Marine injury, envenomation and poisoning

[Extract] Only Chironex fleckeri (box jellyfish) and Carukia barnesi ('classic' lrukandji jellyfish) have been documented to cause deaths in Australian waters, with the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) attributing 80 deaths to C. fleckeri, and 2 to irukandji syndrome. Children are particularly prone to a fatal outcome and account for the last 10 C. fleckeri deaths in the Northern Territory.\ud \ud Victims of C. fleckeri envenomation are readily identifiable from the characteristic cutaneous features. Stings from C. barnesi and other lrukandji syndrome-inducing jellyfish may have minimal or absent cutaneous manifestations. Other cnidaria may cause serious envenomation, although no deaths have been recorded in Australian waters from these species