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Alatina alata

Alatina alata

Winged Box Jellyfish(+10)·(Reynaud, 1830)

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Figs. 2 A – D, 3 A – I Collected samples: XC _ 38, Xcalak, Quintana Roo, Mexico, 18 ° 16 ’ 14.7 ” N, 87 ° 50 ’ 04.5 ” W; 1 m; December 2006; 2 adult specimens, BH = 5.4 / 5.4 cm, IPD = 4.0 / 3.4 cm. MCS _ 1, Mexican Caribbean Sea, Mexico; 1 juvenile specimen, BH = 1.2 cm, IPD = 0.9 cm. SQR _ 96 _ 1, Southern Quintana Roo, Mexico; January 2007; 1 adult specimen, BH = 8.2 cm, IPD = 5.6 cm. BEL _ 65 _ 1, Front of Hopkins, Belize; 16 ° 41 ’ 34.1 ” N, 87 ° 29 ’ 25.1 ” W; 25 – 50 m; January 2007; 1 juvenile specimen, BH = 1.3 cm, IPD = 1.1 cm. Zooplankton collection: ECO-CH-Z _ 00203, northwest Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico; 20 ° 41 ’ 00 ” N, 86 ° 16 ’ 00 ” W; 0 – 5 m; November 1991; 28 ° C; 36 PSU; 1 juvenil specimen, BH = 0.6 cm, IPD = 0.7 cm; as Carybdea alata. ECO-CH-Z _ 00211, northwest Chinchorro Bank, Quintana Roo, Mexico; 18 ° 29 ’ 05 ” N, 87 ° 36 ’ 00 ” W; 0 – 5 m; February 1991; 35 PSU; 1 juvenil specimen, BH = 0.5 cm, IPD = 0.4 cm; as Carybdea marsupialis. ECO-CHZ _ 00226, northwest Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico; 20 ° 41 ’ 00 ” N, 86 ° 16 ’ 00 ” W; 0 – 5 m; November 1991; 28 ° C; 36 PSU; 1 adult specimen, BH = 3.1 cm, IPD = 2.5 cm; as Carybdea alata. ECO-CH-Z _ 00227, Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico; 19 ° 34 ’ 03 ” N, 87 ° 20 ’ 04 ” W; 0 – 5 m; May 1991; 27.5 ° C; 36 PSU; 1 juvenil adult BH = 1.4 cm, IPD = 0.9 cm; as Carybdea marsupialis. Citizen science (Blackwater Cozumel): Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico; 2023; Obs. Frida Yolotzin Jonguitud. Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico; November & December 2021, May & December 2023, June 2024; Obs. Robert Stansfield. Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico, 20 ° 27 ’ 59.5 ” N, 86 ° 59 ’ 24.2 ” W; 0 – 3 m; August 2024; 31 ° C; Obs. Frida Yolotzin Jonguitud. Nematocysts: bands along the length of the tentacles, undischarged, oval, heterotrichus microbasic p-euriteles 21 – 23 μm ± 1.8 x 13 – 14 μm ± 0.4 and undischarged holotrichus isorhizas 14 – 15 μm ± 0.5 x 13 – 14 μm ± 0.4.
Cubozoans (Cnidaria, Cubozoa) in the western Caribbean Sea: new and additional records of Carybdea xaymacana, Alatina alata, and Tamoya cf. haplonema
Distribution in South America: medusa — Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, between 11.178 ºN 74.245 ºW and 11.216 ºN 74.233 ºW (Cedeño-Posso & Lecompte, 2013 a); Brazil, at 14.6 ° S 38.5 ° W (Morandini 2003). Habitat: medusa — epi-bathypelagic species, to 1067 m depth (Arneson & Cutress 1976; Morandini 2003).
Census of Cnidaria (Medusozoa) and Ctenophora from South American marine waters

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Geographic Distribution(13)

South Atlantic
Colombian part of the Caribbean Sea
Bonaire part of the Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Sea
South Atlantic
Colombian part of the Caribbean Sea
Bonaire part of the Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Sea
South Atlantic Ocean
Caribbean Sea
Dutch part of the Caribbean Sea (Bonaire)
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Colombian part of the Caribbean Sea(CO)

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 6 languages. 1 preferred.

engWinged Box Jellyfisheng★fraCarybdée (méduse) ailéefrafraCuboméduse ailéefradeuSeewespedeuporVespa-do-mar-comumpor+6 more

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 6 languages. 1 name preferred.

fraCarybdée (méduse) ailée
fra
Source: Catalogue of LifeSource taxon #299603984
fraCuboméduse ailée
fra
Source: Catalogue of LifeSource taxon #299603984
deuSeewespe
deu
Source: Catalogue of LifeSource taxon #299603984
porVespa-do-mar-comum
por
Source: Catalogue of LifeSource taxon #299603984
engWinged Box Jelly
eng
Source: Catalogue of LifeSource taxon #299603984
engWinged Box Jellyfish
eng
Source: Catalogue of LifeSource taxon #299603984
engbox jelly
eng
Source: Catalogue of LifeSource taxon #299603984
engsea wasp
eng
Source: Catalogue of LifeSource taxon #299603984
cesčtyřhranka křídlatá
ces
Source: Catalogue of LifeSource taxon #299603984
jpnフクロクジュクラゲ
jpn
Source: Catalogue of LifeSource taxon #299603984
engWinged Box Jellyfish
eng★ preferred
Source: Checklist Dutch Caribbean Species RegisterSource taxon #181855773

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AnimaliaCnidariaCubozoaCarybdeidaAlatinidaeAlatinaAlatina alata

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FIGURE 2. Alatina alata (Reynaud, 1830) from citizen science. A) Adult medusa; B) Young medusa; C) Rhopalial niche openings T-shaped; and D) Gastric phacella crescentic-shaped. Photos: Stansfield, 2024 (Blackwater Cozumel).

Imageimage/png© Villalobos-León, Raquel Inés;Mendoza-Becerril, María A.Cubozoans (Cnidaria, Cubozoa) in the western Caribbean Sea: new and additional records of Carybdea xaymacana, Alatina alata, and Tamoya cf. haplonema

FIGURE 3. Alatina alata (Reynaud, 1830) preserved.A) Adult medusa; B) Young medusa; C) pedalium; D) Knee-bend slightly volcano-shaped; E) Rhopalial niche openings T-shaped; F) Gastric phacellae crescentic-shaped; G) Velarial canals (black arrow); H) Undischarged microbasic heterotrichus; and I) Undischarged holotrichus isorhizas nematocyst of the tentacles.

Imageimage/png© Villalobos-León, Raquel Inés;Mendoza-Becerril, María A.Cubozoans (Cnidaria, Cubozoa) in the western Caribbean Sea: new and additional records of Carybdea xaymacana, Alatina alata, and Tamoya cf. haplonema

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References(3)

  • 1

    Lewis C, Bentlage B, Yanagihara A, Gillan W, Van Blerk J, Keil D, Bely AE & AG Collins. 2013. Redescription of Alatina alata (Reynaud 1830) (Cnidaria: Cubozoa) from Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean. Zootaxa. 3737 (4): 473–487. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3737.4.8

    redescriptionWorld Register of Marine Species
  • 2

    Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp.

    additional sourceWorld Register of Marine Species
  • 3

    van der Land, J. (ed). (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms.

    basis of recordWorld Register of Marine Species

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    • UNITE - Unified system for the DNA based fungal species linked to the classification - 611208 names
    • The Paleobiology Database - 212054 names
    • World Register of Marine Species - 188857 names
    • The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera - 183894 names
    • The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) - 131891 names
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    • TAXREF - 109374 names
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    • ZooBank - 73549 names
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    • Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database - 61346 names
    • Genome Taxonomy Database r207 - 60545 names
    • International Plant Names Index - 52329 names
    • Fauna Europaea - 45077 names
    • The National Checklist of Taiwan (Catalogue of Life in Taiwan, TaiCoL) - 36193 names
    • Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas - 35892 names
    • The Plant List with literature - 32692 names
    • United Kingdom Species Inventory (UKSI) - 29643 names
    • Artsnavnebasen - 29208 names
    • The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species - 21221 names
    • Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera) - 13961 names
    • Brazilian Flora 2020 project - Projeto Flora do Brasil 2020 - 13829 names
    • Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-Date (PNU) - 10079 names
    • Checklist Dutch Species Register - Nederlands Soortenregister - 8814 names
    • ICTV Master Species List (MSL) - 7852 names
    • Cockroach Species File - 6020 names
    • GRIN Taxonomy - 5882 names
    • Taxon list of fungi and fungal-like organisms from Germany compiled by the DGfM - 4570 names
    • Catalogue of Afrotropical Bees - 3623 names
    • Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America - 3327 names
    • Checklist of Beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second Edition. - 3312 names
    • Systema Dipterorum - 2850 names
    • Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World - 2807 names
    • The Clements Checklist - 2675 names
    • Taxon list of Hymenoptera from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project - 2496 names
    • IOC World Bird List, v13.2 - 2366 names
    • Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology - 2310 names
    • National checklist of all species occurring in Denmark - 1922 names
    • Myriatrix - 1876 names
    • Database of Vascular Plants of Canada (VASCAN) - 1822 names
    • Taxon list of vascular plants from Bavaria, Germany compiled in the context of the BFL project - 1771 names
    • Orthoptera Species File - 1742 names
    • A list of the terrestrial fungi, flora and fauna of Madeira and Selvagens archipelagos - 1602 names
    • Aphid Species File - 1565 names
    • World Spider Catalog - 1561 names
    • Taxon list of Jurassic Pisces of the Tethys Palaeo-Environment compiled at the SNSB-JME - 1270 names
    • Backbone Family Classification Patch - 1143 names
    • GBIF Algae Classification - 1100 names
    • International Cichorieae Network (ICN): Cichorieae Portal - 975 names
    • Psocodea Species File - 803 names
    • New Zealand Marine Macroalgae Species Checklist - 787 names
    • Annotated checklist of endemic species from the Western Balkans - 754 names
    • Taxon list of animals with German names (worldwide) compiled at the SMNS - 503 names
    • Catalogue of the Alucitoidea of the World - 472 names
    • Lygaeoidea Species File - 462 names
    • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia - 422 names
    • GBIF Backbone Patch - 317 names
    • Phasmida Species File - 259 names
    • Cortinariaceae fetched from the Index Fungorum API - 234 names
    • Coreoidea Species File - 233 names
    • GTDB supplement - 139 names
    • Mantodea Species File - 119 names
    • Endemic species in Taiwan - 93 names
    • Taxon list of Araneae from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project - 88 names
    • Species of Hominidae - 78 names
    • Taxon list of Sternorrhyncha from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project - 77 names
    • Taxon list of mosses from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project - 75 names
    • Mammal Species of the World - 73 names
    • Plecoptera Species File - 71 names
    • Species Fungorum Plus - 64 names
    • Catalogue of the type specimens of Cosmopterigidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) from research collections of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences - 47 names
    • Species named after famous people - 41 names
    • Dermaptera Species File - 36 names
    • Taxon list of Trichoptera from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project - 34 names
    • True Fruit Flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region - 33 names
    • Range and Regularities in the Distribution of Earthworms of the Earthworms of the USSR Fauna. Perel, 1979 - 32 names
    • Taxon list of Diplura from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project - 30 names
    • Lista de referencia de especies de aves de Colombia - 2022 - 24 names
    • Taxon list of Auchenorrhyncha from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project - 20 names
    • Catalogue of the type specimens of Polycestinae (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from research collections of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences - 19 names
    • Taxon list of Thysanoptera from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project - 19 names
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    • Taxon list of Microcoryphia (Archaeognatha) from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project - 15 names
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    • Taxon list of Pteridophyta from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project - 6 names
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    • The Earthworms of the Fauna of Russia. Perel, 1997 - 5 names
    • Taxon list of Zygentoma from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project - 4 names
    • Asiloid Flies: new taxa of Diptera: Apioceridae, Asilidae, and Mydidae - 3 names
    • Taxon list of Protura from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project - 3 names
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    GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-16.

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    GBIF Usage Key
    2264702
    Dataset Key
    d7dddbf4-2cf0-4f39-9b2a-bb099caae36c
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    2264702
    Taxon ID
    gbif:2264702
    Last Crawled
    8/22/2023
    Last Interpreted
    8/22/2023
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