Editing Box jellyfish (section)

{{short description|Class of cnidarians distinguished by their cube-shaped medusae}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Box jellyfish
| image = Avispa marina cropped.png
| image2 = Cubozoas.JPG
| image_caption = ''[[Chironex]]'' sp.
| image2_caption = ''[[Carukia barnesi]]''
|fossil_range = {{fossil range|Middle Cambrian|present}}
| taxon = Cubozoa
| authority = [[Bernhard Werner|Werner]], 1973<ref name=Werner1973a>{{cite journal|author=Werner, B.|year=1973|title=New investigations on systematics and evolution of the class Scyphozoa and the phylum Cnidaria|url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/39301767.pdf|journal=Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory|volume=20|pages=35–61|doi=10.5134/175791|doi-access=free}}</ref>
| subdivision_ranks =  Orders
| subdivision =
* [[Carybdeida]]
* [[Chirodropida]]
}}
'''Box jellyfish''' (class '''Cubozoa''') are [[cnidaria]]n [[invertebrate]]s distinguished by their box-like (i.e., [[cube]]-shaped) body.<ref>{{OED|box jellyfish}}</ref> Some species of box [[jellyfish]] produce potent [[venom (poison)|venom]] delivered by contact with their tentacles. Stings from some species, including ''[[Chironex fleckeri]]'', ''[[Carukia barnesi]]'', ''[[Malo kingi]]'', and a few others, are extremely painful and often fatal to humans.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-11-20|title=Box Jelly|url=https://www.waikikiaquarium.org/experience/animal-guide/invertebrates/jellies/box-jellies/|access-date=2021-12-06|website=Waikīkī Aquarium|language=en-US}}</ref>