Chiropsalmidae

{{Short description|Family of jellyfishes}}

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| taxon = Chiropsalmidae

| image = Medusae of world-vol03 fig331.jpg

| image_alt = "Chiropsalmus quadrigatus", side view of half-grown medusa. Drawn from a preserved specimen. A, enlarged side view of sense-club. B, inner side of sense-club. C, oral view of stomach showing the 4 lips and 8 gastric sacs. D, enlarged view of gastric cirri. E, side view of a pedalium with all but one of the tentacles cut across.

| image_caption = Chiropsalmus quadrigatus, side view of half-grown medusa. Drawn from a preserved specimen. A, enlarged side view of sense-club. B, inner side of sense-club. C, oral view of stomach showing the 4 lips and 8 gastric sacs. D, enlarged view of gastric cirri. E, side view of a pedalium with all but one of the tentacles cut across.

| image2 = Medusae of world-vol03 pl57 Chiropsalmus quadrumanus.png

| image2_alt = "Chiropsalmus quadrumanus"

| image2_caption = Chiropsalmus quadrumanus

| authority = Thiel, 1936

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision =

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Chiropsalmidae is a family of venomous box jellyfish within the class Cubozoa.{{cite web|url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=266990|title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Chiropsalmidae|publisher=marinespecies.org|accessdate=2014-07-31}}

Genera

:*Chiropsalmus alipes Gershwin, 2006

:*Chiropsalmus quadrumanus (F. Muller, 1859)

:* Chiropsoides buitendijki (van der Horst, 1907)

References

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Category:Chirodropida

Category:Cnidarian families

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