The nomenclature and identity of Chiropsalmus quadrigatus have been extensively confused. Originally described from Rangoon, Burma, based on an immature and badly damaged specimen, subsequent Philippine and ... In order to clarify the nomenclature of the Chiropsalmus-type cubomedusae, a preliminary revision of the Chiropsalmidae ... pedalia. A common Australian form, often attributed to Chiropsalmus quadrigatus, is herein described as a new genus ... species is not dangerous to humans. Another form, Chiropsalmus alipes n. sp., is described from the Pacific ...
Tópico(s): Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
2006 - Q15088586 | Zootaxa
Sharmaine Ramasamy, Geoffrey K. Isbister, Jamie Seymour, Wayne C. Hodgson,
... extract active, pure venom of Chironex fleckeri and Chiropsalmus sp. has enabled identify both neurotoxic and myotoxic ... ml antivenom, albeit to a lesser degree for Chiropsalmus sp. In contrast, prior addition of 5U/ml ... although it did inhibit the myotoxicity produced by Chiropsalmus sp. venom (50 micro g/ml). Antivenom (5U/ ... the reduction in indirect twitch height caused by Chiropsalmus sp. venom (50 micro g/ml). Myotoxicity was ... of both species, and the myotoxic effects of Chiropsalmus sp., when added prior to venom, it was ...
Tópico(s): Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies
2003 - Elsevier BV | Toxicon
Marc Shorten, John Davenport, James E. Seymour, Mary C. Cross, Teresa Carrette, Guy Woodward, T. Cross,
Abstract Locomotion of the box jellyfish Chiropsalmus sp. (cf quadrigatus )1 (Haeckel) and Chironex fleckeri (Southcott) was analysed using digital video. Specimens of Chiropsalmus sp. and C. fleckeri were collected in 2001 ... respectively, from coastal waters of Northern Queensland, Australia. Chiropsalmus sp. animals were videoed swimming in an aquarium, ... a large outdoor tank. Locomotor sequences of nine Chiropsalmus sp . and seven C. fleckeri individuals were analysed ...
Tópico(s): Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
2005 - Wiley | Journal of Zoology
Teresa Carrette, Philip Alderslade, Jamie Seymour,
... ratios between two species of Australian cubozoans. In Chiropsalmus sp., a species that feeds exclusively on shrimp, ... than 40 mm) was similar to that of Chiropsalmus sp. However, with an increase in body size ... has caused numerous human fatalities, while the Australian Chiropsalmus sp. has not.
Tópico(s): Marine Biology and Ecology Research
2002 - Elsevier BV | Toxicon
Teresa Carrette, Jamie Seymour,
... species of cubozoan, Chironex fleckeri (C. fleckeri)and Chiropsalmus sp., were injected into the freshwater crayfish Cherax ... C. fleckeri venom is greater than that of Chiropsalmus sp. venom, the action of the venoms on ... actually less effective in reducing cardiac activity than Chiropsalmus sp., which may be a direct reflection of ...
Tópico(s): Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
2006 - BioMed Central | The Journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases
Sharmaine Ramasamy, Geoffrey K. Isbister, Jamie Seymour, Wayne C. Hodgson,
... of jellyfish, the in vivo cardiovascular effects of Chiropsalmus sp. venom were investigated in anaesthetized rats. Chiropsalmus sp. venom (150 microg/kg, i.v.) produced ... in preventing cardiovascular collapse following the administration of Chiropsalmus sp. venom. This indicates that the venom of ...
Tópico(s): Connexins and lens biology
2005 - Elsevier BV | Toxicon

Miodeli Nogueira Júnior, Jayme de Loyola e Silva,
... catarinensis Thatcher et al. 2003 (Cymothoidae) parasitando, respectivamente Chiropsalmus quadrumanus (Müller, 1859) (Cubozoa) e Chrysaora lactea Eschscholtz, ... catarinensis Thatcher et al. 2003 (Cymothoidae) parasite respectively Chiropsalmus quadrumanus (Müller, 1859) (Cubozoa) and Chrysaora lactea Eschscholtz, ... Thatcher et al. 2003 (Cymothoidae) qui parasitaient, respectivement Chiropsalmus quadrumanus (Müller, 1859) (Cubozoa) et Chrysaora lactea Eschscholtz, ...
Tópico(s): Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
2005 - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARANÁ | Acta Biológica Paranaense
... hemolytic activities of extracts of the tentacles of Chiropsalmus quadrigatus and Chironex fleckeri were examined. The activity ...
Tópico(s): Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
1971 - Elsevier BV | Toxicon
... of accidental envenomation with tentacles of a jellyfish, Chiropsalmus quadrumanus, and describe the findings at autopsy. This ...
Tópico(s): Connexins and lens biology
1991 - American Medical Association | JAMA
Makiko Sakanashi, Takanobu Matsuzaki, Junko Nakasone, Tomoyuki Koyama, Makiko Sakanashi, Ichiro Kukita, Makiko Sakanashi,
... venom obtained from Okinawan box-jellyfish (Habu-kurage), Chiropsalmus quadrigatus, produced increases in contractions of isolated rat ...
Tópico(s): Healthcare and Venom Research
2002 - SAGE Publishing | Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
Lian-Kun Sun, Yoshihiko Yoshii, Akio Hyodo, Hideo Tsurushima, Atsushi Saitô, Tsuyoshi Harakuni, Ya-Ping Li, Masatoshi Nozaki, Nobuya Morine,
This study was made to investigate whether Chiropsalmus Quadrigatus toxins (CqTX), which isolated from box jellyfish C. Quadrigatus venom, could induce apoptosis in human U251 and rat C6 malignant glioma cells ...
Tópico(s): Cell death mechanisms and regulation
2002 - Elsevier BV | Toxicon
Hiroshi Nagai, Kyoko Takuwa‐Kuroda, Masahiro Nakao, Naomasa Oshiro, Setsuko Iwanaga, Terumi Nakajima,
... box jellyfish (Sea Wasp, Habu-kurage in Japanese) Chiropsalmus quadrigatus Haeckel (Cubozoa) is distributed widely in the ...
Tópico(s): Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies
2002 - Oxford University Press | Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry
Tomoyuki Koyama, Katsuhiko Noguchi, Toshihiro Matsuzaki, Mayuko Sakanashi, Junko Nakasone, Kanako Miyagi, Makiko Sakanashi, Matao Sakanashi,
... nematocysts isolated from tentacles of the box-jellyfish Chiropsalmus quadrigatus (Habu-kurage) were investigated. In anaesthetized rabbits, ...
Tópico(s): Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
2003 - Elsevier BV | Toxicon
Katsuhiko Noguchi, Mayuko Sakanashi, Toshihiro Matsuzaki, Junko Nakasone, Makiko Sakanashi, Tomoyuki Koyama, Naobumi Hamadate, Matao Sakanashi,
... of saline-extracted venom from nematocysts isolated from Chiropsalmus quadrigatus (Habu-kurage) were studied in anaesthetized rats. ...
Tópico(s): Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
2005 - Elsevier BV | Toxicon
Paul Bailey, Anthony J. Bakker, Jamie Seymour, Matthew C. J. Wilce,
... to death. Here, the effects of Chironex fleckeri, Chiropsalmus sp., and Carybdea xaymacana venoms on ventricular myocyte ...
Tópico(s): Connexins and lens biology
2004 - Elsevier BV | Toxicon
Pamela Berilyn So, Peter Yuosef M. Rubio, Stephen Lirio, Allan Patrick G. Macabeo, Hsi‐Ya Huang, Mary Jho-Anne T. Corpuz, Oliver B. Villaflores,
... angiotensin I converting enzyme activity of box jellyfish, Chiropsalmus quadrigatus Haeckel venom hydrolysate was studied. The venom ...
Tópico(s): Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
2016 - Elsevier BV | Toxicon

Thais C. Bueno, Rita de Cássia Collaço, Bianca Aparecida Cardoso, Rafael Fumachi Bredariol, Marília Leal Escobar, Isabela Bubenik Cajado, Marta Gracia, Edson Antunes, Vanessa O. Zambelli, Gisele Picolo, Yara Cury, André C. Morandini, Antônio Carlos Marques, Juliana Mozer Sciani, Thalita Rocha,
... the hydromedusa Olindias sambaquiensis and the cubozoan jellyfish Chiropsalmus quadrumanus were studied in sympathetic neurotransmission. For that, ...
Tópico(s): Marine Toxins and Detection Methods
2021 - Elsevier BV | Toxicon

Gisele Rodrigues Tiseo, Jimena García‐Rodríguez, Fernando José Zara, Cheryl Lewis Ames, Antônio Carlos Marques, André C. Morandini,
... two cubozoan species from Brazil, Tamoya haplonema and Chiropsalmus quadrumanus, using light microscopy and histochemical techniques to ...
Tópico(s): Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
2019 - Elsevier BV | Zoologischer Anzeiger
... Muller from Sta.Catarina; it is the common Chiropsalmus quadrumanus, a voracious carnivore it is a very ...
Tópico(s): Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
1954 - SciELO | Boletim do Instituto Oceanográfico
... This structure is also present in the genus Chiropsalmus, but in more primitive form, and in the ...
Tópico(s): Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
1956 - CSIRO Publishing | Marine and Freshwater Research
C. W. Kingston, R. V. Southcott,
... sea-wasps” or “box-jellies”) Chironex fleckeri and Chiropsalmus quadrigatus. Further identification of the species of jellyfish ...
Tópico(s): Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies
1960 - Oxford University Press | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Shirley E. Freeman, Richard Turner,
Tópico(s): Ion channel regulation and function
1972 - Elsevier BV | Toxicon
... Chrysaora quinquecirrhu (Desor 1848), Pelagia noctiluca Forskål 1775, Chiropsalmus quadrumantus (Miiller 1859), Rhopilema verrillii (Fewkes 1887), Stomolophus ...
Tópico(s): Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
1976 - University of Southern Mississippi | Gulf Research Reports
... effects of the venom of the cubomedusan jellyfish Chiropsalmus quadrigatus by antivenenes prepared against the milked venom ...
Tópico(s): Connexins and lens biology
1974 - Elsevier BV | Toxicon
Cheryl Lewis Ames, Bastian Bentlage,
... adopted for this species in the literature is Chiropsalmus quadrigatus, but our taxonomic investigations show that this ...
Tópico(s): Biomedical Research and Pathophysiology
2009 - Q15088586 | Zootaxa
G. Clark Gray, Vicki J. Martin, Richard A. Satterlie,
... cubozoans (Tamoya haplonema, Carybdea marsupialis, Tripedalia cystophora, and Chiropsalmus quadrumanus). Invaginated synapses were found in all four ...
Tópico(s): Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
2009 - Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) | Biological Bulletin
Tópico(s): Marine Toxins and Detection Methods
1991 - American Medical Association | JAMA
Christopher E Beadnell, Timothy A Rider, John Williamson, Peter J. Fenner,
... a risk of box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri or Chiropsalmus quadrigatus) stings should be similarly trained and equipped ...
Tópico(s): Historical and Scientific Studies
1992 - Wiley | The Medical Journal of Australia

Vidal Haddad, Fábio Lang da Silveira, João Luiz Costa Cardoso, André C. Morandini,
... and the trunk (65.3%). Twenty accidents with Chiropsalmus quadrumanus, four with Physalia physalis and 20 with ...
Tópico(s): Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies
2002 - Elsevier BV | Toxicon
Mariko Kawamura, Shunshiro Ueno, Setsuko Iwanaga, Naomasa Oshiro, Shin Kubota,
Tópico(s): Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
2003 - | Plankton biology and ecology