Carybdea alata auct. and Monokia stiasnyi, reclassification to a new family with description of a new genus and two new species

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 501-523

  Gershwin, Lisa Ann ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Box jellyfish; Cubozoa; Irukandji syndrome; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

TAXONOMY;

CARYBDEA; CARYBDEA ALATA; CARYBDEIDAE; CUBOMEDUSAE; CUBOZOA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 33644665420     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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