Carukia

Carukia barnesi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Carybdeida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Phylum: Cnidaria Classis: Cubozoa Ordo: Carybdeida

Familia: Carukiidae
Genus: Carukia
Species (2): C. barnesi – C. shinju

Name

Carukia Southcott, 1967

• Authority for current placement: Bentlage et al., 2010
  • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
• Original status: valid genus
• Type species: Carukia barnesi Southcott, 1967, fixed by original designation [p. 653] [and monotypy]

References

Primary references

• Southcott, R.V. 1967: Revision of some Carybdeidae (Scyphozoa: Cubomedusae), including a description of the jellyfish responsible for the "Irukandji syndrome". Australian journal of zoology, 15(3): 651–671. DOI: 10.1071/ZO9670651 [653, original description]

Additional references

• Bentlage, B.; Cartwright, P.; Yanagihara, A.A.; Lewis, C.; Richards, G.S.; Collins, A.G. 2010: Evolution of box jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa), a group of highly toxic invertebrates. Proceedings of the Royal Society (B), 277(1680): 493–501. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1707

Links

• Carukia Southcott, 1967 in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on 2011-10-05
• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus