Malo filipina

Malo filipina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Cubozoa
Order:	Carybdeida
Family:	Carukiidae
Genus:	Malo
Species:	M. filipina
Binomial name
	Malo filipina; Bentlage & Lewis, 2012

Malo filipina is a small and venomous Irukandji jellyfish found in the Philippines. It was first described to science in 2012, and is one of four species in genus Malo, often confused in the past with the M. maxima.^[1]

Description

M. filipina is a small Carybdeida, measuring between 30 and 40 mm. Its bell is white/transparent and covered by equally spaced nematocysts.

References

^ Bentlage, Bastian; Lewis, Cheryl (2012). "An illustrated key and synopsis of the families and genera of carybdeid box jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida), with emphasis on the "Irukandji family" (Carukiidae)". Journal of Natural History. 46 (41–42): 2595–2620. Bibcode:2012JNatH..46.2595B. doi:10.1080/00222933.2012.717645. S2CID 85427177. Retrieved 2015-04-26.

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[ben12-1] Bentlage, Bastian; Lewis, Cheryl (2012). "An illustrated key and synopsis of the families and genera of carybdeid box jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida), with emphasis on the "Irukandji family" (Carukiidae)". Journal of Natural History. 46 (41–42): 2595–2620. Bibcode:2012JNatH..46.2595B. doi:10.1080/00222933.2012.717645. S2CID 85427177. Retrieved 2015-04-26.

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