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Box jellyfish (class Cubozoa) are cnidarian invertebratesdistinguished by their cube-shaped medusae. Box jellyfish most visibly differ from the Scyphozoan jellyfish in that they are rounded box shape, rather than domed or crown-shaped.

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Because the body texture reminded some oceanographer of a jelly sandwich. This "jelly" is held together by tissue fibers, which act as translucent skin.
by how its form then jellyfish

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The name of the jellyfish comes from the fact that they look like jelly, they are translucent.

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Box jellyfish are a rounded box shape, rather than domed or crown-shaped.
it looks like a box

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because the top of it looks like jelly

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