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When the venom of the box jellyfish was sequenced, it was found that more than 170 toxin proteins were identified. [38] The high quantity of toxin proteins that the box jellyfish possess is the reason they are known to be so dangerous. Stings from the box jellyfish can lead to skin irritation, cardiotoxicity, and can even be fatal. [38]
Chironex fleckeri, commonly known as the Australian box jelly, and nicknamed the sea wasp, is a species of extremely venomous box jellyfish found in coastal waters from northern Australia and New Guinea to Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia and Singapore, the Philippines and Vietnam. [1]
Carybdea is a genus of venomous box jellyfish within the family Carybdeidae that currently consists of a total of 8 species. This genus of jellyfish are often found in warm waters around the world in waters such as the Mediterranean Sea, the Pacific Ocean, and off the coast of Africa.
Cubozoa is a group commonly known as box jellyfish, that occur in tropical and warm temperate seas. They have cube-shaped, transparent medusae and are heavily-armed with venomous nematocysts. Cubozoans have planula larvae, which settle and develop into sessile polyps, which subsequently metamorphose into sexual medusae, [ 11 ] the oral end of ...
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] Like other box jellyfish, Tamoya ohboya is highly venomous. [2]
Box jellyfish have 24 eyes that are categorized into four morphological types. These four types are made up of two pigment cup eyes and two lens eyes that enhance the jellyfish’s ability to navigate their environment and detect prey or predators. [8]
Box jellyfish tend to move much faster than other jellyfish, with Chiropsella bronzie having a maximum speed of 7–8 cm per second against a 1 cm per second current. [5] Unlike true jellyfish who tend to simply float along with currents, cubozoans are known to be effective predators that hunt using their complex eyes.
Many smaller predators such as the box jellyfish use venom to subdue their prey, [87] and venom can also aid in digestion (as is the case for rattlesnakes and some spiders). [ 88 ] [ 89 ] The marbled sea snake that has adapted to egg predation has atrophied venom glands, and the gene for its three finger toxin contains a mutation (the deletion ...