Scientific Name: Chiropsoides buitendijki (van der Horst, 1907)
English Name: Box jellyfish/ Sea wasp
Local/Bangla Name: Jellyfish (জেলিফিশ)
Photo: Sm Sharifuzzaman (2021)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Cubozoa
Order: Chirodropida
Family: Chiropsalmidae
Description:
The bell of Chiropsalmus buitendujki is box-shaped, featuring four clearly defined sides. Each pedalium has five to six fingers, and tentacles are arranged in a linear series on the outer side of the main shaft. Around the mouth, there is a circle of stinging tentacles. The bell cavity contains eight elongated, simple, finger-shaped subumbrellar gastric saccules, nearly equal in length to the depth of the bell.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Saint martin’s island
Environment:
Marine
References:
Kabir SMH, Ahmed M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondoker M (EDS.) (2008) Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh. Protozoa-Gastrotricha. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka. Vol.14, 335 pp.
Venmathi Maran BA, Aungtonya C, Chuan C, Metillo E, Miyake H, Iesa I, Arsiranant I, Karunarathne K, Densing L, de Croos D, Rizman-Idid M, Yap N, Nilamani N, Sianturi O, Rungraung P, Sim Y, Sharifuzzaman S, Widiastuti W, Das Y (2021). Field guide to the jellyfish of Western Pacific.
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