Cubozoa (sea wasps)

Description Cubozoa (box jellyfish) is a class of animals distinguished by their cube-shaped medusae. Some species of box jellyfish produce extremely potent venom, are extremely painful and can be fatal to humans.

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The box jellyfish Chironex fleckeri (Image from Wikimedia licensed under Creative Commons)

Taxonomy

UniProt taxonomy
World Register of Marine Species
Wikipedia

Phylum: Cnidaria


Class: Cubozoa

Venom protein entries in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot

5 entries grouped by species (browse by taxonomy, browse by keywords)

1 entry

Carybdea alata (Hawaiian box jellyfish)

CTXA_CARAL Toxin CaTX-A (Toxin A) (CAT-1) Jellyfish toxin family

1 entry

Carybdea rastonii (Box jellyfish)

CTX1_CARRA Toxin CrTX-A (CRT-1) (CrTX-B) (Toxin 1) Jellyfish toxin family

2 entries

Chironex fleckeri (Australian box jellyfish)

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CTX1_CHIFL Toxin CfTX-1 (Toxin 1) Jellyfish toxin family
CTX2_CHIFL Toxin CfTX-2 (Toxin 2) Jellyfish toxin family

1 entry

Chiropsoides quadrigatus (Box jellyfish) (Chiropsalmus quadrigatus)

CTXA_CHIQU Toxin CqTX-A (CQT-A) (Toxin A) Jellyfish toxin family