Carybdea

Carybdea marsupialis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Carybdeida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Phylum: Cnidaria Classis: Cubozoa Ordo: Carybdeida

Familia: Carybdeidae
Genus: Carybdea
Species (9): C. arborifera – C. branchi – C. brevipedalia – C. marsupialis – C. morandinii – C. rastonii – C. wayamba – C. xaymacana

Check (2): C. aurifera – (taxon inquirendum; description based on juvenile form from Tortugas, Florida, USA); C. latigenitalia – (taxon inquirendum)

Source(s) of checklist:
Checklist based uncritically on WoRMS

Name

Carybdea Péron & Lesueur, 1809

Type taxon: Carybdea marsupialis (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

• Acevedo, M.J., Straehler-Pohl, I., Morandini, A.C., Stampar, S.N., Bentlage, B., Bentlage, G.I., Yanagihara, A., Toshino, S., Bordehore, C. & Fuentes, V.L. 2019. Revision of the genus Carybdea (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeidae): clarifying the identity of its type species Carybdea marsupialis. Zootaxa 4543(4): 515–548. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4543.4.3 Reference page. 
• Straehler-Pohl, I. & Jarms, G. 2011. Morphology and life cycle of Carybdea morandinii, sp. nov. (Cnidaria), a cubozoan with zooxanthellae and peculiar polyp anatomy. Zootaxa 2755: 36–56. (PDF.) Reference page. 
• Bentlage, B. & Lewis Ames, C. 2012. An illustrated key and synopsis of the families and genera of carybdeid box jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida), with emphasis on the “Irukandji family” (Carukiidae). Journal of Natural History 46(41-42): 2595–2620. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2012.717645 Reference page. 

Links

• Carybdea – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Carybdea in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on April 1, 2018