Encounters with jellyfish near Cronulla’s Shark Island have prompted warnings on how to treat stings outside of tropical waters
A mystery box jellyfish spotted inwaters may belong to a new species entirely, an expert working to identify the marine animal has said.
The new species had several tentacles around 30cm long and more closely resembled the deadly Australian box jelly, Chironex fleckeri, also known as the sea wasp.He filmed another encounter six days later of what is believed to be a second jellyfish of the same species.Dr Lisa-ann Gershwin, a jellyfish expert in Hobart, said it was possible the Cronulla specimens belonged to a new species.“But it is a box-shaped jellyfish which is closely related to Chironex.
“In my experience studying the box-shaped jellies of the world … all of the ones with thick tentacles are dangerous, and all of the ones that are not dangerous tend to have thin tentacles,” she said. “The problem is the Cronulla ones have thick tentacles.”
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