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    Chironex fleckeri, commonly known as the Australian box jelly, and nicknamed the sea wasp, is a species of extremely venomous box jellyfish found in coastal...
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    Species lists the following species: Chironex fleckeri Southcott, 1956 Chironex indrasaksajiae Sucharitakul, 2017 Chironex yamaguchii Lewis & Bentlage, 2009...
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    has now been established that Chironex yamaguchii is a different species and is more closely related to Chironex fleckeri, however, the name Chiropsalmus...
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    contact with their tentacles. Stings from some species, including Chironex fleckeri, Carukia barnesi, Malo kingi, and a few others, are extremely painful...
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    Gardens in Cairns, Queensland. He identified the deadly box jellyfish, Chironex fleckeri. Hugo Flecker was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1884. From the early...
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    body of a box jellyfish. One member of this family, the sea wasp, Chironex fleckeri, is "claimed to be the most venomous marine animal known," according...
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    environment across ecological niches across three species of box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri, Chiropsella bronzie, and Carukia barnesi). Behavioral studies suggest...
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    can introduce undesirable amounts of heavy metals. The "sea wasp" Chironex fleckeri has been described as the world's most venomous jellyfish and is held...
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    Picnic Bay, Magnetic Island, stung while bathing. Box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri) have caused more than 79 deaths in Australia since records began...
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    scuba divers in Queensland Australia against the "Box jellyfish" (Chironex fleckeri)[citation needed] In 1978, Tony Farmer was a swimsuit designer and...
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