Let us see about box jellyfish.īox jellyfish stings can be very toxic and the person or the animal which is stung are under serious risk. Some use stingers as a defensive mechanism. When an animal tries to hide from a predator, it acts in reflux.
They enjoy being in warm subtropical and tropical areas of the Atlantic ocean, eastern side of the Pacific ocean, Mediterranean sea etc. The box jellyfish lives majorly in the marine or coastal shallow regions of the indo pacific and also seen in the northern side of Australia. Let us see in detail where the box jellyfish dwell in.
Habitats are the place or the region in which an organism dwells in. The nematocysts, also known as stinging cells is the most toxic part of the box jellyfish. Few members of the box fish species have eyes and few do not have eyes.Image Credits: Box Jellyfish by Rickard Zerpe ( CC BY 2.0). Few species of the box jellyfish have 4 tentacles and few others have many tentacles.The tentacles are adhered or attached to the corner of the bell.The bell in the box jellyfish is called the square bell.Box jellyfish have a bell-like structure on the top where the tentacles are adhered.Box jellyfish characteristics:įrom the characteristics that are mentioned below, we will get a clear look on how the species are known as box jellyfish, Let us look in detail now. So the larvae form into the polyp and then the juveniles are formed. The combination of the male gamete and female gamete makes the cubozoans (ciliated larvae).Then finally the juvenile jellyfishes form into the adult female and adult male.There will be three stages of the transformation or commonly called as metamorphosis from which the jellyfish are formed from the polyps.The formation of vegetative polyp takes place which is in the bentonic stage.The life cycle initiates with the non pigmented larvae or the transparent larvae and then the pigment forms making it pigmented larvae.The life cycle of box jellyfish involves gametes and without gametes also and is a bit complex. The box jellyfish belong to the phylum Cnidaria and order Cubomedusae. Irukandji causes ailments that can be devastating. Irukandji is small and can still be toxic any organism. Irukandji is one of the rare and very toxic box jellyfish explored till date. Tamoya ohboya was first explored in the dutch Caribbean island waters. Tamoya ohboya is also known as Bonaire banded box jellyfish for their appearance as a band of colour can be seen in their tentacles. Examples of Tripedaliidae are Tripedalia binata, Tripedalia cystophora. Tripedaliidae is one of the tiniest type or species of box jellyfish which belongs to the class Cubozoa. Chirodropidais known for its muscular base which is branched at the corner of the cubic umbrella. Chirodropida:Ĭhirodropida is an order in the taxonomic classification which has many species in it. These are the transparent box fish which can be seen in the Atlantic ocean and also in pacific and Indian ocean too. Alatina Alata:Īlatina Alata belongs to the class cubozoa and it is one of the largest box jellyfishes. Chiropsalmus quadrigatus:Ĭhiropsalmus quadrigatus also known as the fire medusa or Indringa is a transparent type of box jellyfish with 8 tentacles that are flat in shape. The gonads of this species can be seen in the bell shaped structure. Copula sivickisi:Ĭopula sivickisi is one of the smallest box jellyfish species that grows only up to 0.4 inches or 10 millimeters. This one of the most commonly found type of Box jellyfish among all. They feed on other small fish and sea turtles. The range mass of this type of box jellyfish can be of 2 kg (max) and the length 3 metre (highest) Carybdeidai:Ĭarybdeidai is a species of the box jellyfish that comes along with 7 other species. Let us see the types of box jellyfish in detail.Ĭhironex is also known as the Australian box jellyfish or the sea wasps which is one of the toxic box jellyfish species that can be seen in the shallow waters of the northern part of Australia or in the southeastern part of the world. Box jellyfish is known as a pseudo jellyfish belonging to the cnidaria invertebrate with inverted tentacles connected to the body.
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