| Alatina alata | |
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| Alatina alata, female from Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Cubozoa |
| Order: | Carybdeida |
| Family: | Alatinidae |
| Genus: | Alatina |
| Species: | A. alata
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| Binomial name | |
| Alatina alata (Reynaud, 1830)
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| Synonyms | |
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Carybdea alata (Reynaud, 1830)
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Alatina alata (Reynaud, 1830),[1] often called a sea wasp, is a species of box jellyfish found in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans and in the Caribbean and Arabian Sea.[2][3]
- ^ Reynaud, M. (1830). "La Carybdée (Méduse) Ailée". In Lesson. R.P. (ed.). Centurie Zoologique, ou Choix d'animaux rares, nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus. Bruxelles: Chéz F.G. Levrault. p. 95, Plate 33.
- ^ Lawley, J.W.; Ames, C.L.; Bentlage, B.; Yanagihara, A.; Goodwill, R.; Kayal, E.; Hurwitz, K. & Collins, A.G. (2016). "Box Jellyfish Alatina alata Has a Circumtropical Distribution". Biological Bulletin. 231 (2): 152–169. doi:10.1086/690095. PMC 5599302. PMID 27820907.
- ^ Straehler-Pohl, I. & Gul, S. (2017). "Rediscovery and description of the cubomedusa Alatina grandis (Agassiz & Mayer, 1902) (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Alatinidae) from Pakistani waters". Plankton and Benthos Research. 12 (1): 1–14. doi:10.3800/pbr.12.1.