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I need information/ facts about the deadly Irukandji jellyfish that lives in Australian waters. If you have anything about them, I would really appreciate your answers.

Thank you.

2007-03-19 16:36:02 · 4 answers · asked by Diamond 3 in Science & Mathematics Biology

4 answers

It's a really small box jellyfish (only a few centimeters big), that produces a toxin that leads to Irukandji's Syndrome. Species name is Carukua barnesi. No one really knows much about it.

2007-03-19 19:59:05 · answer #1 · answered by kz 4 · 0 0

irukandji is the call of a syndrome between the certainly jelly fish which reasons this became no longer discovered until eventually 12 years later, and yet they have confidence that better than one species of Jellyfish is to blame for symptons huge-unfold as irukandji syndrome. in basic terms one has been discovered to reason it so fayr yet others must be nevertheless appropriate to it. even with the actuality that the crux of the question approximately it being deadly is that is not any longer , yet would be extremely painful. i might additionally prefer to function the the field jellyfish would not reason irukandji syndrome, that one certainly kills you. The Jellyfish that reasons irukandji is smaller and would not p.c.. sufficient punch or supply sufficient venom to kill somebody. Carukia barnesi is the medical call of the irukandji inflicting jellyfish, the place because of the fact the deadly and deadly field jellyfish is much better and is termed Chironex fleckeri

2016-10-01 05:12:16 · answer #2 · answered by betker 4 · 0 0

Visit the link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irukandji_jellyfish

2007-03-19 23:35:01 · answer #3 · answered by arsenick 2 · 0 0

They are the smallest species, yet they have the most potent venom.
Hope this helps,
*JMac*

2007-03-19 18:50:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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