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Mbari Announces Jellyfish Discovery source: Monterey Herald | Feb 08, 04 | submitted by Ryan

Monterey, California - After studying the creature for several years, biologists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute have announced the discovery of a unusual, deep-sea jelly with wart-like bumps of stinging cells covering its feeding arms and bell.

The jelly Stellamedusa ventana, which calls Monterey Bay home, is described in this month's issue of the Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.

MBARI research say the softball-sized, translucent jelly moves through the water like a shooting star, trailing four fleshy oral arms -- but no tentacles -- behind it. This and other unique features resulted in the jelly's categorization as a new genus and species.

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