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Sea wasp jellyfish (Chironex sp.)🎐

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SpeciesChirodropidaChirodropidae
Invertebrates

🎐Box jellyfish

Chironex fleckeri Southcott, 1956

Havsgeting (Chironex fleckeri) är en mycket giftig art i ordningen kubmaneter. Den finns i vattnen norr om Australien och har de senaste 100 åren orsakat 100 människors död.

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Photos
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Measurements
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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
More photos
Sea wasp jellyfish (Chironex sp.)Hazardous Marine Creatures (Australia)Australia_-_Marine_Stingers_(Vinegar_depot)
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