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Abundant box jellyfish, Chironex sp. (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Chirodropidae), discovered at depths of over 50 m on western Australian coastal reefs

Citation

Kessing J (2022). Abundant box jellyfish, Chironex sp. (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Chirodropidae), discovered at depths of over 50 m on western Australian coastal reefs. Version 1.9. CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure (NCMI) Information and Data Centre (IDC). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/fg47gy accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-02-08.

Description

This dataset is the first record of a population of box jellyfish closely associated with the benthos at depths of 39-56 m. Chironex were not widespread, occurring only in 2 of 33 tow videos and 3 of 41 epibenthic sleds spread over 2000 km2. All Chironex filmed or captured were on low to medium relief reefs with rich filter feeder communities.

Additional info

marine, harvested by OBS

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Kimberley, Western Australia

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

John Kessing
originator
position: Pricincipal Investigator
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
AU
email: john.keesng@csiro.au
John Kessing
metadata author
position: Pricincipal Investigator
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
AU
email: john.keesng@csiro.au
OBIS Australia Node manager
publisher
position: OBIS Australia Data Manager
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure Data Centre
Castray Esplanade
Hobart
7000
Tasmania
AU
email: obisau@csiro.au
homepage: http://www.obis.org.au
John Kessing
administrative point of contact
position: Pricincipal Investigator
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
AU
email: john.keesng@csiro.au
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