Academic warns of foreign jellyfish appearing in local waters
Physalia has an extremely painful sting and was spotted among a mass of local species. – WikiMedia pic, March 4, 2019.
A SPECIES of jellyfish called the Physalia, whose sting is extremely painful, has been discovered in local waters, said Universiti Malaysia Terengganu School of Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences lecturer Dr Mohd Fazrul Hisam Abd Aziz. He said the common jellyfish here are the Chiropsoides Buitendijki and Morbakka, but “last month, we received information that the Physalia – which originates from the Pacific Ocean – was spotted among some jellyfish”.
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