Chirodropus palmatus
Species of jellyfish
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Chirodropus palmatus is a species of box jellyfish. It is one of two species belonging to the genus Chirodropus.[1]
| Chirodropus palmatus | |
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| Chirodropus palmatus is in the center of the image. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Cubozoa |
| Order: | Chirodropida |
| Family: | Chirodropidae |
| Genus: | Chirodropus |
| Species: | C. palmatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Chirodropus palmatus Haeckel, 1880 | |
Taxonomy
Recent studies showed that Chirodropus palmatus shares several distinctive physical features with the Chiropsalmidae jellyfish: pendant perradial gastric saccules and leaf-like, interradial lateral gonads.[2]
