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Chironex fleckeri is a box jellyfish of northern Australia commonly known as a marine stinger and is the most dangerous creature in the wild. One specimen can kill 60 people.

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What is the binomial name of Box jellyfish?

Chironex fleckeri, I am sorry to say, is wrong. Chironex feckeri is the species of the box jellyfish not the species. I am still trying to figure out the genus of the box jellyfish for a school project. I am sorry if this is no use to you but I just thought I would tell you that you go misinformation. Thank you for your time.


How did the box jellyfish get its scientific name?

Chironex fleckeri comes from the Greek "cheiro" meaning hand and the Latin "nex" meaning murderer, and fleckeri from the North Queensland toxicologist and radiologist Doctor Hugo Flecker.


Is the Australian Irukandji the most deadly jellyfish in the world?

No. (please read sub-answer)No, but it is one of them. The most infamous one in the world is the Chironex fleckeri, whose venom in their entire body is enough to kill 60 humans. If a sting from the Chironex fleckeri is untreated, the victim can also die in as little as three minutes.


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If you mean how potent the venom is altogether, it would be the Irukanji jellyfish of Australia. If you mean how dangerous the critter and its venom are to us, it would be Chironex Fleckeri, the Box Jellyfish, which also lives in Australia (in Queensland).


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