Is this a Box jellyfish?

[steamtrollnuke]

I saw this a couple weeks ago on a night dive, about a foot long(with tentacles) and about 1.5-2" in diameter. Is this a box jellyfish? I heard that there are 4 different species and all are nasty. I didn't touch it to find out if it would sting me or not.

 

[Sloth]

Yes. Nasty critters

 

[sarita75]

Very beautiful though.

 

[archman]

There's at least 20 species of these things.

Where were you when you took the picture? Caribbean somewhere?

 

[steamtrollnuke]

Guam, Diving the Tokai Maru and Cormorant.

This was off a LDS boat's friday night dive. I've done the same dive as a shore dive during the day, and with double 80s. A wreck from WWI and WWII at the same time.

 

[Rick Murchison]

... I didn't touch it to find out if it would sting me or not.

That's a good thing indeed... as we say in LA, 'it'd a lit yew up!'
Rick