Invertebrates > Chirodropida & Box Jellyfishes
The Habu Box Jellyfish (Chironex yamaguchii), named after the venomous Okinawa habu pit viper due to its formidable sting, is an infamous cubozoan inhabiting the shallow, subtropical coastal waters of southern Japan and the Philippines. Closely related to the...
Invertebrates > Chirodropids & Chirodropida
The Sea Wasp Box Jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri), widely feared across northern Australia and Southeast Asia as the world’s most venomous marine animal, is a colossal, translucent cubomedusan cnidarian belonging to the box jellyfish family Chirodropidae within the...
