AnimalvsAnimal
Sea wasp jellyfish (Chironex sp.)🎐

Photo: Avispa marina.jpg: Guido Gautsch, Toyota, Japa… · CC BY-SA 2.0

SpeciesChirodropidaChirodropidae
Invertebrates

🎐Box jellyfish

Chironex fleckeri Southcott, 1956

La cuboméduse d'Australie (Chironex fleckeri), aussi appelée piqueur marin, guêpe de mer, main de la mort, main qui tue, méduse-boîte ou dard marin, est une méduse cubozoa de la famille des Chirodropidae.

Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Videos
54
Photos
6
Measurements
1
Also called
Chironex fleckeri
Conservation status
Not evaluated

The IUCN Red List has not assessed Chironex fleckeri yet.

Key measurements
Body mass
not recorded
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
All measurements ↓
Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Box jellyfish

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Bell width
0.3 mmaximum recorded, width / bell diameter
SeaLifeBase
Details ↓

Source: SeaLifeBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Not recorded for Box jellyfish yet: body mass, body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

More

More about the Box jellyfish

In other languages
Vespa-do-mar (pt), osa morska (pl), Chironex fleckeri (ru), Cuboméduse d'Australie (fr), Chironex fleckeri (es), Chironex fleckeri (tr) … and 22 more languages

Les animaux pris sur le vif

De vraies images des animaux de ce site — à la chasse, au combat, ou vaquant simplement à leurs occupations.

Voir toutes les 54 vidéos →
Tools

Compare the Box jellyfish

Pick a tool — the Box jellyfish is already selected.