Chirodropus palmatus
| Chirodropus palmatus | |
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| Chirodropus palmatus is in the center of the image. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Cubozoa |
| Order: | Chirodropida |
| Family: | Chirodropidae |
| Genus: | Chirodropus |
| Species: | C. palmatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Chirodropus palmatus Haeckel, 1880
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Chirodropus palmatus is a species of box jellyfish. It is one of two species belonging to the genus Chirodropus.[1]
Taxonomy
Recent studies showed that Chirodropus palmatus shares several distinctive physical features with the Chiropsalmidae jellyfish: pendant perradial gastric saccules and leaf-like, interradial lateral gonads.[2]
References
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Chirodropus palmatus Haeckel, 1880". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-06-18.
- ^ Straehler-Pohl, Ilka (November 2022). "Ernst Haeckel's mysterious species, Part II: African Chirodropida (Cnidaria, Cubomedusae)". Plankton & Benthos Research. 17 (4) P170406: 406–429. Bibcode:2022PBenR..17..406S. doi:10.3800/pbr.17.406 – via Web of Science.