Carybdeida
| Carybdeida | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Malo kingi, a deadly Irukandji carybdeid | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Cubozoa |
| Order: | Carybdeida Gegenbaur, 1857 |
| Families | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cubomedusae Haeckel, 1880 | |
Carybdeida is an order of box jellyfish.[1] There are five families within the order.[2] They are distinguished from other box jellyfish by the presence of unbranched muscular bases at the corners of the cubic umbrella.[3] Most species have four tentacles.
References
- ↑ "Carybdeida". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ↑ Bentlage, B., Cartwright, P., Yanagihara, A.A., Lewis, C., Richards, G.S., and Collins, A.G. 2010. Evolution of box jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa), a group of highly toxic invertebrates. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277: 493-501.
- ↑ Daly, Marymegan et al. (2007). "The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus" (PDF). Zootaxa (1668): 127–182.