It seems that marine species that once did not let themselves be seen, come to peek from time to time in view of humans. Just a few days ago they found a viper shark in Taiwan, another of the recent discoveries was the largest archaeological site in the world in the Riviera Maya in Mexico.
One more is added to this list: researchers found a spectacular and colorful jellyfish in the Archipelago of Revillagigedo, Colima in Mexico. It is a Halitrephes maasi, which had already been documented in the book Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, there they said they had found it 548 meters deep, but this time they located it at a thousand 225 meters.
How was the discovery?
The ship that is dedicated to scientific explorations, Nautilus, was in waters of Revillagigedo, and was trying to capture the image of a crab when the measurement crossed in the way.
The image of the Halitrephes maasi, was captured by the submarine of the crew, Hercules. The jellyfish drew attention for its colors: purple, pink, purple, orange and blue, as you can see in the video above.
However, the researchers said the colors were the reflection of the submarine, because the jellyfish have no color and it is impossible to see them in the dark.
As soon as the year starts and we have already had some surprises from the sea, what else will it bring us in the coming months?