Chironex fleckeri
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| Chironex fleckeri | |
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| Chironex sp. | |
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Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
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| Species: | C. fleckeri
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| Chironex fleckeri Southcott, 1956
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| Range of Chironex fleckeri as traditionally defined, but see text. | |
Chironex fleckeri, commonly known as sea wasp, is a well-known, lethal, venomous species of Box jellyfish. It lives in coastal waters from northern Australia and New Guinea north to the Philippines and Vietnam.[1] Humans can easily be killed by its sting.[2] It is considered the most lethal jellyfish in the world because of the numerous incidents resulting in injury or death to humans.
Chironex Fleckeri Media
Cnidocytes from Chironex fleckeri (400x magnification)
Box jellyfish warning signpost at a Cape Tribulation beach in Queensland, Australia
References
- ↑ Barry Tobin. Dangerous Marine Animals of Northern Australia: Sea Wasp. AIMS Data Centre (16 March 2010)Australian Institute of Marine Science. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ↑ Management of a major box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri) sting. Lessons from the first minutes and hours. The Medical Journal of Australia 156 (9) (May 1992). p. 655–8. doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1992.tb121467.x.
Other websites
Media related to Chironex fleckeri at Wikimedia Commons- Distribution of Box Jellyfish in Australia