Gerongia rifkinae Gershwin & Alderslade, 2005
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Gerongia rifkinae Gershwin & Alderslade, 2005
- Name authority
- Gershwin & Alderslade, 2005
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Cubozoa
- Order
- Carybdeida
- Family
- Carukiidae
- Genus
- Gerongia
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumCnidaria
- classCubozoa Werner, 1973
- orderCarybdeida Gegenbaur, 1857
- familyCarukiidae Bentlage, Cartwright, Yanagihara, Lewis, Richards & Collins, 2010
- genusGerongia Gershwin & Alderslade, 2005
- speciesGerongia rifkinae Gershwin & Alderslade, 2005
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Gershwin, L. A., & Alderslade, P. (2005). A new genus and species of box jellyfish (Cubozoa: Carybdeidae) from tropical Australian waters. Beagle: Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, The, Vol. 21, Dec 2005: 27–36. https://doi.org/10.5962/p.287412 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3FWXD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.