| Box jellyfish Temporal range:
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| Chironex sp. | |
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| Carukia barnesi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Medusozoa |
| Class: | Cubozoa Werner, 1973[1] |
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Box jellyfish (class Cubozoa) are cnidarian invertebrates distinguished by their box-like (i.e. cube-shaped) body.[2] Some species of box jellyfish produce potent venom delivered by contact with their tentacles. Stings from some species, including Chironex fleckeri, Carukia barnesi, Malo kingi, and a few others, are extremely painful and often fatal to humans.[3]
- ^ Werner, B. (1973). "New investigations on systematics and evolution of the class Scyphozoa and the phylum Cnidaria" (PDF). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. 20: 35–61. doi:10.5134/175791.
- ^ "box jellyfish". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ "Box Jelly". Waikīkī Aquarium. 2013-11-20. Retrieved 2021-12-06.