🪼Carukia barnesi
Carukia barnesi est une petite méduse extrêmement venimeuse que l'on trouve près de l'Australie. Sa piqûre peut provoquer le syndrome d'Irukandji et c'est pourquoi elle est communément appelée méduse irukandji. Ce surnom est cependant également utilisé pour d'autres méduses des familles Alatinidae et Carukiidae comme Malo kingi. Ces méduses montrent une disposition particulière des bandes de nématocystes sur leurs tentacules. Chez barnesi en particulier, les nématocystes forment une sorte de queue sur un côté des bandes. L'ombrelle d'une Carukia barnesi adulte ne fait qu'entre 12 et 30 mm. Ses quatre tentacules peuvent mesurer entre 5 cm et 1 m.
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Carukia barnesi yet.
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Everything we know about the Carukia barnesi
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
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Bell width0.02 mmaximum recorded, width / bell diameterSeaLifeBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumCnidaria
- ›classCubozoa
- ›orderCarybdeida
- ›familyCarukiidae
- ›genusCarukia
- ›speciesCarukia barnesi
- phylumCorals & jellyfish · Cnidaria
- orderCarybdeida
- familyCarukiidae
- genusCarukia
All 6 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumCorals & jellyfish · Cnidaria
- classCubozoa
- orderCarybdeida
- familyCarukiidae
- genusCarukia
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