Malo
3 species
Malo is one a genus of box jellies in the family Carybdeida in the Phylum Cnidaria. It has four known species, three of which were described by the Australian marine biologist Lisa-Ann Gershwin. The genus was discovered in 2005. Many of the species are known for their paralytic and deadly affect. Many species in the Malo genus are very small and hard to capture and study. Many species of Malo have been captured on the Western and Eastern cost of Australia. Malo appear to be solidarity jellies.
Species such as Malo Maxima and Malo Kingi have been found in the Northern and the Western territories of Australia. Malo Filipina and Malo Bella have been found in the Indo-Pacific Ocean waters, mostly off the cost of the Philippines. Reports of other possible locations of the Malo genus of Jellies have been in Hawaii, Florida, Papua New Guinea, French West Indies, Bon Air, and Caribbean. There is an undescribed species of Malo that is indigenous only to the island of Exmouth. One valuable tool to help learn more about the geographic range of harder species to study is eDNA. Edna (environmental DNA) is extra-organismal genetic material that is shed by the organism. The technique uses species-specific DNA identifiers in collected samples to gain insight on rare and mysterious animals.
Malo is one a genus of box jellies in the family Carybdeida in the Phylum Cnidaria. It has four known species, three of which were described by the Australian marine biologist Lisa-Ann Gershwin. The genus was discovered in 2005. Many of the species are known for their paralytic and deadly affect. Many species in the Malo genus are very small and hard to capture and study. Many species of Malo have been captured on the Western and Eastern cost of Australia. Malo appear to be solidarity jellies.
Species such as Malo Maxima and Malo Kingi have been found in the Northern and the Western territories of Australia. Malo Filipina and Malo Bella have been found in the Indo-Pacific Ocean waters, mostly off the cost of the Philippines. Reports of other possible locations of the Malo genus of Jellies have been in Hawaii, Florida, Papua New Guinea, French West Indies, Bon Air, and Caribbean. There is an undescribed species of Malo that is indigenous only to the island of Exmouth. One valuable tool to help learn more about the geographic range of harder species to study is eDNA. Edna (environmental DNA) is extra-organismal genetic material that is shed by the organism. The technique uses species-specific DNA identifiers in collected samples to gain insight on rare and mysterious animals.
