Still Waters Posted April 19, 2023 #1 Share Posted April 19, 2023 A Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)-led team has discovered a new species of box jellyfish in the Mai Po Nature Reserve in Hong Kong. The new jellyfish species, which belongs to the family Tripedaliidae, was named Tripedalia maipoensis by the research team. It is the first discovery of a new box jellyfish species from the waters of China. The discovery also adds a fourth species to the Tripedaliidae family. Like other box jellyfish, Tripedalia maipoensis has 24 eyes. The 24 eyes are equally divided into four groups, and each group of six eyes is located inside a sensory depression called a rhopalium on each side of the bell. In each group of eyes, the researchers believe that two of them have lenses that enable image-forming, while the other four can only sense light. https://phys.org/news/2023-04-team-jellyfish-species-hong-kong.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolette Posted April 23, 2023 #2 Share Posted April 23, 2023 I only see 2 eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred_mc Posted April 23, 2023 #3 Share Posted April 23, 2023 Hmmm, if they have eyes, they must have a brain to interpret what they are seeing. I didn't think jellyfish had brains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissJatti Posted May 19, 2023 #4 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Why so many eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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