Chirodropida

Chirodropida
Chironex sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Cubozoa
Order:	Chirodropida Haeckel, 1880
Families
Chirodropidae Haeckel, 1880 Chiropsalmidae Thiel, 1936 Chiropsellidae Toshino, Miyake & Shibata, 2015

Chirodropida is an order of box jellyfishes. They can be distinguished from other box jellyfish by the presence of branched muscular bases at the corners of their cubic umbrella, and of small saccules associated with the gastric cavity. They typically have multiple tentacles at each corner.

References

• Daly, Marymegan; et al. (2007). "The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus" (PDF). Zootaxa (1668): 127–182.
• "Chirodropida". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.