Carybdeida

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Carybdeida
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Malo kingi, a deadly Irukandji carybdeid
Scientific classification
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Carybdeida

Gegenbaur, 1857
Families

Alatinidae
Carukiidae
Carybdeidae
Tamoyidae
Tripedaliidae

Synonyms

Cubomedusae Haeckel, 1880

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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

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  2. 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.
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