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Non-fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Chirodropidae (See list of species below)
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8 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)
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Chirodectes maculatus
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Chirodropus gorilla
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Chirodropus palmatus
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Chironex fleckeri
[Box jellyfish] 		No picture found

Chiropsalmus alipes
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Chiropsalmus buitendijki
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Chiropsalmus quadrumanus
[Four-handed box jellyfish] 		No picture found

Chiropsalmus zygonema
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8 Species of Family Chirodropidae
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Sort by: Species Length
Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Chirodectes maculatus Western Central Pacific 16 WD
Chirodropus gorilla Eastern Central Atlantic 12 WD
Chirodropus palmatus Western Central Atlantic 7 WD
Chironex fleckeri Box jellyfish Indo-Pacific 30 WD
Chiropsalmus alipes Eastern Central Pacific
Chiropsalmus buitendijki Central Indo-Pacific 8 WD
Chiropsalmus quadrumanus Four-handed box jellyfish Western Atlantic and Indo 14 WD
Chiropsalmus zygonema Southwest Atlantic 4 WD



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