Carybdea
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| Carybdea marsupialis | |
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| Family: | Carybdeidae Gegenbaur, 1857[1]
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Carybdeidae is a small family of venomous box jellyfish within the class Cubozoa.
Genera and Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species, there is only one genus in this family.
Carybdea Péron & Lesueur, 1810[2]
- Carybdea arborifera Maas, 1897
- Carybdea branchi Gershwin & Gibbons, 2009
- Carybdea brevipedalia Kishinouyea, 1891
- Carybdea marsupialis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Carybdea morandinii Straehler-Pohl & Jarms 2011
- Carybdea murrayana Haeckel, 1880
- Carybdea rastonii Haacke, 1886
- Carybdea xaymacana Conant, 1897
Reclassification
As at August 2013, the following genera previously classified in this family have been reassigned to the family Carukiidae:[3]
while the following genus has been reassigned to the family Alatinidae:[4]
while
- Tripedalia Conant, 1897 is now a member of the family Tripedaliidae[5]
References
- ^ http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135228 accessed 6 August 2013
- ^ http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135247 accessed 6 August 2013
- ^ http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=484724 accessed 6 August 2013
- ^ http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=266977 accessed 6 August 2013
- ^ http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=394975 accessed 6 August 2013
- "Carybdeidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135247
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