Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classis: Cubozoa
Ordo: Chirodropida
Familiae: Chirodropidae – Chiropsalmidae - Chiropsellidae
Chirodropus sp.
References
Gershwin, L.-A. 2006: Comments on Chiropsalmus (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Chirodropida): a preliminary revision of the Chiropsalmidae, with descriptions of two new genera and two new species. Zootaxa, 1231: 1–42. Abstract & excerpt
Daly, M., Brugler, M. R., Cartwright, P., Collins, A. G., Dawson, M. N., Fautin, D. G., France, S. C., McFadden, C. S., Opresko, D. M., Rodrigues, E., Romanos, S. L., Stakes, J. L. (2007). The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus, 127—182. In: Zhang, Z.-Q., Shear, W. A. (eds.) (2007). Linnaeus Tercentenary: Progress in Invertebrate Taxonomy. Zootaxa 1668: 1–766. Full text.
Chirodropida Haeckel, 1880 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Chirodropida in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on 2014-12-25.
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.
References
Daly, Marymegan; et al. (2007). "The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus" (PDF). Zootaxa (1668): 127–182.
"Chirodropida". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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