Chiropsalmus alipes
| Chiropsalmus alipes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Cubozoa |
| Order: | Chirodropida |
| Family: | Chiropsalmidae |
| Genus: | Chiropsalmus |
| Species: | C. alipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Chiropsalmus alipes Gershwin, 2006
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Chiropsalmus alipes is a species of box jellyfish within the order Chirodropida.[1] It is found on the Pacific coast of southern Mexico. This species has very long blade-like pedalia simular to those of Carybdeida, an order of box jellyfish. It also only has four tentacles when it reaches maturity.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Chiropsalmus alipes Gershwin, 2006". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-06-18.
- ^ Gershwin, Lisa-Ann (2006-06-12). "Comments on Chiropsalmus (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Chirodropida): a preliminary revision of the Chiropsalmidae, with descriptions of two new genera and two new species". Zootaxa. 1231 (1): 1–42. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1231.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
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