MARINE ANIMALS THAT STING 



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Many species of jellyfish are capable of stinging and producing 

 mild skin irritations, but there are only a few which might be con- 

 sidered especially dangerous. They are : 



Sea Wasp, Carybdea alia Reynaud. (Fig. 12). This species 

 inhabits the tropical Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans. 



Fig. 12. Sea Wasp, Carybdea alata 

 Reynaud. (After Mayer) 



Fig. 13. Sea Blubber, Cyanea 

 capillata Eschscholtz. (Shirao) 



Sea Wasp, Chiropsalmus quadrigatus Haeckel (Frontis). 

 This extremely dangerous jellyfish is an inhabitant of northern 

 Australia, Philippines, and Indian Ocean. A closely related, but 

 apparently less dangerous form occurs in the Atlantic, from Brazil 

 to North Carolina, Indian Ocean, and northern Australia. 



Sea Nettle, Dactylometra qiiinqaecirrha Desor (Frontis). 

 This is a widely distributed species occurring from the Azores and 

 New England, to the tropics, West Africa, Indian Ocean, western 

 Pacific, Malayan Archipelago to Japan and the Philippines. 



