Box Jellyfish With 24 Eyes just 1.5cm long found by Hong Kong Scientists more details

People interested in marine creatures must have heard the name of jelly fish. Now scientists have found a species of this sea creature which has 24 eyes! Yes, scientists at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) have found a jelly fish with 24 eyes. It is quite small in size and is in cube shape. It has been seen in Mai Po Nature Reserve.

Professor Qiu Jianwen took out this fish from a pond, which is a shrimp pond and is full of salt water. It is called Ge Wai in the local language. Scientists have named this new species of jelly fish as Tripedalia maipoensis, which is named after the Mai Po Nature Reserve.

While talking about it, Professor Qiu Jianwen said that he has named it so because it tells about the place where it was found for the first time. The professor told that at present it is found only in Mai Po. But it may also be present in the Pearl River Estuary as the Ge Wai is connected to that estuary as well.

issued by the university release According to this, this box jelly fish is also called Cubozoa in scientific language which belongs to the phylum Cnidaria. It belongs to the Tripedaliidae family. It has joined this family as the fourth species. Its body is completely transparent and its length is said to be on average 1.5cm. There are three tentacles or tentacles on its four corners which are up to 10cm long. Below this tentacle there is a paddle shaped structure called pedalia. Pidalia produces thrust when it contracts its body, which allows it to swim faster than other jelly fish.