Cubozoa

Cubomedusae sp.

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classis: Cubozoa
Ordines (2): Carybdeida – Chirodropida

References

• Bentlage, B., Cartwright, P., Yanagihara, A.A., Lewis, C., Richards, G.S. & Collins, A.G. 2010. Evolution of box jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa), a group of highly toxic invertebrates. Proceedings of the Royal Society (B) 277(1680): 493–501. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1707 Reference page. 
• Cairns, S.D.; Gershwin, L.-A.; Brook, F.J.; Pugh, P.; Dawson, E.W.; Ocaña V., O.; Vervoort, W.; Williams, G.; Watson, J.E.; Opresko, D.M.; Schuchert, P.; Hine, P.M.; Gordon, D.P.; Campbell, H.J.; Wright, A.J.; Sánchez, J.A.; Fautin, D.G. 2009: 4. Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. Pp. 59-101 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia. Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand.
• Gershwin, L.-A. 2006: Nematocysts of the Cubozoa. Zootaxa, 1232: 1–57. Abstract & excerpt
• Martellos, S., Ukosich, L. & Avian, M. 2016. JellyWeb: an interactive information system on Scyphozoa, Cubozoa and Staurozoa. ZooKeys 554: 1–25. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.554.6745 Reference page. 

Links

• Cubozoa – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• [JellyWeb home
• Cubozoa in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on 2015-01-13

Vernacular names

dansk: Havhveps
Deutsch: Würfelquallen
Ελληνικά: Κυβόζωα
English: Box jellyfish
español: Cubozoos
suomi: Kuutiomeduusat
français: Cubozoaires
magyar: Kockamedúza
Bahasa Indonesia: Ubur-ubur kotak
italiano: Meduse cubo
日本語: 箱虫綱
македонски: Кубични медузи
polski: Kostkomeduzy
português: Cubozoário
русский: Кубомедузы
slovenčina: Štvorhranky
Türkçe: Zehirli denizanaları
українська: Клас Кубомедузи
中文: 立方水母纲

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