''Tamoya'' is a genus of
box jellyfish
Box jellyfish (class Cubozoa) are cnidarian invertebrates distinguished by their box-like (i.e. cube-shaped) body. Some species of box jellyfish produce potent venom delivered by contact with their tentacles. Stings from some species, including '' ...
within the monotypic family Tamoyidae.
Species
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Tamoya gargantua
''Tamoya gargantua'', commonly known as the warty sea wasp, is a venomous jellyfish in the genus '' Tamoya''. Its tentacle height is 22 cm, and the width of the bell is 13 cm. It is found on the shores of Eastern Africa, Samoa, and some ...
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Haeckel, 1880
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Tamoya haplonema
''Tamoya haplonema'' is a species of box jellyfish in the genus '' Tamoya''. It is the type species of the genus and was described in 1859. The medusa possesses four tentacles, one each on an inter-radial pedal.
Body
They possess 4 tentacles, o ...
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F. Müller, 1859
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Tamoya ohboya
''Tamoya ohboya'', also known as the Bonaire banded box jellyfish, is a species of box jellyfish formally described in 2011. ''Tamoya ohboya'' was discovered by a biologist and educator, William Gillan. In order to name the newly discovered specie ...
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Collins, Bentlage, Gillan, Lynn, Morandini, Marques, 2011
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Tamoya ancamori
''Tamoya'' is a genus of box jellyfish within the monotypic family Tamoyidae.
Species
* ''Tamoya gargantua'' Haeckel, 1880
* ''Tamoya haplonema'' F. Müller, 1859
* ''Tamoya ohboya'' Collins, Bentlage, Gillan, Lynn, Morandini, Marques, 2011
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Straehler-Pohl, 2020
References
Tamoyidae
Medusozoa genera
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