WoRMS taxon details
original description
Gershwin, L. 2007. Malo kingi: A new species of Irukandji jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida), possibly lethal to humans. Zootaxa 1659: 55–68. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Straehler-Pohl, I. (2014). Critical evaluation of characters for species identification in the cubomedusa genus Malo (Cnidaria, Cubozoa, Carybdeida, Carukiidae). <i>Plankton and Benthos Researchm</i>. 9(2): 83–98. [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Straehler-Pohl 2014 suggests that Malo kingi is a junior synonym of Malo maxima. No genetic data included. [details]
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