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Family: Chirodropidae



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11 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 16 cm WD
 
Chirodectes maculatus
[]
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Max. Length 12 cm WD
 
Chirodropus gorilla
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7 cm WD
 
Chirodropus palmatus
[]

Iesa, Iffah

Western Central Pacific

Chironex blakangmatiIesa, Lewis Ames, Yap & Huang, 2026

Photo by Iesa, Iffah
 
Chironex blakangmati
[]
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Max. Length 30 cm WD
 
Chironex fleckeri
[Box jellyfish]
No picture found
 
Chironex indrasaksajiae
[]
No picture found
 
Chironex yamaguchii
[]
No picture found
 
Chiropsalmus alipes
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 8 cm WD
 
Chiropsalmus buitendijki
[]

O'Keefe, Jo

Western Atlantic and Indo
Max. Length 14 cm WD
Chiropsalmus quadrumanus(Müller, 1859)

Photo by O'Keefe, Jo
 
Chiropsalmus quadrumanus
[Four-handed box jellyfish]
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Max. Length 4 cm WD
 
Chiropsalmus zygonema
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