Tamoya haplonema
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| Tamoya haplonema | |
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| Illustration from Medusae of the World by Alfred G. Mayer (1910) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Cubozoa |
| Order: | Carybdeida |
| Family: | Tamoyidae |
| Genus: | Tamoya |
| Species: | T. haplonema |
| Binomial name | |
| Tamoya haplonema F. Müller, 1859 | |
Tamoya haplonema is a species of box jellyfish in the genus Tamoya. It is the type species of the genus and was described in 1859. The medusa possesses four tentacles, one each on an inter-radial pedal.[1]