Malo kingi

Malo kingi Gershwin, 2007

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Family:	Carybdeidae ()
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Environment:	pelagic; marine
Distribution:	Western Central Pacific: Australia.
Diagnosis:	This species has halo-like rings encircling tentacles. The nematocysts are inserted end-on into the edges of rings, radiating outward; velarial canals with one root per octant, palmate, with 4 digitiform extensions. The bell has nematocyst warts with a pale purple color.
Biology:	This species causes the Irukandji Syndrome (Ref. 128189).
IUCN Red List Status:	Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans:	venomous
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