Malo (jellyfish)
| Malo | |
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| Malo kingi | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Cubozoa |
| Order: | Carybdeida |
| Family: | Tamoyidae |
| Genus: | Malo Gershwin, 2005 [1] |
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Malo is a genus of box jellies. It contains four species. Malo kingi and Malo maximus (previously Malo maxima, corrected for gender) were described by the Australian marine biologist Lisa-Ann Gershwin in 2007 and 2005, respectively. Both species are extremely venomous Irukandji jellyfish.[2] A third, Malo filipina from the Philippines, was described in 2012,[3] and a fourth species from Northern Australia, the smallest of the genus, was described in 2014 and named M. bella.[4]
Species
The World Register of Marine Species lists the following four species:[1]
- Malo bella Gershwin, 2014
- Malo filipina Bentlage & Lewis, 2012
- Malo kingi Gershwin, 2007
- Malo maxima Gershwin, 2005
References
- 1 2 Allen G. Collins (2010). "Malo". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
- ↑ Gershwin, L. (2007). Malo kingi: A new species of Irukandji jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida), possibly lethal to humans, from Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 1659 55-68.
- ↑ Bentlage, Bastian; Lewis, Cheryl (2012). "An illustrated key and synopsis of the families and genera of carybdeid box jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida), with emphasis on the "Irukandji family" (Carukiidae)". Journal of Natural History 46 (41-42): 2595–2620. doi:10.1080/00222933.2012.717645.
- ↑ Gershwin, L. (2014). "Two new species of box jellies (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida) from the central coast of Western Australia, both presumed to cause Irukandji syndrome" (PDF). Records of the Western Australian Museum 21 (1): 10–19. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
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