Venom ontogeny, diet and morphology in Carukia barnesi, a species of Australian box jellyfish that causes Irukandji syndrome

Toxicon

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1073-1082

  Underwood, Avril H ^a   Seymour, Jamie E ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bell warts; Box jellyfish; Carukia barnesi; Irukandji syndrome; Nematocysts; Ontogenetic; Prey capture; Tentacles; Venom

Indexed keywords

VENOM;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BITES AND STINGS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; IRUKANDJI SYNDROME; JELLYFISH; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; POISONOUS JELLYFISH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; CUBOZOA; DIET; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EXTREMITIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; PROTEINS; QUEENSLAND;

ANIMALIA; CARUKIA BARNESI; CARYBDEIDAE; CUBOMEDUSAE; CUBOZOA; HYDROIDA; INVERTEBRATA; SCYPHOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34249074867     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.01.014     Document Type: Article

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