Extremely rare jellyfish washes up on beach in Australia, creates a stir - In Pics

A mysterious brown blob washed ashore on a beach in Australia on Monday, leaving people perplexed as to what the creature's origin. Some photos were uploaded to the Australian Native Animals Facebook page and the commenters seemed to accurately identify it as 'tomato jellyfish'. Check pics here

The tomato jellyfish was spotted at Kemp Beach in Yeppoon, on the southern section of the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland. 

Though this species is not deadly to but can give a nasty sting if touched by beach-goers. It can sometimes give off a nasty odour - a natural deterrent for people to stay away. 

This jellyfish is part of 'fathead sculpins' found in marine waters off the Indian and Pacific oceans, normally in deep waters ranging from 100 metres to 2,800 metres underwater.

Thousands of these tomato jellyfish washed ashore on a beach in Malaysia in March last year. According to a report by Bernama, these are red jellyfish or Crambione mastigophora (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) aka the "sea tomato" are extremely hard to find, these jellyfish are rare.