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'''Carybdeidae''' is a small [[family (biology)|family]] of [[Venom (poison)|venom]]ous [[box jellyfish]] within the class [[Cubozoa]].
'''''Carybdea''''' is the only genus of [[Venom (poison)|venom]]ous [[box jellyfish]] in the family '''Carybdeidae'''.


==Genera and Species==
==Genera and Species==
According to the World Register of Marine Species, there is only one [[genus]] in this family.
According to the World Register of Marine Species, ''Carybdea'' is the only genus within Carybdeidae, following the family's reclassification.


===''Carybdea'' <small>Péron & Lesueur, 1810</small><ref>http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135247 accessed 6 August 2013</ref>===
===''Carybdea'' <small>Péron & Lesueur, 1810</small><ref>http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135247 accessed 6 August 2013</ref>===
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===Reclassification===
===Reclassification===
As at August 2013, the following genera previously classified in this family have been reassigned to the family [[Carukiidae]]:<ref>http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=484724 accessed 6 August 2013</ref>
As of August 2013, the following genera previously classified in this family have been reassigned to the family [[Carukiidae]]:<ref>http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=484724 accessed 6 August 2013</ref>
*''[[Carukia]]'' <small>Southcott, 1967</small>
*''[[Carukia]]'' <small>Southcott, 1967</small>
*''[[Gerongia]]'' <small>Gershwin & Alderslade, 2005</small>
*''[[Gerongia]]'' <small>Gershwin & Alderslade, 2005</small>


while the following genus has been reassigned to the family [[Alatinidae]]:<ref>http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=266977 accessed 6 August 2013</ref>
''[[Manokia]]'' was also reassigned to the family [[Alatinidae]],<ref>http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=266977 accessed 6 August 2013</ref> and ''[[Tripedalia]]'' <small>Conant, 1897</small> was reassigned to the family [[Tripedaliidae]].<ref>http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=394975 accessed 6 August 2013</ref>
*''[[Manokia]]''
while
*''[[Tripedalia]]'' <small>Conant, 1897</small> is now a member of the family [[Tripedaliidae]]<ref>http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=394975 accessed 6 August 2013</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 02:21, 9 January 2018

Carybdeidae
Carybdea marsupialis
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Carybdeidae

Gegenbaur, 1857[1]
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Carybdea is the only genus of venomous box jellyfish in the family Carybdeidae.

Genera and Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, Carybdea is the only genus within Carybdeidae, following the family's reclassification.

Carybdea Péron & Lesueur, 1810[2]

Reclassification

As of August 2013, the following genera previously classified in this family have been reassigned to the family Carukiidae:[3]

Manokia was also reassigned to the family Alatinidae,[4] and Tripedalia Conant, 1897 was reassigned to the family Tripedaliidae.[5]

References

  • "Carybdeidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  • http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135247