Malo kingi Gershwin, 2007
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Family:  Carybdeidae ()
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Environment:  pelagic; marine
Distribution:  Western Central Pacific: Australia.
Diagnosis:  This species has halo-like rings encircling tentacles. The nematocysts are inserted end-on into the edges of rings, radiating outward; velarial canals with one root per octant, palmate, with 4 digitiform extensions. The bell has nematocyst warts with a pale purple color.
Biology:  This species causes the Irukandji Syndrome (Ref. 128189).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans:  venomous
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