Cubozoa
The box jellyfish belongs to the phylum of Cnidaria. The class for the box jellyfish is Cubozoa and the order is carybdeida.
The phylum of the box jellyfish is Cnidaria. The kingdom for the box jellyfish is animalia and the class is Cubozoa.
The box jellyfish is an ocean invertebrate that belongs to the phylum of Cnidaria. It is in the kingdom of animalia and the class of Cubozoa.
Jellies are invertebrates.
A jellyfish is the medusoid stadium of animals belonging to phyum Cnidaria, subphylum Medusozoa, which include: * class: Scyphozoa * class: Cubozoa * class: Staurozoa* class: Hydrozoa (only some hydrozoans have a medusoid stadium, so not all of them have jellyfishes) * class: Polypodiozoa Jellyfishes scientific names are ruled by the ICZN (International Code of Zoological Nomenclature). Each species must be identified with the genus name followed by the specific name (binomial nomenclature).
The box-jellyfish is special from all the other jelly-fish because, it doesn't drift but actually moves. All of the other jelly-fish just drift with the current, they are not moving. The box-jellyfish is actually not a jelly-fish. It is just called a jellyfish for its jellyfish appearance not for it truthfully being a jellyfish.
Stings of some species of the class Cubozoa and the Box jellyfish, such as the famous and especially toxic Irukandji jellyfish, can be deadly. The sea wasp, a box jellyfish found in Australian waters, can kill an adult human within a few minutes.
Most jellyfish stings are not deadly, but stings of some species of the class Cubozoa and the Box jellyfish, such as the famous and especially toxic Irukandji jellyfish, can be deadly.
Yes, the box jellyfish IS a true jellyfish.
First of all, the man-of-war is not a true jellyfish. Its body is filled with air. To be a jellyfish the "bag" of their body has to be filled with water. Also a box jellyfish is more dangerous. The box jellyfish is the most dangerous jellyfish in the world.
The box jellyfish is lethally dangerous if you have been stung over more than a few square centimeters of skin.
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Class: Cubozoa Families CarybdeidaChirodropidaSpeciesChironex fleckeri