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Family: Carybdeidae



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21 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 2 cm WD
 
Carukia barnesi
[Box jelly]
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Carukia shinju
[]
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Carybdea arborifera
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Carybdea branchi
[]
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Carybdea brevipedalia
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Carybdea confusa
[]

Photo by Coudre, Christian

Eastern Central Pacific,
Max. Length 4 cm H
Carybdea marsupialis (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Carybdea marsupialis
[Warty sea wasp]
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Max. Length 3 cm WD
 
Carybdea rastonii
[]
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Carybdea sivickisi
[]
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Carybdea wayamba
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Carybdea xaymacana
[]
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Max. Length 1.9 cm WD
 
Malo bella
[]
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Malo filipina
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Malo kingi
[]
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Max. Length 4.5 cm WD
 
Malo maxima
[]
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Max. Length 13.5 cm WD
 
Tamoya gargantua
[]
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Tamoya haplonema
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Tamoya ohboya
[]
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Max. Length 1.4 cm WD
 
Tripedalia binata
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Max. Length 1.5 cm WD
 
Tripedalia cystophora
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Tripedalia maipoensis
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Carukia barnesi Box jelly Indo-West Pacific 2 WD 1967
Carukia shinju Eastern Indian Ocean 2005
Carybdea arborifera Eastern Central Pacific 1897
Carybdea branchi Southeast Atlantic 2009
Carybdea brevipedalia Northwest Pacific 1891
Carybdea confusa Eastern Central Pacific 2017
Carybdea marsupialis Warty sea wasp Eastern Central Pacific, 4 H 1758
Carybdea rastonii Indo-West Pacific 3 WD 1886
Carybdea sivickisi Southwest Pacific 1926
Carybdea wayamba Southwest Pacific 2020
Carybdea xaymacana Western Central Atlantic 1897
Malo bella Eastern Indian Ocean 1.9 WD 2014
Malo filipina Western Pacific 2012
Malo kingi Western Central Pacific 2007
Malo maxima Indo-West Pacific 4.5 WD 2005
Tamoya gargantua Eastern Central Pacific 13.5 WD 1880
Tamoya haplonema Western Atlantic. 1859
Tamoya ohboya Western Atlantic. 2011
Tripedalia binata Indo-West Pacific 1.4 WD 1988
Tripedalia cystophora Indo-Pacific and Western 1.5 WD 1897
Tripedalia maipoensis Northwest Pacific 2023



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