Tamoya
Tamoya is a genus of box jellyfish within the monotypic family Tamoyidae.[1] Recently discovered genus Malo was also associated to this family.[2]
| Tamoya | |
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| Bonaire banded box jellyfish (Tamoya ohboya) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Cubozoa |
| Order: | Carybdeida |
| Family: | Tamoyidae Haeckel, 1880 |
| Genus: | Tamoya Mueller, 1859 |
Species
- Tamoya gargantua Haeckel, 1880
- Tamoya haplonema F. Müller, 1859
- Tamoya ohboya Collins, Bentlage, Gillan, Lynn, Morandini, Marques, 2011
References
- "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Tamoya Mueller, 1859". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2012-06-11.
- Gershwin, L. (2007). Malo kingi: A new species of Irukandji jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida), possibly lethal to humans, from Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 1659 55-68.
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