The Mariana Trench found a previously unknown luminous jellyfish

Mariana Trench continues to bring surprises marine biologists. The next dive, committed scientists in late April, brought the discovery of a new species of jellyfish called by the scientists "stunningly beautiful". Unusual appearance gives jellyfish bioluminescence.

Medusa ranked as Crossota old. Scientists have discovered it at a depth of 4, 3 kilometers. It's quite a lot of depth, although it does not seem so in comparison to the deepest point of the Mariana Trench (about 11 km).



Video jellyfish was shot with cameras deepwater research vessel Okeanos Explorer running on a research program of the Federal Office US 'National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ».

Scientists believe that this could be a jellyfish predator, running from ambush. She has two sets of tentacles, long and short. The stationary long tentacles stretched and uniformly distributed in space, as if waiting for prey.



In the film "Avatar" is a bit like the jellyfish being. movie creator James Cameron is known for his interest in deep-sea diving - it is, for example, became the first person to go to the bottom of the Mariana Trench alone

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Map planned research Mariana Trench

"The main purpose of the mission is to provide fundamental information about the sea world that will support scientific and management needs, and give an idea of ​​the diversity and distribution of life forms of the underwater world," - said in a statement the Office. Over the course of the study, which will last until July 10, you can watch online.

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