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Also Known As	Cubozoa • cubozoan

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Australian box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri)

A transparent Caribbean box jellyfish, Tripedalia cystophora, floats in clear water with a dead fish visible inside its stomach, Bocas del Toro, Panama.

A translucent box jellyfish, Tamoya haplonema, swims in dark water with its long, thin tentacles trailing behind its cube-shaped body.

box jellyfish (Carukia barnesi)

Translucent box jellyfish with long trailing tentacles, illuminated in blue light against a dark aquarium background.

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