The scyphomedusa Deepstaria is certainly odd, with its bag-like appearance, and bell that can open more than a meter wide. Speculation on the identity of a mystery blob has become a YouTube sensation, sparking heated and entertaining debates over its identity. That video of Deepstaria reticulum (described by Larson, et al., in 1988) looks especially unusual because the medusa is being blown around by the thrusters of the Remotely Operated Vehicle, and eventually turns completely inside-out.
This footage is filmed by the ROVVR Camera system on board MBARI's ROV Doc Ricketts. The camera system was designed to allow real time telerobotics for pilots and scientists, and to create scaled footage that presents an intuitively accurate sense of size and distance.
Post processed footage by Benjamin Erwin.
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