Chirodropida | |
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Chironex sp. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Cubozoa |
Order: |
Chirodropida Haeckel, 1880 |
Families | |
Chirodropidae Haeckel, 1880 |
Chirodropidae Haeckel, 1880
Chiropsalmidae Thiel, 1936
Chiropsellidae Toshino, Miyake & Shibata, 2015
Chirodropida is an order of box jellyfishes. They can be distinguished from other box jellyfish by the presence of branched muscular bases at the corners of their cubic umbrella, and of small saccules associated with the gastric cavity. They typically have multiple tentacles at each corner.