Chirodropidae
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| Chirodropidae | |
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| Chironex sp. | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Cubozoa |
| Order: | Chirodropida |
| Family: | Chirodropidae |
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Chirodropidae is a family of venomous box jellyfish within class Cubozoa. One of the species of jellyfish that belongs to this class is the Chironex fleckeri.
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[edit] Genera
[edit] Chirodectes
- Chirodectes maculatus (Cornelius, Fenner and Hore, 2005)
[edit] Chirodropus
- Chirodropus gorilla Haeckel, 1880
- Chirodropus palmatus Haeckel, 1880
[edit] Chironex
- Chironex fleckeri Southcott, 1956
- Chironex yamaguchii Lewis and Bentlage, 2009
[edit] Chiropsalmus
- Chiropsalmus buitendijki Horst, 1907 [1]
[edit] References
- "Chirodropidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=51473.
- Lewis, C. and B. Bentlage (2009). Clarifying the identity of the Japanese Habu-kurage, Chironex yamaguchii, sp nov (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Chirodropida). Zootaxa 2030: 59–65
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