When scuba diver Dorian Borcherds turned on his video camera, he became transfixed by the giant translucent mass bobbing along beside him.
Key points:
- The jellyfish could be Chirodectes maculatus, first spotted in 1997 by a team of scientists on the Great Barrier Reef
- Spotted off Papua New Guinea, this jellyfish has scientists excited
- Experts are determining whether it is in fact a new species
What he had captured on film in the watery depths off Papua New Guinea now has marine biologists excited.
The jellyfish was believed to be one officially sighted only once before off the coast of Far North Queensland — a quarter of a century ago — but it could also be a new species, a researcher believes.
The owner of a Kavieng-based scuba dive company, Mr Borcherds was diving with a customer in December when he spotted the strange creature and described it on social media.
“Saw a…
