What is Chironex fleckeri?
{{Italictitle}} {{Taxobox | name = Chironex fleckeri | image = Avispa marina.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = ''Chironex'' sp. | status = NE | status_system = iucn | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Cnidaria]] | classis = [[Cubozoa]] | ordo = [[Chirodropida]] | familia = [[Chirodropidae]] | genus = ''[[Chironex]]'' | species = '''''C. fleckeri''''' | binomial = ''Chironex fleckeri'' | binomial_authority = Southcott, 1956 | range_map = Chironex fleckeri Range Map.svg | range_map_caption = Range of ''Chironex fleckeri'' as traditionally defined, but see [[#Distribution and habitat|text]]. }} '''''Chironex fleckeri''''', commonly known as '''sea wasp''', is a well-known, lethal, [[Venom (poison)|venomous]] species of [[Box jellyfish]]. It lives in coastal waters from northern [[Australia]] and [[New Guinea]] north to the [[Philippines]] and [[Vietnam]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aims.gov.au/docs/projectnet/sea-wasp.html |title=Dangerous Marine Animals of Northern Australia: Sea Wasp |author=Barry Tobin |date=16 March 2010 |work=AIMS Data Centre |publisher=Australian Institute of Marine Science |access-date=27 September 2019}}</ref> Humans can easily be killed by its sting.<ref>{{Cite journal|vauthors=Beadnell CE, Rider TA, Williamson JA, Fenner PJ |title=Management of a major box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri) sting. Lessons from the first minutes and hours |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_medical-journal-of-australia_1992-05-04_156_9/page/n87 |journal=The Medical Journal of Australia |volume=156 |issue=9 |pages=655–8 |date=May 1992 |doi=10.5694/j.1326-5377.1992.tb121467.x |pmid=1352619|s2cid=36741049 }}</ref> It is considered the most lethal [[jellyfish]] in the world because of the numerous incidents resulting in injury or death to humans. == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * {{Commonscat-inline|Chironex fleckeri}} * [http://www.avru.org/general/distrib_boxjelly.html Distribution of Box Jellyfish in Australia] {{Taxonbar|from=Q310432}} [[Category:Jellyfish]] [[Category:Veno