Chiropsalmus
"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.
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 (cnidaria}|pedalium]] with all but one of the tentacles cut across.
"Chiropsalmus quadrumanus"
Chiropsalmus quadrumanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Cubozoa
Order: Chirodropida
Family: Chiropsalmidae
Genus: Chiropsalmus
Agassiz, 1862

Chiropsalmus is a genus of box jellyfish in the family Chiropsalmidae.

Species

The following species are recognized in the genus Chiropsalmus:[1]

References

  1. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Chiropsalmus Agassiz, 1862". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-04-11.


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