The only specimen of this rare box jellyfish was filmed in 1997 and then not seen for another 18 years. In 2022 it was found again, off the coast of Papua New Guinea.
This jellyfish is so rare that it has only been captured on camera twice, in 1997 and 2022
The first Chirodectes maculatus was captured and examined in 1997. This is only the second known documentation of this rare type of jellyfish, Chriodectes. Very little is known about it. Click to learn more about Chirodectes maculatus