Notably, Medusa was present in the original 1995 draft of 2009’s Avatar titled “Project 880.” However, the creature did not make it to the final version of the film.

Medusa is one of the most powerful mythological figures of all time. She had the power to petrify a person with a single glance—and we mean quite literally turn a person to stone.

Crawling ‘Medusa’ sea creature with up to 11 tentacles discovered by snorkelers in the Gulf of Mexico, study says.

Medusa is one of the original Creature Commandos when the team first hit the scene and, despite her codename, she is not the mythical being from Greek mythology whom Wonder Woman fights.

The creatures have been six and 11 tentacles, researchers said. The newfound, brown-colored creatures are extremely diminutive in size, measuring less than a millimeter wide, researchers said.

Crawling ‘Medusa’ sea creature with up to 11 tentacles discovered by snorkelers in the Gulf of Mexico, study says.

Medusa is one of the original Creature Commandos when the team first hit the scene and, despite her codename, she is not the mythical being from Greek mythology whom Wonder Woman fights.

Crawling ‘Medusa’ sea creature with up to 11 tentacles discovered by snorkelers in the Gulf of Mexico, study says.

Crawling ‘Medusa’ sea creature with up to 11 tentacles discovered by snorkelers in the Gulf of Mexico, study says.

Crawling ‘Medusa’ sea creature with up to 11 tentacles discovered by snorkelers in the Gulf of Mexico, study says.