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box jellyfish

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box jellyfish
members of the order Cubomedusae in the class Schyphozoa. They carry potent venom sufficient to kill an adult human. There are no records of animal mortality. Called also sea wasp.


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Eight of the eyes on a box jellyfish have surprisingly good lenses, yet the structure of the eyes keeps them from focusing sharply, according to a new optics study.
But the city has had several good reasons for turning its back on the sea: tides that can rise almost 9m high, marine predators, lethal box jellyfish and threat of inundation from cyclonic surges.
Study collaborators at the Bert Fish Medical Center in Florida also tested a more dangerous species known as the box jellyfish or sea wasp, which is prevalent along the Florida and Texas coasts and around the Gulf of Mexico.
 
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