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

Atlas of Living Australia

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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.

Data time period: 2015-03-01 to 2015-03-01

text: Kimberley, Western Australia

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DOI : 10.15468/FG47GY