Sting from dangerous jellyfish sends Middletown man to hospital

Another encounter with the dangerous clinging jellyfish sent a Middletown man to the hospital.

The Monmouth Beach Office of Emergency Management warned on its Facebook page that the man was stung by the tiny creature while swimming in the Shrewsbury River. It's the latest sighting of the jellyfish species that is native to the West Coast but has been spotted over the past several years on the East Coast, most recently in Barnegat Bay and Long Island Sound.

Matt Carlo told NBC 4 New York it felt like "every single muscle in my body had a Charlie horse in it" after he was stung by what he believes to be a clinging jellyfish on Saturday in Monmouth Beach.

Paul Bologna, the director of Aquatic Science at Montclair State University, told the station that he has DNA confirmation that the jellyfish found last week in Barnegat Bay was a clinging jellyfish.

Scientific American reported that the clinging jellyfish has 60 to 90 tentacles each with a pad that has an adhesive that allows it to cling to most any surface. They are found in algae, sea grass and sea grass.

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— Brian Thompson (@brian4NY) June 15, 2016