Be on the lookout for this possibly rare, certainly easily overlooked, tiny stalked jellyfish. It may be a new species. It has been seen only twice - on kelp (Macrocystis and Marginariella) in Stewart Island in 1998, and recently by NIWA’s Sheryll Miller on Cystophora in the Taputeranga Marine Reserve (good spotting Sherly). On both occasions photographs were obtained but no specimens. Dennis Gordon (d.gordon@niwa.co.nz) and Lisa Gershwin, a jellyfish expert in Tasmania, are writing a paper about New Zealand jellyfish and urgently need specimens of any stalked form (of which there are probably four species in New Zealand). If you do spot one, please remember NOT to collect from within the Marine Reserve – outside specimens only please.
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