Marine creatures, Australian

Australian seas are home to many venomous creatures. These can often be just as dangerous to human as their land relatives.

Related Venomous creatures

• Blue ringed octopus, Family: Octopodidae, Genus: Hapalochlaena
• Cone snails, Family: Conidae, Genus: Conus
• Jellyfish, Australian, Class: Scyphozoa
• Sea snakes, Family: Hydrophiidae
• Stinging fish
• Stingrays, Order: Myliobatiformes

Books

• Cloudlsey-Thompson, J. L., Spiders, Scorpions, Centipedes and Mites. The Ecology and Natural History of Woodlice, ` Myriapods' and Arachnids, Pergamon Press, London, 1958. [ Details... ]
• Cotton, B. C., Don't Let an Octopus Bite You, Good Health for South Australia, vol. 94, 1955, 29-31 pp. [ Details... ]
• Cotton, B. C., Australian Recent and Tertiary Species of the Molluscan Family Conidae, Adelaide, 1958, 4 pp. [ Details... ]
• Cotton, B. C. and Godfrey, F. K., The Molluscs of South Australia. Part I the Pelecypoda, Government Printer, Adelaide, 1938. [ Details... ]
• Evans, H. M., Sting-Fish and Seafarer, Faber and Faber, London, 1943. [ Details... ]
• Halstead, B. W., Dangerous Marine Animals, Cornell Maritime Press, 1959. [ Details... ]
• Iredale, T. and McMichael, D., A Reference List of the Marine Mollusca of New South Wales Memoir XI, Australian Museum, Sydney, 1962. [ Details... ]
• Lane, F. W., Kingdom of the Octopus. The Life-History of the Cephalopoda, Jarrolds Publishers Ltd., London, 1957. [ Details... ]
• Patton, W. S. and Evans, A. M., Insects, Ticks, Mites and Venomous Animals. Part I, Medical, H. R. Grubb Ltd., England, 1929, 696 pp. [ Details... ]
• Russell, F. S., The Medusae of the British Isles, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1953. [ Details... ]
• Stackhouse, J., Australia's Venomous Wildlife, Paul Hamlyn, Sydney, 1970, 144 pp. [ Details... ]

Book Sections

• Abbott, R. T., 'Mollusks and Medicine in World War II', in 1947 Ann. Rept. Smithsonian Inst., 1948, pp. 325-38. [ Details... ]
• Adams, A. and Reeve, L., 'Mollusca', in Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, 1850, pp. 1-87. [ Details... ]
• Hand, C., 'Present State of Nematocyst Research: Types, Structure and Function', in The Biology of Hydra, University of Miami Press, 1961, pp. 187-202. [ Details... ]
• Hand, C., 'Present State of Nematocyte Research: Types, Structure and Funciton', in The Biology of Hydra, University of Miami Press, Miami, 1961, pp. 187-202. [ Details... ]
• Hedley, C., 'Mollusca', in The Australian Encyclopaedia, vol. 2, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1926, pp. 132-136. [ Details... ]
• Hickson, S. J., 'Coelenterata and Ctenophora', in The Cambridge Natural History, vol. 1, Macmillan and Co., London, 1906, pp. 245-424. [ Details... ]
• Kohn, A. J., 'Venomous Marine Snails of the Genus Conus', in Hugh L. Keegan and W. V. MacFarlane (eds), Venomous and Poisonous Animals and Noxious Plants of the Pacific Region, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1963, pp. 83-96. [ Details... ]
• Krumbach, T., 'Scyphozoa', in W. Kukenthal and T. Krumbach (eds), Handbuch der Zoologie-Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches, vol. 1, 1925, pp. 522-686. [ Details... ]
• Southcott, R. V., 'Coelenterates of Medical Importance', in Hugh L. Keegan- and W. V. MacFarlane (eds), Venomous and Poisonous Animals and Noxious Plants of the Pacific Region, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1963. [ Details... ]
• Thiel, M.E., 'Scyphomedusae', in Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs (H. G. Bronns), 1936, pp. 173-308. [ Details... ]

Conference Papers

• Anonymous, '(Title not recorded)', in International Convention on Life Saving Techniques, Sydney, March 11 th-20th, 1960, The Committee of the 1960 International Convention on Life Saving Techniques, 1963, p. 125. [ Details... ]
• Barnes, J. H., 'Stingings by Jellyfish', in International Convention on Life Saving Techniques, Sydney, March 11 th-20th, 1960, The Committee of the 1960 International Convention on Life Saving Techniques, Sydney, 1963, pp. 103-105. [ Details... ]
• Hansen, T. J., 'Fatal Cases of Box Jelly-Fish Stingings', in International Convention on Life Saving Techniques, Sydney, March 11 th-20th, 1960, The Committee of the 1960 International Convention on Life Saving Techniques, 1963, pp. 113-114. [ Details... ]
• Hansen, T. J., 'Sea-Wasp Syndrome or Acute Nematocyst Poisoning', in International Convention on Life Saving Techniques, Sydney, March 11 th-20th, 1960, The Committee of the 1960 International Convention on Life Saving Techniques, 1963, pp. 66-71. [ Details... ]
• Kanna, K. and Hirai, M., 'On the Toxicity of Neptunea intersculpta Sowerby', in Ann. Meeting Japan. Soc. Sci. Fish, Tokyo, Japan, Japan, 1956. [ Details... ]
• Lockwood, L., 'Fatal Case of Sting by Box Jelly-Fish', in International Convention on Life Saving Techniques, Sydney, March 11 th-20th, 1960, The Committee of the 1960 International Convention on Life Saving Techniques, 1963, pp. 110-111. [ Details... ]
• McMichael, D. F., 'Dangerous Marine Molluscs', in International Convention on Life Saving Techniques, Sydney, March 11 th-20th, 1960, The Committee of the 1960 International Convention on Life Saving Techniques, 1963, pp. 74-80. [ Details... ]
• Pope, E. C., 'Some Noxious Marine Invertebrates from Australian Seas', in International Convention on Life Saving Techniques, Sydney, March 11 th-20th, 1960, The Committee of the 1960 International Convention on Life Saving Techniques, 1963, pp. 91-102. [ Details... ]
• Southcott, R. V., 'Identification of Jelly-Fishes', in International Convention on Life Saving Techniques, Sydney, March 11 th-20th, 1960, The Committee of the 1960 International Convention on Life Saving Techniques, 1963, p. 111. [ Details... ]
• Southcott, R. V., 'Fatal and Other Stingings by Sea-Wasps', in International Convention on Life Saving Techniques, Sydney, March 11 th-20th, 1960, The Committee of the 1960 International Convention on Life Saving Techniques, 1963, pp. 72-73. [ Details... ]

Journal Articles

• Allan, Joyce, 'Australian Shells. Augur and Cone Shells', Aust. Mus. Mag., vol. 6, no. 10, 1938, pp. 328-336. [ Details... ]
• Allnutt, E. B., 'The Effects of a Sting by a Poisonous Coelenterate', Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, vol. 46, 1926, pp. 211-213. [ Details... ]
• Anonymous, 'Notes, Memoranda, etc.', The Southern Science Record and Magazine of Natural History, vol. 1, N.S., 1885, p. 46. [ Details... ]
• Asano, M., 'Studies on the Toxic Substances Contained in Marine Animals. 1. Locality of the Poison of Neptunea Arthritica Bernardi', Bull. Jap. Soc. Sci. Fish., vol. 17, 1952, pp. 283-287. [ Details... ]
• Asano, M. and Itoh, M., 'Occurrence of Tetramine and Choline Compounds in the Salivary Gland of a Marine Gastropod, Neptunea Arthritica Bernardi', Tokohu J. Agr. Res., vol. 10, no. 2, 1959, pp. 209-227. [ Details... ]
• Asano, M. and Itoh, M., 'Salivary Poison of a Marine Gastropod, Neptunea Arthritica Bernardi, and the Seasonal Variation of Its Toxicity', Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 90, no. 3, 1960, pp. 674-688. [ Details... ]
• Barnes, J. H., 'Observations on Jellyfish Stingings in North Queensland', The Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 2, 1960, pp. 993-999. [ Details... ]
• Barnes, J. H., 'Siphonophores. Part 1', North. Qld. Nat., vol. 30, no. 131, 1962, pp. 7-10. [ Details... ]
• Barnes, J. H., 'Cause and Effect in Irukandji Stingings', The Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 1, 1964, pp. 897-904. [ Details... ]
• Bearup, A. J., 'A Schistosome Larva from the Marine Snail Pyrazus Australis as a Cause of Cercarial Dermatitis in Man', The Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 1, 1955, pp. 955-960. [ Details... ]
• Berger, E. W., 'Physiology and Histology of the Cubomedusae, Including Dr. F. S. Conant's Notes on the Physiology', Mem. Biol. Lab. Johns Hopkins. Univ., vol. 4, no. 4, 1900, pp. 1-84. [ Details... ]
• Bernstein, J., 'Beware the Portuguese Man-Of-War', Natural History, vol. 56, no. 3, 1947, pp. 136-137, 144. [ Details... ]
• Bigelow, H. B., 'Plankton of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expeditions. VIII. Medusae Taken During the Years 1929 and 1930', Zoologica N. Y., vol. 23, no. 2, 1938, pp. 99-189. [ Details... ]
• Boisseau, J. P., 'Recherches sur l'histochimie Des Cnidaires et de Leurs Nematocystes', Bull. Soc. Zool. France, vol. 77, no. 2-3, 1952, pp. 151-169. [ Details... ]
• Boray, J. C. and McMichael, D. F., 'The Identity of the Australian Lymnaeid Snail Host of Fasciola Hepatica L. and Its Response to Environment', Aust. J. Marine Freshw. Res., vol. 12, no. 2, 1961, pp. 150-163. [ Details... ]
• Chapman, G. B., and Tilney, L. G., 'Cytological Studies of the Nematocysts of Hydra. I. Desmonemes, Isorhizas, Cnidocils, and Supporting Structures', The Journal of Biophysical and Biochemical Cytology, vol. 5, no. 1, 1959, pp. 69-78. [ Details... ]
• Chapman, G. B., and Tilney, L. G., 'Cytological Studies on the Nematocysts of Hydra. II. The Stenoteles', The Journal of Biophysical and Biochemical Cytology, vol. 5, no. 1, 1989, pp. 79-84. [ Details... ]
• Cleland, J. B., 'Injuries and Diseases in Australia Attributable to Animals (Insects Excepted). Series V: Mammals, Fish, Spiders, Mites and Ticks Etcetera, Shell Fish, Sponges, Protozoa', The Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 2, 1942, pp. 313-320. [ Details... ]
• Clench, W. J. and Kondo, Y., 'Poison Cone Shell', The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, vol. 23, no. 1, 1943, pp. 105-120. [ Details... ]
• Clench, W. J. and Kondo, Y., 'The Poison Cone Shell', Occas. Papers on Mollusks, Harvard Univ., vol. 1, no. 7, 1946, pp. 52-80. [ Details... ]
• Cloudlsey-Thompson, J. L., 'Hydroschendyla Submarina (Grube) in Yorkshire: With an Historical Review of the Marine Myriapoda', Naturalist (London), vol. 827, 1948, pp. 149-152. [ Details... ]
• Cloudlsey-Thompson, J. L., 'Supplementary Notes on Myriapoda', Naturalist (London), vol. 836, 1951, pp. 16-17. [ Details... ]
• Conant, F. S., 'The Cubomedusae. A Dissertation Presented for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, in the Johns Hopkins University, 1897', Mem. Biol. Lab. Johns Hopkins. Univ., vol. 4, no. 1, 1898, pp. 1-61. [ Details... ]
• Cotton, B. C., 'A Catalogue of the Cone Shells (Conidae) in the South Australian Museum', Records of the South Australian Museum, vol. 8, no. 2, 1945, pp. 229-280. [ Details... ]
• Cox, J. C., 'Notes and Exhibits [Poisonous Effects of the Bite Inflicted by Conus Geographicus (sic) Linn.]', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales., vol. 9, 1885, pp. 944-946. [ Details... ]
• Dujarric De La Riviére, R., 'Sur l'existence D'une Médusocongestine', C. r. Soc. Biol., vol. 78, 1915, pp. 596-600. [ Details... ]
• Endean, R. and Rudkin, C., 'Studies of the Venoms of Some Conidea', Toxicon, vol. 1, 1963, pp. 49-64. [ Details... ]
• Fänge, R., 'The Salivary Gland of Neptunea Antiqua', Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 90, no. 3, 1960, pp. 689-694. [ Details... ]
• Flecker, H., 'Cone Shell Mollusc Poisoning', The Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 1, 1936, p. 865. [ Details... ]
• Flecker, H., 'Cone Shell Mollusc Poisoning, With Report of a Fatal Case', The Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 1, 1936, pp. 464-466. [ Details... ]
• Flecker, H., 'Irukandji Sting to North Queensland Bathers without Production of Weals but with Severe General Symptoms', The Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 2, 1952, pp. 89-91. [ Details... ]
• Flecker, H., 'Further notes on irukandji stings', The Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 1, 1957, p. 9. [ Details... ]
• Flecker, H., 'Injuries Produced by Marine Organisms in Tropical Australia', The Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 2, 1957, p. 556. [ Details... ]
• Flecker, H. and Cotton, B. C., 'Fatal bite from octopus', The Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 2, 1955, pp. 329-331. [ Details... ]
• Frachtman, H. J. and McCollum, W. T., 'Portuguese Man-Of-War Stings: A Case Report', The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, vol. 25, no. 6, 1945, pp. 499-500. [ Details... ]
• Ghiretti, F., 'Toxicity of Octopus Saliva Against Crustacea', Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 90, no. 3, 1960, pp. 726-741. [ Details... ]
• Glaser, O. C. and Sparrow, C. M., 'The physiology of nematocytes', The Journal of Experimental Medicine, vol. 6, no. 3, 1909, pp. 361-382. [ Details... ]
• Guérin, P., 'De La Toxicité Des Physalies', Ann. D'Hyg. Coloniale, vol. 3, 1900, pp. 265-271. [ Details... ]
• Gunn, M. A. R., 'Localized Fat Atrophy After Jelly-Fish Sting', British Medical Journal, vol. 2, 1949, p. 687. [ Details... ]
• Haacke, W., 'Pseudorhiza Haeckelii Sp. N., Der Endspross Des Discomedusenstammes', Biol. Centralbl., vol. 4, 1884, pp. 291-294. [ Details... ]
• Haacke, W., 'Über die Ontogenie der Cubomedusen', Zool. Anz., vol. 9, no. 232, 1886, pp. 554-555. [ Details... ]
• Haacke, W., 'Die Scyphomedusen des St. Vincent Golfes', Jena Zeitschr. Naturwiss., vol. 20, 1887, pp. 588-638. [ Details... ]
• Haeckel, E., 'System der Acraspeden. Zweite Halfte des Systems der Medusen', Denkschr Med.-Naturwiss. Ges. Jena., vol. 1, 1880, pp. 361-672. [ Details... ]
• Halstead, B. W., 'Animal Phyla Known to Contain Poisonous Marine Animals', Venoms, vol. 44, American Association for Advancement of Science, 1956, pp. 9-27. [ Details... ]
• Halstead, B. W., 'Jellyfish Stings and Their Medical Management', United States Armed Forces Medical Journal, vol. 8, no. 11, 1957, pp. 1587-1602. [ Details... ]
• Hartman, W. J., Clark, W. G., Cyr, Shirley D., Jordon, A. L., Leibold, Ruth A., 'Pharmacologically Active Amines and Their Biogenesis in the Octopus', Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 90, no. 3, 1960, pp. 637-666. [ Details... ]
• Hermitte, L. C. D., 'Venomous Marine Molluscs of the Genus Conus', Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, vol. 39, no. 6, 1946, pp. 485-512. [ Details... ]
• Hinegardner, R. T., 'The Venom Apparatus of the Cone Shell', Hawaiian Med. J., vol. 17, no. 6, 1958, pp. 533-536. [ Details... ]
• Hiyama, T., 'Report on Research on Poisonous Fshes of the South Seas', Jap. Fish Exp. Sta. Odativara. Sp. pub., 1943, p. 137. [ Details... ]
• Hopkins, D. G., 'Venomous Effects and Treatment of Octopus Bite', The Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 1, 1964, pp. 81-82. [ Details... ]
• Horst, R., 'On a New Cubomedusa from the Java-Sea: Chiropsalmus buitendijki', Notes Leyden Mus., vol. 29, 1907, pp. 101-106. [ Details... ]
• Hubendick, B., 'Recent Lymnaeidae. Their Variation, Morphology, Taxonomy, Nomenclature and Distribution', K. Svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., vol. 3, 1951, pp. 1-223. [ Details... ]
• Iredale, T., 'Fatal Cone-Bite', Venus Kyoto Japan, vol. 5, no. 5, 1935, p. 294. [ Details... ]
• Iredale, T., 'Fatal Case of Attack by Cone', The Nautilus, vol. 49, no. 2, 1935, p. 41. [ Details... ]
• Iredale, T., 'Fatal " Sting " by a Cone', J. of Conch., vol. 20, no. 6, 1935, p. 166. [ Details... ]
• Iredale, T., 'Fatality from Cone-Bite', J. de Conclayliol. (Paris), vol. 79, no. 3, 1935, pp. 264-265. [ Details... ]
• Johnston, T. H. and Cleland, E. R., 'Larval Trematodes from Australian Terrestrial and Freshwater Molluscs. Part II. Cercaria (Furcocercaria) jaenschi n. sp.', Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Aust., vol. 61, 1943, pp. 202-206. [ Details... ]
• Johnston, T. H. and Simpson (Cleland), E. R., 'Larval Trematodes from Australian Terrestrial and Freshwater Molluscs. Part V', Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Aust., vol. 63, no. 1, 1939, pp. 63-68. [ Details... ]
• Kawamurta, T., 'Rhizophysa and Physalia', Dob. Z. (Japan), vol. 22, 1910, p. 263?. [ Details... ]
• Kellaway, C. H., 'Mussel Poisoning', The Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 1, 1935, pp. 399-401. [ Details... ]
• Kellaway, C. H., 'The Action of Mussel Poison on the Nervous System', The Australian Journal of Experimental Biology and Medical Science, vol. 13, no. 2, 1935, pp. 79-94. [ Details... ]
• Kellaway, C. H., 'Mussel Poison', The Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 1, 1935, p. 261. [ Details... ]
• Kellaway, C. H., 'Animal Poisons', Annual Review of Biochemistry, vol. 8, 1939, pp. 541-556. [ Details... ]
• Kingston, C. W. and Southcott, R. V., 'Skin Histopathology in Fatal Jellyfish Stinging', Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, vol. 54, no. 4, 1960, pp. 373-384. [ Details... ]
• Kishinouye, K., 'Some Medusae of Japanese Waters', J. Coll. Sci. (Tokyo), vol. 27, no. 9, 1910, pp. 1-35. [ Details... ]
• Klein, W. E. and Bradshaw, R. H., 'Portuguese Man-Of-War Sting', United States Armed Forces Medical Journal, vol. 2, no. 3, 1951, pp. 509-512. [ Details... ]
• Kohn, A. J., 'Piscivorous Gastropods of the Genus Conus', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 42, 1956, pp. 168-171. [ Details... ]
• Kohn, A. J., 'Cone Shell Stings. Recent Cases of Human Injury Due to Venomous Marine Snails of the Genus Conus', Hawaiian Med. J., vol. 17, no. 6, 1958, pp. 528-532. [ Details... ]
• Kohn, A. J., 'The Ecology of Conus in Hawaii', Ecological Monographs, vol. 29, no. 1, 1959, pp. 47-90. [ Details... ]
• Kohn, A. J., 'Type Specimens and Identity of the Described Species of Conus. I. The Species Described by Linnaeus,1758-1767', J. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) (Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society?), vol. 44, no. 302, 1963, pp. 740-768. [ Details... ]
• Kohn, A. J., Saunders, P. R. and Wiener, S., 'Preliminary Studies on the Venom of the Marine Snail Conus', Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 90, no. 3, 1960, pp. 706-725. [ Details... ]
• Kramp, P. L., 'A Revision of Ernst Haeckel's Determinations of a Collection of Medusae Belonging to the Zoological Museum of Copenhagen', Deep Sea Research, vol. 3, Suppl., 1955, pp. 149-168. [ Details... ]
• Kramp, P. L., 'Medusae Collected in the Eastern Tropical Pacific by Cyril Crossland in 19241925', Vidensk. Medd. Dansk Naturh. Foren. Kbh., vol. 118, 1956, pp. 1-6. [ Details... ]
• Kramp, P. L., 'Medusae of the Iranian Gulf', Vidensk. Medd. Dansk Nnaturh. Foren. Kbh., vol. 118, 1956, pp. 235-242. [ Details... ]
• Kramp, P. L., 'The Hydromedusae of the Atlantic Ocean and Adjacent Aaters', Dana Rep., vol. 46, 1959, pp. 1-283. [ Details... ]
• Kramp, P. L., 'Synopsis of Medusae of the World', Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 40, 1961, pp. 1-469. [ Details... ]
• Kramp, P. L., 'Some Medusae from Northern Australia', Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Aust., vol. 85, 1961, pp. 197-205. [ Details... ]
• Kristenson, A., 'Some Observations Concerning the Pathophysiological Effects on the Human Skin Caused by the Stinging Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata)', Acta Physiologica Scandinavica, vol. 18, no. 2-3, 1949, pp. 151-156. [ Details... ]
• Lane, C. E., 'Toxin of Physalia Nematocysts', Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 90, no. 3, 1960, pp. 742-750. [ Details... ]
• Lane, C. E. and Dodge, E., 'Toxicity of Physalia Nematocysts', The Biological Bulletin, vol. 115, no. 2, 1958, pp. 219-226. [ Details... ]
• Leigh, W. H., 'Cercaria huttoni, sp. Nov. A Dermatitis-Producing Schistosome Larva from the Marine Snail, Haminoea antillarum guadalupensis Sowerby', The Journal of Parasitology, vol. 39, no. 6, 1953, pp. 625-629. [ Details... ]
• Light, S. F., 'Same Philippine Scyphomedusae, Including Two New Genera, Five New Species, and One New Variety', Philipp. J. Sci., vol. D9, no. 3, 1914, pp. 195-231. [ Details... ]
• Light, S. F., 'Another Dangerous Jellyfish in Philippine Waters', Philipp. J. Sci., vol. B9, no. 3, 1914, pp. 291-295. [ Details... ]
• Light, S. F., 'Further Notes on Philippine Scyphomedusan Jellyfishes', Philipp. J. Sci., vol. 18, no. 1, 1921, pp. 25-45. [ Details... ]
• Lord, R. E. and Wilks, S. L. B., 'A Case of Jelly-Fish Sting Simulating an Acute Abdomen', Lancet, vol. 2, 1918, p. 390. [ Details... ]
• Mackerras, I. M., 'Identical Skin Eruption in Five Men After Massive Exposure to Jellyfish (Aurelia) [correspondence on]', The Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 1, 1958, p. 56. [ Details... ]
• Mathias, A. P., Ross, D. M. and Schachter, M., 'Distribution of Histamine, S-Hydroxy-Tryptamine, Tetramethyl Ammonium, and Other Substances in Coelenterates Containing Nematoycsts', The Journal of Physiology, vol. 142, 1958, pp. 56p-57p. [ Details... ]
• Mayer, A. G., 'Medusae of the World', Publ. Carneg. Instn., vol. 1-3, no. 109, 1910. [ Details... ]
• McMichael, D. F., 'Poisonous Bites by Octopus', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, no. 1955-1956, 1957, pp. 110-111. [ Details... ]
• McMichael, D. F., 'Another Octopus Bite', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, no. 1956-1957, 1958, p. 92. [ Details... ]
• McMichael, D. F., 'Another Poisonous Octopus Bite', J. Malacol. Soc. Aust., vol. 5, 1961, p. 58. [ Details... ]
• McNeill, F. A., 'The Blue-Bottle-Terror of the Surf Bather', Aust. Mus. Mag., vol. 6, no. 7, 1937, pp. 223-226. [ Details... ]
• McNeill, F. A. and Pope, E. C., 'A Venomous Medusa from Australian Waters', Aust. J. Sci., vol. 5, no. 6, 1943, pp. 188-191. [ Details... ]
• McNeill, F. A. and Pope, E. C., 'A Deadly Poisonous Jellyfish', Aust. Mus. Mag., vol. 8, no. 4, 1943, pp. 127-131. [ Details... ]
• Mitchell, J. H., 'Eye Injuries Due to Jellyfish (Cyanea annaskala)', The Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 2, 1962, pp. 303-305. [ Details... ]
• Murtha, E. F., 'Pharmacological Study of Poisons from Shellfish and Puffer Fish', Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 90, no. 3, 1960, pp. 820-836. [ Details... ]
• Old, H. H., 'A Report of Several Cases with Unusual Symptoms Caused by Contact with Some Unknown Variety of Jellyfish (Scyphozoa)', Philipp. J. Sci., vol. B3, no. 4, 1908, pp. 329-333. [ Details... ]
• Owre, H. B., 'Coelenterate Nematocysts as a Cause of Certain Kinds of Sea Stings', Bull. Mar. Sci. Gulf and Caribbean, vol. 6, no. 4, 1956, pp. 309-314. [ Details... ]
• Pacy, H., 'Identical Skin-Eruption in Five Men After Exposure to Jellyfish (Accrelia)', The Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 2, 1957, pp. 580-582. [ Details... ]
• Pacy, H., 'Identical Skin-Eruption in Five Men After Exposure to Jellyfish (Accrelia). [correspondence]', The Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 1, 1958, p. 56. [ Details... ]
• Pantin, C. F. A., 'The Excitation of Nematocysts', The Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 19, no. 3, 1942, pp. 294-310. [ Details... ]
• Paradice, W. E. J., 'Injuries and Lesions Caused by the Bites of Animals and Insects', The Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 2, 1924, pp. 650-652. [ Details... ]
• Parrish, H. M., 'Deaths from Bites and Stings of Venomous Animals and Insects in the United States', American Medical Association Archives of Internal Medicine, vol. 104, 1959, pp. 198-207. [ Details... ]
• Petrauskas, L. E., 'A Case of Cone Shell Poisoning by " Bite " in Manus Island', The Papua New Guinea Medical Journal, vol. 1, no. 2, 1955, pp. 67-68. [ Details... ]
• Phillips, J. H., 'Isolation of Active Nematocysts of Metridium senile and Their Chemical Composition', Nature, vol. 178, 1956, p. 932. [ Details... ]
• Phillips, J. H. and Abbott, D. P., 'Isolation and Assay of the Nematocyst Toxin of Metridium senile fimbriatum', The Biological Bulletin, vol. 113, no. 2, 1957, pp. 296-301. [ Details... ]
• Picken, L. E. R., 'A Note on the Nematocysts of Corynactis viridis', The Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, vol. 94, no. 3, 1953, pp. 203-227. [ Details... ]
• Picken, L. E. R., 'Stinging Capsules and Designing Nature', The New Biologist, vol. 22, 1957, pp. 56-72. [ Details... ]
• Pockley, E., 'Cone Shell Mollusc Poisoning', The Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 1, 1936, p. 662. [ Details... ]
• Pope, E. C., 'Some Sea Animals that Sting and Bite', The New Biologist, vol. 9, no. 5, 1947, pp. 164-168. [ Details... ]
• Pope, E. C., 'Te Baïtari- An Edible Jellyfish from Tarawa', Aust. Mus. Mag., vol. 10, no. 8, 1951, pp. 270-272. [ Details... ]
• Pope, E. C., 'Sea Lice or Jellyfish?', Aust. Mus. Mag., vol. 11, no. 1, 1953, pp. 16-21. [ Details... ]
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