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Royal Jelly - A Deadly New Species

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Finally, Thailand's deadly species of Chironex-type box jellyfish has a name.  Chironex indrasaksajiae S ucharitakul   sp.. A scientific paper published in 2017 describes this highly venomous species based on samples taken from the Gulf of Thailand. It's unclear as to whether the equally dangerous species inhabiting the Andaman Sea is the same type of box jellyfish.