‘Magnificent’ jellyfish found off coast of Papua New Guinea could be new species

The jellyfish was initially believed to be one officially sighted once before off the coast of far north Queensland in 1997

The jellyfish had different markings, was much larger, and had other technical differences to Chirodectes maculatus (Scuba Ventures - Kavieng Facebook page)

A scuba diver has captured footage of a “magnificent” jellyfish off the coast of Papua New Guinea, exciting marine biologists who think it could be a new species.

The jellyfish was initially thought to be a variety spotted only once before, off the coast of far north Queensland almost 25 years ago.

The video was captured by Dorian Borcherds, who owns Scuba Ventures in Kavieng, in the New Ireland province of Papua New Guinea.