Term
Common Name:
Box Jellyfish or Sea Wasp |
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Definition
Latin Name:
Chironex Fleckeri
Chironex = Murderer and Fleckeri is the discoverer, Dr. Hugo Flecker |
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Adaptations:
Cube umbrellas
Velarium increases speed
Its nervous system is more developed
True eyes, with cornea, irises, and pupils, not pigment eyes
Can kill 60 people in 3 minutes with venom, its nemocysts make it like acid
Pale-blue makes it transparent in water |
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Definition
Habitat:
Indo-Pacific, East Pacific Oceans, and Californian coast, Australian waters
Prefers to live in tropical waters |
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Behaviors:
When it is a medusa it migrates
It has a solitary lifestyle |
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Definition
Reproduction:
7-10 after full moon, mates near shore
Males release sperm into water, Females absorb the sperm
Attaches fertilized eggs to sea bed |
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Diet:
Carnivorous, eats zooplankton, fish, prawn, other jellyfish
Instead of drifting it can hunt
Cannot eat turtles, they are impervious |
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Additional Information:
Its cousins live all around the world |
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Works Cited:
http://www.marine-medic.com.au/pages/medical/chironex.asp#habitat
http://web.fccj.org/~dbyres/2011projects/chironex/chironex_fleckeri.htm |
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Evolution:
Evolved during early Paleozoic Era from simple organisms |
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