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Chirodropus palmatus

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Chirodropus palmatus
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Cubozoa
Order: Chirodropida
Family: Chirodropidae
Genus: Chirodropus
Species:
C. palmatus
Binomial name
Chirodropus palmatus
Haeckel, 1880

Chirodropus palmatus is a species of box jellyfish. It is one of two species belonging to the genus Chirodropus.[1]

Taxonomy

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Recent studies showed that Chirodropus palmatus shares several distinctive physical features with the Chiropsalmidae jellyfish: pendant perradial gastric saccules and leaf-like, interradial lateral gonads.[2]

References

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  1. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Chirodropus palmatus Haeckel, 1880". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-06-18.
  2. ↑ Straehler-Pohl, Ilka (November 2022). "Ernst Haeckel's mysterious species, Part II: African Chirodropida (Cnidaria, Cubomedusae)". Plankton & Benthos Research. 17 (4) P170406: 406–429. Bibcode:2022PBenR..17..406S. doi:10.3800/pbr.17.406 – via Web of Science.