Chiropsalmus quadrumanus
Chiropsalmus quadrumanus | |
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Chiropsalmus quadrigatus, side view of half-grown medusa. Drawn from a preserved specimen. A, enlarged side view of sense-club. B, inner side of sense-club. C, oral view of stomach showing the 4 lips and 8 gastric sacs. D, enlarged view of gastric cirri. E, side view of a pedalium with all but one of the tentacles cut across. | |
Chiropsalmus quadrumanus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Cubozoa |
Order: | Chirodropida |
Family: | Chiropsalmidae |
Genus: | Chiropsalmus |
Species: | C. quadrumanus |
Binomial name | |
Chiropsalmus quadrumanus (F. Müller, 1859) | |
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Chiropsalmus quadrumanus, commonly known as the four-handed box jellyfish, is a species of box jellyfish found in the western Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean. The sting is venomous and dangerous to humans, especially children.
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