Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classis: Cubozoa
Ordo: Carybdeida
Familia: Carukiidae
Genus: Morbakka
Species (2): M. fenneri – M. virulenta
Name
Morbakka Gershwin, 2008
Gender: masculine
Type species: Morbakka fenneri Gershwin, 2008
Fixation: original designation [p. 24] [and monotypy]
References
Primary references
Gershwin, L. 2008: Morbakka fenneri, a new genus and species of Irukandji jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa). In: Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. (eds), Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The marine fauna and flora of Moreton Bay, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature, 54(1): 23–33. PDF available here
Links
Collins, Allen G. (2010). Morbakka Gershwin, 2008. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=395228 on 2011-10-05
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus [no record]
Vernacular names
English: Morbakka
Morbakka is a genus of box jellyfish in the Carukiidae family.
Species
The World Register of Marine Species lists the following two species:[1]
Morbakka fenneri Gershwin, 2008
Morbakka virulenta (Kishinouyea, 1910)
References
Allen G. Collins (2010). "Morbakka". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
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