Sea creature invasion on Phuket beaches last month not jellyfish, says expert

The Phuket News

 

 

PHUKET:-- Local marine-life experts have identified the mysterious sea creatures found washed ashore at Phuket’s Bang Tao Beach last month and confirmed they were not a form of jellyfish.

 

The alarm was raised when thousands of tiny, translucent “jellies” were found washed up along a 10-kilometre stretch of Phuket’s west coast on Sept 18, with reports that contact with the jellies resulted in a rash.

 

Lifeguards were notified and tourists along the beach were warned not to touch the creatures.

 

However, Charatsee Aungtonya, a Ph.D jellyfish expert at the Phuket Marine Biological Centre (PMBC), this week confirmed that the creatures were harmless.

 

“They were not jellyfish, but a sea creature called salp,” Ms Charatsee explained to The Phuket News.

 

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hope they googled this properly.