This is an unclassified species of giant jellyfish that recently washed up on an Australian beach. Majestic, isn’t it? “It looks like a giant puddle of vomit.”
Dr Lisa-ann Gershwin, of Australia’s CSIRO government agency, said that scientists had known about the species for a while but had not yet classified it.She described the specimen as a “truly magnificent animal”.
This species was part of the Lion’s Mane group, she said.
These jellyfish “look like a dinner plate with a mop hanging underneath – they have a really raggedy look to them”, she said.
It was one of a “species I’ve known about for a while but it’s not yet named and classified”, she said. “We’re very eager to know more about it.”
