Box jellyfish

Box jellyfish; Temporal range:
	Chironex sp.
	Carukia barnesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Subphylum:	Medusozoa
Class:	; Werner, 1973
Orders
	Carybdeida; Chirodropida;

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.

[Werner1973a-1] 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.

[2] "box jellyfish". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)

[3] "Box Jelly". Waikīkī Aquarium. 2013-11-20. Retrieved 2021-12-06.

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