Hello there :) I’ve been tearing my hair out for the last half hour struggling to remember a deep-sea lurker that I’m almost certain I’ve seen you post about in the past. I’m not the best at terminology, but I believe it was a cephalopod – a vast, black creature that lurks deep down with curtain-like tendrils that, for want of a better description, look like Demontors from Harry Potter, with a giant red eye like a boss from Zelda. Does this sound familiar at all? Thank you for your help <3
It’s actually a jellyfish! With the terrifying name Stygiomedusa gigantea!
the arms of the largest known specimen were almost 33 feet (10 meters) in length 🙂
The edge of the bell seems to reflect red light in these photos, or maybe it appears red because that’s the thinnest part of the bell and all of the tissues might technically be red, just so deep it looks blackish; red is invisible to most deep sea animals!
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