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Sea wasp jellyfish (Chironex sp.)🎐

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SpeciesChirodropidaChirodropidae
Invertebrates

🎐Box jellyfish

Chironex fleckeri Southcott, 1956

オーストラリアウンバチクラゲ（濠太剌利海蜂水母、学名: Chironex fleckeri）は、箱虫綱（立方クラゲ類） Cubozoa に属するクラゲ。通称は属名であるキロネックス。また英名では シーワスプ Sea Wasp（海のスズメ蜂）と呼ばれる。他にも別名、殺人クラゲと呼ばれる

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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
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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.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumCnidaria
  3. ›classCubozoa
  4. ›orderChirodropida
  5. ›familyChirodropidae
  6. ›genusChironex
  7. ›speciesChironex fleckeri
Full lineage
  1. phylumCorals & jellyfish · Cnidaria
  2. orderChirodropida
  3. familyChirodropidae
  4. genusChironex
All 6 branches ↓
  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumCorals & jellyfish · Cnidaria
  3. classCubozoa
  4. orderChirodropida
  5. familyChirodropidae
  6. genusChironex
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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
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