#halitrephes maasi

[bythepalemoon]

[marinememes]

Today is Wet Beast Wednesday!

Today's wet beast is: Halitrephes maasi

Olive's Wet Beast Fact: these freaks move in a way that looks like it's perfectly mimicking a firework, giving it it's common name, the Firework Jelly.

Stay tuned for more Wet Beast Wednesdays!

[animal-lover94]

Firework Jellyfish

Halitrephes maasi

🔔 The most recent account of the jellyfish has been found in 2018 at a depth of 1,200 – 1,500 m near the Revillagigedo Archipelago off Baja California Peninsula, Mexico.

[sunkentreasurecove]

[starwarsolo]

beautiful deep sea jellyfish for all my pan people out there

[breathinginbiology]

This firework jellyfish (Halitrephes maasi) was spotted by a team of researchers east of Socorro Island, Mexico. This species of jellyfish is so rare that it has only been spotted twelve times.

[katwaddell]

It’s been a long while since I did one of my 100 Days of Drawing (Sea Creature Edition). Here’s #51: Halitrephes Maasi jellyfish!

[oceansoftheworld]

(Info/Photos)

The Firework Jellyfish (Halitrephes maasi) is a species of deep sea jellyfish, of the family Halicreatidae. It can be found in the Peruvian part of the South Pacific Ocean. Just before the New Year, and while looking for a routine "crab sample," scientists aboard the 211-foot-long Exploration Vessel (E/V) Nautilus happened to capture footage of this neon burst of beauty in the Revillagigedo Archipelago off Baja California, Mexico, at 1225 metres (4,019 feet) below sea level, via their remotely controlled deep water vehicle, dubbed Hercules.See the video here.