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Especially swimmers, divers and other water sportsmen should avoid this jellyfish as a precaution.
The regular name Malo kingi tells us little at first, besides the Irukandji jellyfish, Carukia barnesi, one of the most poisonous jellyfish in all the world's oceans, the cube jellyfish is also said to cause Irukandji syndrome in humans after contact with the tentacles and can kill people, see description of the species by Dr. Lisa-ann Gershwin.
Symptoms:
Severe poisoning occurs with very severe pain in the upper body, violent vomiting, and oxygen deprivation due to pulmonary edema, and in special cases, death of the human.
The particularly treacherous thing is the tiny size of the cube jellyfish in the animal kingdom, the small jellyfish with their long tentacles covered with stinging cells can hardly be recognized in time.
With its stinging cells, the jellyfish kills its potential prey, tiny shrimp and fish fry, in a very short time.
An antidote for humans who have had contact with the cube jellyfish does not exist.
Etymology.
The species name is a noun in reference to the name of the pearl oyster, Pinctada maxima, and was chosen by the Pearl Producers Association in honor of the pearl divers in Western Australia who are most frequently and severely affected by the suspected stings of this species.
The regular name Malo kingi tells us little at first, besides the Irukandji jellyfish, Carukia barnesi, one of the most poisonous jellyfish in all the world's oceans, the cube jellyfish is also said to cause Irukandji syndrome in humans after contact with the tentacles and can kill people, see description of the species by Dr. Lisa-ann Gershwin.
Symptoms:
Severe poisoning occurs with very severe pain in the upper body, violent vomiting, and oxygen deprivation due to pulmonary edema, and in special cases, death of the human.
The particularly treacherous thing is the tiny size of the cube jellyfish in the animal kingdom, the small jellyfish with their long tentacles covered with stinging cells can hardly be recognized in time.
With its stinging cells, the jellyfish kills its potential prey, tiny shrimp and fish fry, in a very short time.
An antidote for humans who have had contact with the cube jellyfish does not exist.
Etymology.
The species name is a noun in reference to the name of the pearl oyster, Pinctada maxima, and was chosen by the Pearl Producers Association in honor of the pearl divers in Western Australia who are most frequently and severely affected by the suspected stings of this species.
