Carybdeida Explained

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

Notes and References

1. Bentlage, B., Cartwright, P., Yanagihara, A.A., Lewis, C., Richards, G.S., and Collins, A.G. 2010. Evolution of box jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa), a group of highly toxic invertebrates. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277: 493-501.
2. Daly . Marymegan . The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus . . 1668 . 127–182 . 2007 . etal.