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Carukia barnesi 001A🪼

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SpeciesCarybdeidaCarukiidae
Cnidarians

🪼Carukia barnesi

Carukia barnesi Southcott, 1967

Carukia barnesi (Southcott, 1967) é uma cubomedusa, oceânica, planctônica, (Cubozoa) da família Carukiidae que inflige uma picada potencialmente fatal que causa a síndrome de Irukandji. C. barnesi também é conhecida pelos nomes populares Irukandji e vespa-marinha, apelidos dados a outras espécies de cubomedusas também (e.g. Malo kingi). É uma medusa de tamanho diminuto, seu sino mede no máximo 30 mm, com tentáculos que podem se estender até 75 cm de comprimento, encontrada nas águas dos Oceanos Pacífico e Índico, principalmente na costa norte da Austrália, em clima tropical e sub-tropical.

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Also called
Irukandji jellyfish
Conservation status
Not evaluated

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Key measurements
Body mass
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Maximum lifespan
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Danger to humans
harmless
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Bell width
0.02 mmaximum recorded, width / bell diameter
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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumCnidaria
  3. ›classCubozoa
  4. ›orderCarybdeida
  5. ›familyCarukiidae
  6. ›genusCarukia
  7. ›speciesCarukia barnesi
Full lineage
  1. phylumCorals & jellyfish · Cnidaria
  2. orderCarybdeida
  3. familyCarukiidae
  4. genusCarukia
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumCorals & jellyfish · Cnidaria
  3. classCubozoa
  4. orderCarybdeida
  5. familyCarukiidae
  6. genusCarukia
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Carukia barnesi (bg), Carukia barnesi (de), Irukandji (fi), Carukia barnesi (fr), irukandzsi (hu), Carukia barnesi (it) … and 13 more languages
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