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    Chironex fleckeri, commonly known as the Australian box jelly, and nicknamed the sea wasp, is a species of extremely venomous box jellyfish found in coastal...
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    Chironex is a genus of box jellyfish in the family Chirodropidae. Their stings are highly venomous, and have caused human fatalities. Based on present...
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    Chironex yamaguchii, commonly known as ハブクラゲ (transliterated as habu-kurage, literally meaning "Viper Jellyfish" in Japanese) and as "hub jellyfish" due...
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    delivered by contact with their tentacles. Stings from some species, including Chironex fleckeri, Carukia barnesi, Malo kingi, and a few others, are extremely...
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    the body of a box jellyfish. One member of this family, the sea wasp, Chironex fleckeri, is "claimed to be the most venomous marine animal known," according...
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    Chironex indrasaksajiae, locally known as Mangkaprun Klong, Mangkaprun Sarhai or Sarong, is a species of box jellyfish in a coastal water of the northern...
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    like a coiled spring that extends rapidly when released. In the case of Chironex (the "sea wasp"), chemical changes in the cnida's contents may cause them...
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    palmatus Haeckel, 1880 Chironex Southcott, 1956 Chironex fleckeri Southcott, 1956 Chironex indrasaksajiae Sucharitakul, 2017 Chironex yamaguchii Lewis & Bentlage...
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    territorial waters by decade in reverse chronological order. Irukandji syndrome Chironex fleckeri (Box Jellyfish) Archived 9 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine NT...
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    Gardens in Cairns, Queensland. He identified the deadly box jellyfish, Chironex fleckeri. Hugo Flecker was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1884. From the...
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    FADEC RD-33MK Morskaya Osa (Russian: Морская Оса, literally: "Sea Wasp" or Chironex fleckeri) turbofans. The RD-33MK is a highly improved variant and the latest...
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  • name of a number of species of venomous snakes. Habu may also refer to: Chironex yamaguchii, a venomous box jellyfish, known in Japan as the habu kurage...
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    Chirodropida Chironex sp. Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Class: Cubozoa Order: Chirodropida Haeckel, 1880...
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    quinquecirrha) Australian box jelly (Chironex fleckeri) Black sea nettle (Chrysaora achlyos) Carybdea species Chironex yamaguchii Compass jellyfish (Chrysaora...
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    environment across ecological niches across three species of box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri, Chiropsella bronzie, and Carukia barnesi). Behavioral studies...
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    protect scuba divers in Queensland Australia against the "Box jellyfish" (Chironex fleckeri)[citation needed] In 1978, Tony Farmer was a swimsuit designer...
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    sting at Picnic Bay, Magnetic Island, stung while bathing. Box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri) have caused more than 79 deaths in Australia since records began...
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    have been found to coexist with other Chirodropidae, such as Chironex yamaguchii and Chironex fleckeri; it is quite possible that sightings in Australia...
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  • Tridacna rosewateri and Tridacna maxima). Cnidarians include the jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri and Thysanostoma loriferum), siphonophores (Physalia physalis...
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    (2005). "A functional comparison of the venom of three Australian jellyfish—Chironex fleckeri, Chiropsalmus sp., and Carybdea xaymacana—on cytosolic Ca2+, haemolysis...
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  • Dublin's Dún Laoghaire Harbour. A recent series, Medusae, includes images of Chironex fleckeri, a type of jellyfish and was made in collaboration with her brother...
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    Queensland, and has a stinger net to protect swimmers from box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri). The safest swimming is between the flags placed by the lifesavers;...
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    club helps protect swimmers from marine "stingers" (jellyfish species of Chironex and Irukandji) which inhabit the waters during those months. Ellis Beach...
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  • He later appeared in season 2 of ZEXAL II where he aids Shark to fight Chironex in order to save his sister from being poisoned. After finding out Shark...
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  • their heart rate. The venom of C. bronzie may be very similar to that of Chironex fleckeri, but potentially less potent. This could be confirmed by the fact...
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  • box jellyfish, was one of his first and only papers on the cnidarian, Chironex fleckeri. He also contributed on the medical effects of high liver consumption...
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    Queensland Finger Cherry and the Tar Tree and identified the deadly box jelly, Chironex fleckeri. From 1935 he contributed a weekly column to the Cairns Post on...
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    tissues. ATP2B1 is a critical host factor supporting cytotoxicity caused by Chironex fleckeri (a type of box jellyfish) stings. Blocking ATP2B1 is believed...
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