Carybdeida

Carybdeida
Malo kingi, a deadly Irukandji carybdeid
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Cubozoa
Order: Carybdeida
Gegenbaur, 1857
Families

Alatinidae
Carukiidae
Carybdeidae
Tamoyidae
Tripedaliidae

Synonyms

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

  1. "Carybdeida". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  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.
  3. Daly, Marymegan; et al. (2007). "The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus" (PDF). Zootaxa (1668): 127–182.
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