Abstract
This chapter deals with the profile of venomous marine cnidarian species comprising their common name (s), global distribution, ecology; biological aspects such as diagnostic characters, size and colouration, food and feeding, life cycle, association and predators; and envenomation including injuries caused to humans (scuba divers and seafarers) by individual venomous cnidarian species.
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Anon. Millepora complanata. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millepora_complanata
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Santhanam, R. (2020). Biology and Ecology of the Venomous Marine Hydrozoans (Class Hydrozoa). In: Biology and Ecology of Venomous Marine Cnidarians. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1603-0_3
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