Trip Report - Smiling Seahorse Similans / Blackwater trip

[Bubblesong]

No...if it was Chironex flekeri, you'd be in the hospital not rubbing steroidal cream on it!

The other small pink jelly that sting for a while but not box jelly deadly is the Pink Fire Jelly, Pelagia. Pelagia noctiluca - Wikipedia

 

[Barmaglot]

Speaking of jellyfish, any ID on those?

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.

 

[Centrals]

Box jellyfish - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

"A new genus and species of box jellyfish was discovered in Indo-Pacific region, specifically Gulf of Thailand in 2023."

 

[JonnieB]

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.

 

[Barmaglot]

Box jellyfish - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

"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"

Leuckartiara - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Centrals]

Hood for every dive from now on.
It was really irritating over last two trips(Jan and Feb 2024) to Thailand.