Carybdeidae

Carybdeidae
Carybdea marsupialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Cubozoa
Order:	Carybdeida
Family:	Carybdeidae Gegenbaur, 1857[1]

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]

• Carukia Southcott, 1967
• Gerongia Gershwin & Alderslade, 2005

while the following genus has been reassigned to the family Alatinidae:^[4]

• Manokia

while

• Tripedalia Conant, 1897 is now a member of the family Tripedaliidae^[5]

References

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

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