Alatinidae
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Alatinidae is a family of box jellyfish
within class Cubozoa.
Box jellyfish
Box jellyfish are cnidarian invertebrates distinguished by their cube-shaped medusae. Box jellyfish are known for the extremely potent venom produced by some species: Chironex fleckeri, Carukia barnesi and Malo kingi are among the most venomous creatures in the world...
within class Cubozoa.
Alatina
Contains the following species:- Alatina alata (Reunaud, 1830)
- Alatina grandis (Agassiz & Mayer, 1902)
- Alatina madraspatana (Menon, 1930)
- Alatina mordens Gershwin, 2005 [synonym of A. moseri]
- Alatina moseri (Mayer, 1906)
- Alatina obeliscus (Haeckel, 1880)
- Alatina philippina (Haeckel, 1880)
- Alatina pyramis (Haeckel, 1880)
- Alatina rainensis Gershwin, 2005
- Alatina tetraptera (Haeckel, 1880)
- Alatina turricola (Haeckel, 1880)
Manokia
Contains the following species- Manokia stiasnyi (Bigelow, 1938)