Carukia barnesi Box Jelly, Irukandji Jelly Fish

Carukia barnesi is commonly referred to as Box Jelly, Irukandji Jelly Fish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Highly toxic.

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lexID:

7420 

AphiaID:

289574 

Scientific:

Carukia barnesi 

German:

Irukandji-Würfelqualle 

English:

Box Jelly, Irukandji Jelly Fish 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Cubozoa (Class) > Carybdeida (Order) > Carukiidae (Family) > Carukia (Genus) > barnesi (Species) 

Initial determination:

Southcott, 1967 

Occurrence:

Australia, Queensland (Australia) 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

10 - 20 Meter 

Size:

0.39" - 0.98" (1cm - 2.5cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Fish (little fishes), Fish eggs, Mysis, Predatory, Schrimps, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Highly toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Carukia barnesi
  Irukandji-Würfelqualle
• Carukia shinju

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-08-01 20:16:46 

Last edit:

2025-11-07 19:30:15 

Toxicity

Carukia barnesi is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Carukia barnesi, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

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