Incredible species of jellyfish that look like something strange and alien (17 photos)

Jellyfish are one of the most mysterious and strange creatures in nature. They are 98% water, and their ancestors lived in the seas and oceans as early as 500-700 million years ago. In other words, jellyfish even older than dinosaurs. And yet there is something alien in them and mysterious. Let's take a look at the most unusual varieties of these amazing creatures.

Firework Jellyfish or Halitrephes maasi jelly





Stomolophus meleagris or cannonball jellyfish



Mediterranean or medusa-fried egg







The fried egg jellyfish gets its name from a comical resemblance to this dish. The tentacles of the creature practically do not sting, therefore divers often notice many small fish between them, which enjoy using them as cover.

Narcomedusa or Darth Vader



Dancing golden jellyfish



purple striped jellyfish



Inverted jellyfish or Cassiopeia






The inverted jellyfish is also a lazy person. The creature can swim however, does not like to do so. That's why it almost always flips. upside down and, succumbing to the current, dives down to the very bottom. Lying at the bottom of Cassiopeia is the most comfortable.

Immortal jellyfish Turritopsis Dohrnii



When this jellyfish is hungry or stressed, it starts "age" backwards to sink to the bottom of the ocean and survive.

Jellyfish Rasta surrounded by her fish helpers



Rare deep sea jellyfish Stygiomedusa Gigantea



The rather creepy-looking jellyfish is found in all oceans except North Arctic. You can see it at depths from 900 to 3900 meters. Over the past 110 years, only 115 observations.

Atolla - a species of deep-sea crown jellyfish



Medusa Nomura. Reaches extremely large sizes



It is one of the largest jellyfish in Japanese coastal waters. Its weight can reach the mark of 200 kilograms.

hairy cyanoea



transparent jellyfish



Jellyfish-cauliflower