SINGAPORE – Researchers from Singapore and Japan have discovered a new species of box jellyfish near Sentosa, and have advised beachgoers to take precautions.
This is the first discovery of a jellyfish of the Chironex genus since 2017, adding a new species to one of the world’s most venomous animal groups.
The researchers from Tohoku University and the National University of Singapore’s Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum and Tropical Marine Science Institute have named this new species Chironex blakangmati, after Sentosa’s original name: Pulau Blakang Mati, or Island of Death Behind.
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