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🧬 Biological Classification (Kingdom to Species)Carybdea brevipedalia

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Cubozoa

Order

Carybdeida

Family

Carybdeidae

Genus

Carybdea

Species

Carybdea brevipedalia

Cubozoa❔ Diet unknown

Carybdea brevipedalia

Carybdea brevipedalia (Carybdea brevipedalia · アンドンクラゲ)

🛡️ Conservation Status (IUCN Red List)NE (Not Evaluated)

Not Evaluated (NE) on the IUCN Red List yet.

Geological Era

Extant

Diet

No data

Length · Height

2.5~4cm · No data

Mass · Top Speed

No data · No data

Habitat & Fossil Locality

Shallow coastal waters such as swimming beaches and small fishing ports (Jeju Island and the South Sea coast in Korea)

💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed

💡 Its bell height of around 4 cm is about 1.5 times the diameter of a Korean 500-won coin (26.5 mm) (Comparison).
💡 In the summer of 2013, about 500 people were stung by box jellyfish on Jeju Island and Namhaedo, and hundreds of stings have reportedly occurred each year on Namhaedo.
💡 When Korean researchers compared the venom potency of specimens caught off Samcheonpo in August 2019 with that of the giant Nomura's jellyfish, mouse experiments showed the lethal effect of Carybdea brevipedalia venom was about 5 times stronger.

Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.

#작은상자해파리#Carybdea brevipedalia

📖 1. Overview

Carybdea brevipedalia is a small box jellyfish with a squarish, box-shaped bell, called Andonkurage in Japan. It is the only box jellyfish confirmed in Korean waters.

🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology

Its bell is a short cylinder with a nearly flat top, bearing a single tentacle at each of the four corners. Clusters of stinging cells (warts) are scattered over the bell surface, and there are four sensory organs containing eyes.

🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior

In Korea, it appears in large numbers in summer at beaches on Jeju Island and the south-central South Sea coast, posing a danger to swimmers. In 2013, there was an official record of about 500 people stung on Jeju Island and Namhaedo.

🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea

It is listed as 'Jageunsangjahaepari' (Korean name) in the National List of Species of Korea. A 2017 paper recorded it from Korean coastal waters for the first time, with particularly high numbers at beaches on Jeju Island and Namhaedo and in small fishing ports around Namil-dae in Samcheonpo.