A RARELY-SEEN jellyfish the length of a bus has been spotted lurking deep in the ocean.
The giant phantom jellyfish‘s arms can stretch a massive 10 metres long, which they use to snare hopeless prey.
And their bell – the main body of a jellyfish – can grow up to one metre in diameter.
Unlike most jellyfish, this species – known as Stygiomedusa gigantea – don’t have lethal stinging tentacles.
Instead, they use their four long mouth arms to entangle and trap fish and plankton meals behind a deadly curtain.
There have only been little over 100 confirmed sightings of the huge creature.
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Although they’re rare seen by humans, scientists believe they’re pretty widespread throughout the world.
The main reason phantom jellyfish have hardly been seen over the years is because they tend to lurk in the darkest depths of the ocean where it’s pitch black.
They live in what’s known as the Midnight Zone, where depths are from 1,000 to 4,000 metres.
And they can be found in all oceans except the Arctic.
Experts from the Schmidt Ocean Institute made this latest sighting at 250 metres.
It was spotted off the Argentinian coast as scientists sent remotely operated vehicle to explore the Colorado-Rawson submarine canyon wall.
Schmidt Ocean Institute’s executive director, Dr Jyotika Virmani, said: “With every expedition to the deep sea, we find the ocean is full of life – as much as we see on land, and perhaps more because the Ocean contains 98% of the living space on this planet.”
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