Box Jellyfish Elizabeth Raum
Publisher: Creative Company, The

More than 30 species of box jellyfish are known, but little is known about the life cycles and reproduction of most of them. Toxins from the box-jellyfish Chironex fleckeri. Endean R(1), Monks SA, Cameron AM. Box jellyfish--named for their squarish bells--are among the most feared types of jellyfish. Entering the waters in this area will expose you to box jellyfish stings. The box jellyfish is one of the most venomous creatures in the world. The "bell" of this box jelly can get as big as a basketball with up to 60 tentacles hanging down as long as 15 feet, which is pretty good sized jelly. The first feeding study of tropical Australia's Irukandji box jellyfish has found that they actively fish. The medusa form of a box jellyfish has a squarish, box-like bell. The other two recent deaths from box jellyfish occurred at another popular Thai island, Koh Phangan, known for the infamous Full Moon Party. Box jellyfish, commonly called stingers in northern Australia, are found from. The leg of 10-year-old Australian schoolgirl Rachael Shardlow who survived being stung by a deadly box jellyfish. There are thousands of tiny little stingers on a tentacle called a nematocyst.