Taxonomy
All species in the genus were named after a person related to the jellyfish research. The ''Chironex indrasaksajiae'', however, was named after a Thai princess, princessDescription
A box jellyfish with smooth exumbrella that has a maximum bell height of 150 mm. Most of the morphological characteristics of the species are similar to its congener such as cock’s comb shaped gastric saccules, smooth and triangular shaped perradial lappets with a single frenulum on each side of the bell, and dome shaped rhopalial niche ostia. The jellyfish carries up to 12 tentacles per pedalium on each corner of the bell. The species was distinguished from the other ''Chironex'' by the bulbous shaped pedalial canal.Distribution
Most of the ''Chironex'' box jellyfish in Thailand were found only from 9o from the equator and northward. The species was only reported from the upper and eastern Gulf of Thailand.Venom
The genus ''Chironex'' is renowned for delivering highly venomous envenomations that cause fatalities in many countries such as Japan, Philippines and Australia. All of the fatal cases in the Gulf of Thailand occurred in the area where the ''Chironex'' box jellyfish are found.References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q61656847 Fauna of Thailand Chirodropidae