Trip Report - Smiling Seahorse Similans / Blackwater trip

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Speaking of jellyfish, any ID on those?

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I thought 'crap, box jellyfish!' when I first saw one on a blackwater dive, but the orange thingy inside points at something else. Body size about 1-2cm.
 
Speaking of jellyfish, any ID on those?

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I thought 'crap, box jellyfish!' when I first saw one on a blackwater dive, but the orange thingy inside points at something else. Body size about 1-2cm.
It looks pretty "Boxy" to me but I don't think it is one (but I'm no expert). Box jellies also usually have several prominent eyespots scattered about their medusa.
 

"A new genus and species of box jellyfish was discovered in Indo-Pacific region, specifically Gulf of Thailand in 2023."
It looks pretty "Boxy" to me but I don't think it is one (but I'm no expert). Box jellies also usually have several prominent eyespots scattered about their medusa.
Got a response from blackwater photo group on Facebook; "
That’s a pandeiid, maybe Leuckartiara sp. or something related"
 
Hood for every dive from now on.
It was really irritating over last two trips(Jan and Feb 2024) to Thailand.
 

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