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

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8 entries grouped by species

1 entry

Carybdea alata (Hawaiian box jellyfish)

JTX2A_CARAL Toxin CaTX-A (Toxin-A) (CAT-1) (Toxin CaTX-B) (Toxin-B) Jellyfish toxin family, Type II ...

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Carybdea rastonii (Box jellyfish)

JTX21_CARRA Toxin CrTX-A (CRT-1) (CrTX-B) (Toxin 1) (Toxin-A) (Toxin-B) Jellyfish toxin family, Type II ...

4 entries

Chironex fleckeri (Australian box jellyfish)

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JTX11_CHIFL Toxin CfTX-1 (Toxin 1) Jellyfish toxin family, Type I ...
JTX12_CHIFL Toxin CfTX-2 (Toxin 2) Jellyfish toxin family, Type I ...
JTX2A_CHIFL Toxin CfTX-A (Toxin A) (TX-A) Jellyfish toxin family, Type II ...
JTX2B_CHIFL Toxin CfTX-B (Toxin B) (TX-B) Jellyfish toxin family, Type II ...

2 entries

Chiropsoides quadrigatus (Box jellyfish) (Chiropsalmus quadrigatus)

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BPP_CHIQU Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitory peptide (ACE inhibitory ... Bradykinin-potentiating peptide ...
JTX1A_CHIQU Toxin CqTX-A (CQT-A) (Toxin A) Jellyfish toxin family, Type I ...