Biology:Crambione cookii
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| Crambione cookii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Order: | Rhizostomeae |
| Family: | Catostylidae |
| Genus: | Crambione |
| Species: | C. cookii
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| Crambione cookii Mayer, 1910
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Crambione cookii is a rare jellyfish most recently found off the coast of Australia .[1]
The only known sighting of Crambione cookii prior to the sighting in November 2013 was a sighting by an American scientist, Alfred Gainsborough Mayor, in 1910. The jellyfish was spotted again by an aquarist in Queensland
Crambione cookii is about 50 centimeters long and is being cared for at the UnderWater World aquarium in Queensland.
References
Notes
- ↑ Diaz, Jesus. "Deadly Cookii monster discovered in Australia". Gizmodo. Gizmodo.com. http://sploid.gizmodo.com/deadly-giant-cookii-monster-discovered-in-australia-1469947837. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
Further reading
- Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. p. 677.
- Excitement builds after extraordinary marine discovery - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
- A sting in the tail as jellyfish believed extinct turns up 103 YEARS after last sighting - Mirror Online
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