Cubozoa | 
Carybdeida | 
Carybdeidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
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				Pelagic.  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Eastern Indian Ocean:  Australia.
			
			
			
			
			
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					Presumed to cause Irukandji syndrome (type 1) based on its morphology and genetic similarity to Carukia barnesi (Ref. 61059, 3068). Practically nothing is known about its ecology (Ref. 61059).				
			
			
			
			
			
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				Gershwin, L.A. 2005 Two new species of jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida) from tropical Western Australia, presumed to cause Irukandji syndrome. Zootaxa 1084:1-30. (Ref. 3068)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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