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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Cnidaria (phylum)  »  Cubozoa (class)  »  Carybdeida (order)  »  Carukiidae (family)

CAAB Code:	11 148006 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Malo kingi   Gershwin, 2007
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies Family: 11 148 Carukiidae (box jellyfish) - show full list Common Name: Halo Irukandji Organism Type: a box jellyfish Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 11 148904     Malo spp. Previous Codes (if any): 11 151005

Identifiers:

AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:c4be67ba-0eda-4449-9637-55ada058fb3e Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:567183 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-10 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Gershwin, L.-A., 2007. Malo kingi: A new species of Irukandji jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida), possibly lethal to humans, from Queensland, Australia., Zootaxa, Vol. 1659: 55-68.
Scientific Name verified against:	Bentlage, B., Cartwright, P., Yanagihara, A.A., Lewis, C., Richards, G.S., Collins, A.G., 2010. Evolution of box jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa), a group of highly toxic invertebrates., Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Vol. 277: 493-501.