2 jellyfish belonging to new family found in Mie Pref.

2 jellyfish belonging to new family found in Mie Pref.

TSU, Japan - The photo shows one of two jellyfish belonging to a new family which were found at Toba Port, Mie Prefecture, western Japan, by Takushi Horita, researcher at Toba Aquarium, in 1992, and given the scientific name Lobato lampea tetragona. The marine coelenterate has four gonads, half the usual number in jellyfish. The photo was released by Toba Aquarium on Oct. 2, the first time a picture of the jellyfish has been released.

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