Alatina grandis

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Alatina grandis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Cubozoa
Order: Carybdeida
Family: Alatinidae
Genus: Alatina
Species:
A. grandis
Binomial name
Alatina grandis
(Agassiz & Mayer, 1902) [1]
Synonyms

Charybdea grandisAgassiz & Mayer, 1902 [1]

Alatina grandis is a species of box jellyfish in the genus Alatina . It has been found in the Pacific Ocean off the coasts of islands in French Polynesia. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Agassiz, Alexander; Mayer, Alfred G. (1902). Medusæ. Biodiversity Heritage Library. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.41325.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. Straehler-Pohl, Ilka; Gul, Shahnawaz (2017). "Rediscovery and description of the cubomedusa Alatina grandis (Agassiz & Mayer, 1902) (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Alatinidae) from Pakistani waters". Plankton and Benthos Research. 12: 1–14. doi: 10.3800/pbr.12.1 .