Everyone likes a good sea puppet – the weirder , the better . This aerial , deep - ocean blighter for certain is that in bagfuls , even looking like a lambent packsack itself . To make matters even more stunning , a brilliant cherry animal is go out adhere onto and perhaps munch on its companion ’s declamatory , sheet of paper - comparable jelly .
The center - catching jellyfish is called aDeepstaria , discovered790 meters ( nearly 2,600 foot ) down in the oracular depths of the Pacific Ocean . The red critter is an isopod – a relative of the pillbug – that is known as a bottom - feeding crustacean . The family relationship between the two abstruse - sea fauna is unnamed for sure , but it is retrieve the isopod either eatsDeepstaria’sjelly or else hides from marauder within its fragile Melville Bell .
Deepstariathemselves do not have tentacle to catch prey , or else enveloping prey that gallery by in their tissue layer - like umbrella . Other than that , little is known about them . The mystery of how they reproduce , digest their food , and survive at the depth of the ocean remain a closed book . That ’s not to say researcher do n’t have their theories .
" The geometric mesh shape is an intricate internet of canals that go back to its stomach at the top of the toll , " indite theNautilus . " As the jelly can hand a prominent size when inflated , these channels help hand out food across the entire area . "
David Gruber and his teamreportedin 2018 on a " Deepstaria’jelly - fall ’ carcase with a gamey denseness of crustaceans feeding on its tissue and wall the carcase , " allow for them with grounds thatDeepstariaare a meaning food for thought source in the deep ocean .
" WhereasDeepstariaenigmaticahas been jazz for almost half a century and is one of the large rich - sea predators , it stay largely unstudied . Its biota , behavior , statistical distribution , and abundance remain comparatively nameless . "
The crusade of theDeepstariais due in part to the flow created by the ROV Hercules ' thruster as it captures the moment in all its glory . Check out another NautilusDeepstariadiscovery , apiglet calamari , and ajellyfishthat appear like a firework display in the depth of Earth ’s oceans .
