Carybdeida

Carybdeida
	Tripedalia cystophora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Cubozoa
Order:	Carybdeida; Gegenbaur, 1857
Families
	Alatinidae; Carukiidae; Carybdeidae; Tamoyidae; Tripedaliidae;
Synonyms
	Cubomedusae Haeckel, 1880;

Carybdeida is an order of box jellyfish.^[1] It contains five families.^[2] They are distinguished from other box jellyfish by possessing unbranched muscular bases at the corners of the cubic umbrella.^[3] Most species have four tentacles.

References

↑ "Carybdeida". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
↑ Bentlage, Bastian; Cartwright, Paulyn; Yanagihara, Angel A.; Lewis, Cheryl; Richards, Gemma S.; Collins, Allen G. (2010). "Evolution of box jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa), a group of highly toxic invertebrates". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 277 (1680): 493–501. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1707. PMC 2842657. PMID 19923131.
↑ Daly, Marymegan; et al. (2007). "The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus" (PDF). Zootaxa (1668): 127–182. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1668.1.11.

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[1] "Carybdeida". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

[2] Bentlage, Bastian; Cartwright, Paulyn; Yanagihara, Angel A.; Lewis, Cheryl; Richards, Gemma S.; Collins, Allen G. (2010). "Evolution of box jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa), a group of highly toxic invertebrates". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 277 (1680): 493–501. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1707. PMC 2842657. PMID 19923131.

[3] Daly, Marymegan; et al. (2007). "The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus" (PDF). Zootaxa (1668): 127–182. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1668.1.11.

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