Chirodropus palmatus

Chirodropus palmatus
Chirodropus palmatus is in the center of the image.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Cubozoa
Order:	Chirodropida
Family:	Chirodropidae
Genus:	Chirodropus
Species:	C. palmatus
Binomial name
Chirodropus palmatus Haeckel, 1880

Chirodropus palmatus is a species of box jellyfish. It is one of two species belonging to the genus Chirodropus . ^[1]

Taxonomy

Recent studies showed that Chirodropus palmatus shares several distinctive physical features with the Chiropsalmidae jellyfish: pendant perradial gastric saccules and leaf-like, interradial lateral gonads. ^[2]

References

1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Chirodropus palmatus Haeckel, 1880". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-06-18.
2. Straehler-Pohl, Ilka (November 2022). "Ernst Haeckel's mysterious species, Part II: African Chirodropida (Cnidaria, Cubomedusae)". PLANKTON & BENTHOS RESEARCH. 17 (4): 406–429 – via Web of Science.