One of the biggest and one of the rarest jellyfish of the Mediterranean sea was spotted in the Miramare Biosphere Reserve.
Known as drymonema dalmatinum, this stinging jellyfish is part of the scyphomedusa family and can reach up to one meter in diameter.
The drymonema medusa was first described in 1880 by a Dalmatian scientist, Ernst Hasckel, after which it was spotted only a couple of times before year 1945. It was thought to be extinct until the super jellyfish was spotted again in 2014 in the gulf of Trieste. Its comeback in the year 2020 is “extraordinary and exciting”, the researches from Mimamare Marina write on their website.
The reason for its rare sightings is the length of its polypoid period, namely the time it spends attached to the sea floor, which can last a few decades.
The jellyfish in the video, taken by a researcher from Miramare Marina, is about 40-50 cm long.
By In Trieste
