Tamoya ohboya

In order to name the newly discovered species, Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science organized an online competition, which was won by the high school marine biology teacher Lisa Peck,[1][2] who explained her winning entry saying: "I bet ‘Oh Boy’ is the first thing said when a biologist or layman encounters the Bonaire Banded Box Jellyfish.

[1] The closely related species Tamoya haplonema lives in the waters of Brazil and the south-eastern United States of America.

Tamoya ohboya is characterized by a deep stomach, densely spread cnidocysts and banded tentacles whose color ranges from reddish-orange to dark brown.

[1] Its ecology is still relatively unknown, but it is presumed that it is a daylight predator[1] whose prey includes small crustaceans and fish.

[2] Since 1989,[2] three people have reported being stung by Tamoya ohboya, which led to intense pain, skin damage and, in one of the cases, hospitalization.