{"id":86879,"date":"2026-02-09T14:25:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T08:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=86879"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:39:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T10:09:48","slug":"giant-phantom-jellyfish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/giant-phantom-jellyfish\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant Phantom Jellyfish"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>\u00a0Giant Phantom Jellyfish Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientists on a month-long deep-sea expedition off Argentina\u2019s coast documented a rare giant phantom jellyfish recently. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Giant Phantom Jellyfish<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>rare <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and mysterious <\/span><b>deep-sea jellyfish<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> known for its <\/span><b>ghostly, translucent appearance.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is<\/span><b> among the largest jellyfish.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientific Name: Stygiomedusa gigantea<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is in the Ulmaridae family.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is believed to be <\/span><b>widespread throughout the world\u2019s oceans, except<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/arctic-region\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arctic<\/a> Ocean.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Unlike most jellyfish<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it <\/span><b>lacks tentacles.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Instead, they <\/span><b>use ribbon-like arms to grab prey, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">typically plankton or small fish, and pull them into their mouths.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This <\/span><b>mauve-coloured<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> jellyfish can grow to a <\/span><b>colossal size: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>bell <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can be <\/span><b>more than one metre (3.3 feet) across<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the animal&#8217;s <\/span><b>four ribbon-like &#8216;oral arms<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216; can reach lengths of more than <\/span><b>10 metres (33 feet).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But despite their massive size, the elusive creatures have been <\/span><b>spotted only about 120 times since <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the<\/span><b> first specimen <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was collected in <\/span><b>1899<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s because they <\/span><b>prefer to lurk in the \u201cmidnight zone,\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a part of the ocean ranging from 3,300 to 13,100 feet deep, that is shrouded in complete darkness.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their <\/span><b>bodies being made <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of either<\/span><b> spongy tissue or jelly<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> allows the species to <\/span><b>withstand the enormous deep ocean pressure<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of 40,000 kPa (5,800 pounds per square inch). <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/rare-giant-phantom-jellyfish-discovered-in-expedition-off-argentina-coast-1057520\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NDTV<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giant Phantom Jellyfish is a rare and mysterious deep-sea jellyfish known for its ghostly, translucent appearance. 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