Chironex

C. fleckeri

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Chirodropidae
Genus: Chironex
Species: C. fleckeri – C. indrasaksajiae – C. yamaguchii

Name

Chironex Southcott, 1956

Vernacular names

English: Sea wasp, Box jellyfish
ไทย: แมงกะพรุนสาหร่าย, สาโหร่ง

References

• Bentlage, Cartwright, Yanagihara, Lewis, Richards & Collins, 2010. Evolution of box jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa), a group of highly toxic invertebrates in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 277 (1680), pp. 493–501, DOI:10.1098/rspb.2009.1707, PMC 2842657, PMID: 19923131

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