Carukia barnesi Box Jelly, Irukandji Jelly Fish

Carukia barnesi is commonly referred to as Box Jelly, Irukandji Jelly Fish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Highly toxic.

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lexID:

7420 

AphiaID:

289574 

Scientific:

Carukia barnesi 

German:

Irukandji-Würfelqualle 

English:

Box Jelly, Irukandji Jelly Fish 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Cubozoa (Class) > Carybdeida (Order) > Carukiidae (Family) > Carukia (Genus) > barnesi (Species) 

Initial determination:

Southcott, 1967 

Occurrence:

Australia, Queensland (Australia) 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

10 - 20 Meter 

Size:

0.39" - 0.98" (1cm - 2.5cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Fish (little fishes), Fish eggs, Mysis, Predatory, Schrimps, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Highly toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Carukia barnesi
  Irukandji-Würfelqualle
• Carukia shinju

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-08-01 20:16:46 

Last edit:

2025-11-07 19:30:15 

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