Although quite common across the globe, it very infrequent in Malta.
A video captured by Gabriel Bugelli and shared by the Maltese Marine biologist Alan Deidun, shows that the rare moon jellyfish has been spotted swimming in Maltese waters.
The marine biologist explained that even though the moon jellyfish is pretty common around the world, it is in fact quite rare to spotted here in Malta or Gozo.
It is typically found in the North, Black, Baltic and Caspian Seas, Northeast Atlantic, Greenland, north-eastern USA and Canada, Northwest Pacific and South America, but as much in the Mediterranean.
Characterised by its four horseshoe-shaped gonads, the jellyfish is pretty much innocuous and will not cause any harm unlike the typical mauve stinger.
At most, if your skin comes in contact with it, you might itch for a few minutes but that’s about it.
This was not the first time this year that the jellyfish was spotted. Just last May a local and experienced scuba diver encountered the jellyfish for the first time in his career.