Chiropsoides buitendijki
Sign in to saveChiropsoides is a genus of box jellyfish in the family Chiropsalmidae. It is monotypic, with a single species, Chiropsoides buitendijki. The most distinct species characteristics are the shape of the gastric saccules, the pedalial canals, and the unilateral pedalial branching.
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It is catalogued under topics including Chiropsalmidae, Medusozoa genera and Monotypic Cnidaria genera.
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Species
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassCubozoa
- OrderChirodropida
- FamilyChiropsalmidae
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- Parent taxon
- Chiropsoides
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- Chiropsoides buitendijki
- short name
- C. buitendijki
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Anatomy and morphology
- Behavior
- Classification
- Habitat
- Threats
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Chiropsoides is a genus of box jellyfish in the family Chiropsalmidae. It is monotypic, with a single species, Chiropsoides buitendijki. The most distinct species characteristics are the shape of the gastric saccules, the pedalial canals, and the unilateral pedalial branching.
== Anatomy and morphology == As members of the phylum Cnidaria, C. buitendijki have flexible, tubule-shaped stinging cells called nematocysts that coil within a capsule structure and can be launched outward to deliver a sting to prey. Many jellyfish of the class Cubozoa have tubules that can be categorized as microbasic, meaning that the tubule is not longer than the capsule and thus does not need to coil up to fit inside. More specifically, C. buitendijki have tubules called mastigophores, meaning "whip-bearing". Most Cubozoans, including C. buitendijki, have p-mastigophores, meaning that the shaft and tubule differ noticeably in girth. This structure is believed to carry most of the venom within the entire nematocyst.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chiropsoides buitendijki” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.