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Irukandji jellyfish
Irukandji jellyfish ( ) are small and extremely venomous box jellyfish that inhabit marine waters of Australia and which are able to fire their stingers into their victim, causing symptoms collectively known as Irukandji syndrome. Their size is roughly a cubic centimetre (1 cm3). There are five known species of Irukandji: ''Carukia barnesi'', ''Malo kingi'' and discovered in the 2000s and 2010s, ''Malo maximus'', ''Malo filipina'' and ''Malo bella''.
The symptoms of Irukandji syndrome were first documented by Hugo Flecker in 1952. They were named after the Irukandji people whose country stretches along the coastal strip north of Cairns, Queensland. The first of these jellyfish, ''Carukia barnesi'', was identified in 1964 by Jack Barnes; in order to prove it was the cause of Irukandji syndrome, he captured the tiny jelly and allowed it to sting him while his son and a lifeguard observed the effects.
==Range==
Irukandji jellyfish were at one time thought to be in the northern waters of Australia only. Since then, according to a National Geographic documentary on jellyfish, the species has been found in waters as far north as the British Isles, Japan, and Florida coast of the United States. There have been sighting and recorded injuries in the waters of Malaysia.
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