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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]
Box jellyfish remain in the planula larvae phase until settling on a hard surface on the seafloor where they will develop into a polyp. Box jellyfish can also reproduce by means of asexual reproduction through budding, where settled jellyfish polyps can create small cloned "buds" on their body stalks. Once a bud is fully formed, it will break ...
Box jellyfish warning signpost at a Cape Tribulation beach in Queensland, Australia Jellyfish/stinger net exclosure at Ellis Beach, Queensland, Australia. Box jellyfish have been long known for their powerful sting. The lethality of the Cubozoan venom to humans is the primary reason for its research. [38]
Chironex is a genus of box jellyfish in the family Chirodropidae. Their stings are highly venomous, and have caused human fatalities. Based on present knowledge, the genus is restricted to the central Indo-Pacific, ranging from southern Japan to northern Australia. [1] [2]
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. Their sting can cause a range of effects depending on the ...
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 ]
Carukia barnesi is an extremely venomous jellyfish found near Australia. Stings can result in Irukandji syndrome, and this species is commonly known as Irukandji jellyfish, although this name does not distinguish it from other Irukandji jellyfish such as Malo kingi. A mature C. barnesi's bell is only 12 by 30 millimetres (0.47 by 1.18 in) in ...
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 ...