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Chironex fleckeri
''Chironex fleckeri'', commonly known as sea wasp, is a species of box jellyfish found in coastal waters from northern Australia and New Guinea north to the Philippines and Vietnam.〔Fenner, P. J. (2000). ''(Chironex fleckeri – the north Australian box-jellyfish. )'' marine-medic.com〕 It has been described as "the most lethal jellyfish in the world", with at least 63 known deaths in Australia from 1884 to 1996.
Notorious for its sting, ''C. fleckeri'' has tentacles up to long covered with millions of cnidocytes which, on contact, release microscopic darts delivering an extremely powerful venom. Being stung commonly results in excruciating pain, and if the sting area is significant, an untreated victim may die in two to five minutes.〔Biology, 7ed. Campell & Reece〕 The amount of venom in one animal is said to be enough to kill 60 adult humans (although most stings are mild).〔
==Name==
''C.fleckeri'' was named after North Queensland toxicologist and radiologist Doctor Hugo Flecker.〔http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/flecker-hugo-10199〕 "On January 20th 1955, when a 5-year-old boy died after being stung in shallow water at Cardwell, north Queensland, Flecker found three types of jellyfish. One of which was an unidentified: a box-shaped jellyfish with groups of tentacles arising from each corner. Flecker sent it to Dr Ronald Southcott in Adelaide, and on December 29th 1955 Southcott published his article introducing it as a new Genus and species of lethal box jellyfish. He named it Chironex fleckeri, the name being derived from the Greek `cheiro' meaning `hand', and the Latin `nex' meaning `murderer', and `fleckeri' in honour of its discoverer."〔http://www.marine-medic.com.au/pages/medical/chironex.asp〕
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