Box jellyfish- Evan
Description
The box jellyfish has one of the most deadliest venoms in the world. Box jellyfish are also considered sea wasps or marine stingers. Box jellyfish are classified as Chironex fleckeri. They weigh 2kg (4.4 Ibs) and they are 3m long (10ft) and 25cm across (10ft). In groups they are called a Fluther or a Smack. it is called a "box" jellyfish because it's bell (the head) looks like a cube. Each corner of the bell can grow up to 15 tentacles. On each tentacle they have 5000 stinging cells.
Habitat and location
They come from the tropical Australian coastal waters from Western Australia through the Northern Territory to Queensland and in lakes, where there is saltwater. They live near the shallow parts, and that's where they reproduce. During a heavy storm they drift deeper in the ocean to avoid damage.
Predator and prey adaptations
The box jellyfishes predator adaptation is it's very deadly venom which helps them catch their food easily. They mainly eat krill, plankton and even other jelly fish. The box jellyfish as no prey adaptations. Its only predator is the Green Sea Turtle because it's thick skin is not effective to the venom and don't have other ways to fight it off.
Symbiosis
Algae and Box Jellyfish have a Mutual relationship. That is because, the algae, when it's the morning when the sun is out, the ox jellyfish rises to the surface so the algae is able to produce sugar to give to the box jellyfish. And the box jellyfish protects the algae. Therefore, they both benefit each other and have a mutual relationship. It also has a mutual relationship because, the algae lives in its stomach and that's what gives algae its color.
Species comparison- Banded sea krait 
The species im comparing is the banded sea krait. That is because, the banded sea krait also has stinging cells like the box jelly fish. they also have the same habitat which is the shallow, tropical waters. Which is also where they both reproduce, mate. it's not as deadly as the box jellyfish but pretty painful.
Comments (1)
William brinckman-smith said
at 2:03 pm on Jun 4, 2013
add a photo to show what they look like
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