Chiropsalmus quadrumanus
Chiropsalmus quadrumanus
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Overview
Biology
C. quadrumanus has a transparent coloring with the exception of the tentacles, which are a mauve color. It is venomous, and is particularly lethal for small children. Generally 5-6 inches in bell diameter, it a lobe attached to each bell corner with several long tentacles attached.
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Description
Diagnostic Description
Bell dome-shaped; translucent; four large, hand-shaped pedalia with 7 to 9 finger-like branches, each branch giving rise to long slender tentacle; tentacles covered with closely set rings of nematocysts.
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Ecology and Distribution
Distribution
North Carolina; Caribbean; Gulf of Mexico; Mexico; Brazil.
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Trophic Strategy
Feed on small fish that are caught in their trailing tentacles.
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References
(2006). Comments on Chiropsalmus (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Chirodropida): a preliminary revision of the Chiropsalmidae, with descriptions of two new genera and two new species.
Zootaxa. 1231, 1-42.
(1988). Seashore Animals of the Southeast.
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