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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
Main 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.
Other References:
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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