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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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    has now been established that Chironex yamaguchii is a different species and is more closely related to Chironex fleckeri, however, the name Chiropsalmus...
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    Species lists the following species: Chironex fleckeri Southcott, 1956 Chironex indrasaksajiae Sucharitakul, 2017 Chironex yamaguchii Lewis & Bentlage, 2009...
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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 early...
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    contact with their tentacles. Stings from some species, including Chironex fleckeri, Carukia barnesi, Malo kingi, and a few others, are extremely painful...
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    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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    environment across ecological niches across three species of box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri, Chiropsella bronzie, and Carukia barnesi). Behavioral studies suggest...
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    can introduce undesirable amounts of heavy metals. The "sea wasp" Chironex fleckeri has been described as the world's most venomous jellyfish and is held...
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    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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    scuba divers in Queensland Australia against the "Box jellyfish" (Chironex fleckeri)[citation needed] In 1978, Tony Farmer was a swimsuit designer and...
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    waters by decade in reverse chronological order. Irukandji syndrome Chironex fleckeri (Box Jellyfish) Archived 9 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine NT Dept...
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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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    quinquecirrha) Australian box jelly (Chironex fleckeri) Black sea nettle (Chrysaora achlyos) Carybdea species Chironex yamaguchii Compass jellyfish (Chrysaora...
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    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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    functional comparison of the venom of three Australian jellyfish—Chironex fleckeri, Chiropsalmus sp., and Carybdea xaymacana—on cytosolic Ca2+, haemolysis...
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    been found to coexist with other Chirodropidae, such as Chironex yamaguchii and Chironex fleckeri; it is quite possible that sightings in Australia and...
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  • to that of Chironex fleckeri, but potentially less potent. This could be confirmed by the fact C. bronzie are more abundant than C. fleckeri, but have...
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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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  • 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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    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 behalf...
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    ATP2B1 is a critical host factor supporting cytotoxicity caused by Chironex fleckeri (a type of box jellyfish) stings. Blocking ATP2B1 is believed to have...
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  • 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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