Carybdea
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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]
- 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 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
- ^ 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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