Chiropsalmidae is a family of venomous box jellyfish within the class Cubozoa.[1]
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| Chiropsalmus quadrigatus, side view of half-grown medusa. Drawn from a preserved specimen. A, enlarged side view of sense-club. B, inner side of sense-club. C, oral view of stomach showing the 4 lips and 8 gastric sacs. D, enlarged view of gastric cirri. E, side view of a pedalium with all but one of the tentacles cut across. | |
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| Chiropsalmus quadrumanus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Cubozoa |
| Order: | Chirodropida |
| Family: | Chiropsalmidae Thiel, 1936 |
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Genera
edit- Chiropsalmus Agassiz, 1862
- Chiropsalmus alipes Gershwin, 2006
- Chiropsalmus quadrumanus (F. Muller, 1859)
- Chiropsoides Southcott, 1956
- Chiropsoides buitendijki (van der Horst, 1907)
References
edit- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Chiropsalmidae". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
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