Carybdeida

Carybdeida
Tripedalia cystophora
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Cubozoa
Order:	Carybdeida Gegenbaur, 1857
Families
Alatinidae Carukiidae Carybdeidae Tamoyidae Tripedaliidae
Synonyms
Cubomedusae Haeckel, 1880

Carybdeida is an order of box jellyfish. ^[1] It contains five families. ^[2] They are distinguished from other box jellyfish by possessing unbranched muscular bases at the corners of the cubic umbrella. ^[3] Most species have four tentacles.

References

1. "Carybdeida". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
2. Bentlage, Bastian; Cartwright, Paulyn; Yanagihara, Angel A.; Lewis, Cheryl; Richards, Gemma S.; Collins, Allen G. (2010). "Evolution of box jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa), a group of highly toxic invertebrates". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 277 (1680): 493–501. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1707. PMC   2842657 . PMID   19923131.
3. Daly, Marymegan; et al. (2007). "The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus" (PDF). Zootaxa (1668): 127–182. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1668.1.11.