by A strange,never-before-seen jellyfish with a distinctive stomach that looks like a red cross has been discovered inside a volcanic structure off the coast of Japan.
Researchers spotted the jellyfish, which has been named the St. George's cross medusa (Santjordia pagesi), 2,664 feet (812 meters) below the Pacific Ocean's surface near Japan's Ogasawara Islands.
It was floating around the Sumisu caldera, a 6.2-mile-wide (10 kilometers) hydrothermally active volcano that sits on a volcanic arc, or chain of volcanoes, known as the Ring of Fire.
The umbrella-shaped jellyfish has a diameter of around 4 inches (10 centimeters) and is transparent, except for a bright red cross, which is visible when the creature is viewed from above.
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Researchers spotted the jellyfish, which has been named the St. George's cross medusa (Santjordia pagesi), 2,664 feet (812 meters) below the Pacific Ocean's surface near Japan's Ogasawara Islands.
It was floating around the Sumisu caldera, a 6.2-mile-wide (10 kilometers) hydrothermally active volcano that sits on a volcanic arc, or chain of volcanoes, known as the Ring of Fire.
The umbrella-shaped jellyfish has a diameter of around 4 inches (10 centimeters) and is transparent, except for a bright red cross, which is visible when the creature is viewed from above.
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