- others, are
extremely painful and
often fatal to humans. Historically,
cubozoans were
classified as an
order of
Scyphozoa until 1973, when they were put...
- are
small sensory structures of
certain Scyphozoan (true jellyfish) and
Cubozoan (box jellyfish) species. The
structures typically occur in
multiples of...
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process again later. With
cubozoans, the
planula settles onto a
suitable surface, and
develops into a polyp. The
cubozoan polyp then
eventually metamorphoses...
-
fleckeri appearing as hands.
Chironex fleckeri is the
largest of the
cubozoans (collectively
called box jellyfish), many of
which may
carry similarly...
- son and a
local li****uard, then
observed the
resulting symptoms.
Other cubozoans possibly can
cause Irukandji syndrome;
those positively identified include...
-
transparent medusae and are heavily-armed with
venomous nematocysts.
Cubozoans have
planula larvae,
which settle and
develop into
sessile polyps, which...
- 2
October 2013. Seymour, Jamie; Carrette, Teresa. "Identification of
cubozoans responsible for
causing Irukandji syndrome".
James Cook University. Archived...
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Jellyfish stings killed about 1,500
people in the 20th century, and
cubozoans are
particularly dangerous. On the
other hand, some
large jellyfish are...
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changes from
invertebrates (zooplankton and crustaceans) to vertebrates.
Cubozoans follow a life
cycle that
alternates between young benthic sessile polyps...
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Kimberella was
originally interpreted as a
cubozoan cnidarian,
although it is now
believed it was an
early mollusc....
