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Cubomedusae, n. Zool.
Brit. |ˌkjuːbəʊmɪˈdjuːziː|, U.S. |ˌkjuboʊməˈd(j)uzi|[see also Medusa n.]
[‹ scientific Latin Cubomedusae (Haeckel Das System der Medusen (1879) 423, noting earlier (apparently unpublished) use in 1877) > n.1 + scientific Latin Medusa Medusa n.]
With pl. concord. A group of cnidarians comprising the box jellyfishes; (also cubomedusae) animals of this group (collectively or individually), box jellyfishes.
Formerly an order within the class Scyphozoa, the group is now categorized as the class Cubozoa.
1886Amer. Naturalist 20 982 Nothing has hitherto been known of the development of the Cubomedusæ. 1958Q. Rev. Biol. 33 27/1 In primitive Scyphozoa, Lucernariidae, and Cubomedusae, the polypid and medusoid stages differ but little. 1962Jrnl. Parasitol. 48 784/1 The ‘sea wasps’ or Cubomedusae of the Indo-west Pacific area may cause death in those stung. 1987M. S. Laverack & J. Dando Lect. Notes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 3) iv. 35/1 Both scyphomedusae and cubomedusae show graded muscle contractions. 2005Biol. Bull. 209154/1 Cubomedusae are remarkable among cnidarians for their complex, lensed eyes. |