to 3.3 feet wide, and their four arms can stretch up to 33 feet long, according to the Schmidt Ocean Institute. The jellyfish don’t have stinging tentacles — but they use those massive arms to catch prey. | Yahoo News
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Scientists spotted a rare phantom jellyfish (Stygiomedusa gigantea) during an expedition in deep-sea ecosystems off the coast of Argentina, the Schmidt Ocean Institute said on Feb. 2. | NTD Television
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Scientists spotted a rare phantom jellyfish (Stygiomedusa gigantea) during an expedition in deep-sea ecosystems off the coast of Argentina, the Schmidt Ocean Institute said on Feb. 2. | NTD Television
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La Stygiomedusa gigantea, medusa que puede superar los 10 metros y que solo ha sido vista unas 118 veces en más de un siglo. El registro lo realizó el Instituto Oceanográfico Schmidt. @cnt.ec | La Posta
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Scientists have captured a rare sight in the deep waters off Argentina. A massive phantom jellyfish, known as Stygiomedusa gigantea, was spotted drifting 250 metres below the surface, with arms stretching up to 10 metres long. Filmed by an autonomous submersible during a deep-sea expedition, the discovery highlights the incredible and largely unexplored biodiversity of the South Atlantic. #Viral #TimesNow | TIMES NOW
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The giant phantom jelly, Stygiomedusa gigantea, has curtain arms for days
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Incredible footage has captured a giant phantom jellyfish, also known as Stygiomedusa gigantea, during a deep-sea expedition off the coast of Argentina. The rare creature was filmed at a depth of 253 metres during an #ArgentinianDeepSeeps dive exploring the Colorado–Rawson submarine canyon wall. The footage was recorded by remotely operated vehicle ROV SuBastian, operated by the Schmidt Ocean Institute. The giant phantom jellyfish is one of the largest known jellyfish species in the world, yet r
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La medusa fantasma gigante, cuyo nombre científico es Stygiomedusa gigantea, vive en todos los océanos, excepto en el Ártico, come plancton y peces pequeños. Esta especie ha sido avistada pocas veces, a pesar de ser uno de los invertebrados más grandes del océano, según el portal Live Science. La medusa fantasma gigante no tiene tentáculos urticantes para atrapar presas como otras especies, sino que envuelven sus brazos alrededor de su comida, generalmente plancton o peces pequeños. También dest
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An extraordinary deep-sea sighting: The giant phantom jelly fish
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Deep Sea Dreads 🌊 on Instagram: "In a groundbreaking deep-sea encounter, scientists captured the first-ever footage of the elusive Giant Phantom Jellyfish (Stygiomedusa gigantea) in the Gulf of Mexico a rare and ghostly leviathan of the midnight zone. With a bell over 3 feet wide and trailing ribbon-like arms stretching up to 33 feet, this invertebrate titan drifted silently through the pitch-black depths. Its presence is extraordinary: fewer than 110 sightings have been recorded over more than
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Rare phantom jellyfish spotted in Argentina’s deep sea
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Strike Feed on Instagram: "Drifting more than 3,000 feet below the surface, the Phantom Jellyfish (Stygiomedusa gigantea) is one of the ocean’s most elusive giants. First discovered in 1899, it’s rarely seen, making every encounter extraordinary. With ribbon-like arms stretching up to 10 meters, it moves like a living shadow—proof that the deep sea still holds mysteries we’ve barely begun to understand. #DeepSea #OceanMysteries #Jellyfish #MarineLife #NatureUnseen"
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Scientists spotted a rare phantom jellyfish (Stygiomedusa gigantea) during a comprehensive expedition in deep-sea ecosystems offshore the entire length of Argentina, the Schmidt Ocean Institute said on Tuesday (February 3). (Production: Vinaya K, Gloria Lopez) | ABS-CBN News
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Billiken on Instagram: "🐙 🇦🇷 ¡Una medusa gigante en nuestro mar!⁣ ⁣ 📍 Científicos del #CONICET registraron en el Mar Argentino una descomunal medusa conocida como Stygiomedusa gigantea.⁣ ⁣ 🎥 Fue descubierta a más de 250 metros de profundidad y puede medir hasta 11 metros, como un micro escolar 😮⁣ ⁣ • No tiene tentáculos urticantes y vive en zonas donde casi no llega la luz. Un hallazgo que muestra cuánta vida marina todavía falta conocer 🌊"
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🔥Stygiomedusa gigantea, commonly known as the giant phantom jelly, is the only species in the monotypic genus of deep sea jellyfish
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Medusa fantasma gigante es vista en aguas profundas de Argentina
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【深海巨兽】冥河水母 Stygiomedusa Gigantea（已知的最大个体伞径约为1.4米，体长包括触手达11米）
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