The injuries caused by venomous and poisonous aquatic animals may provoke important morbidity in the victim. The cnidarians (jellyfishes, especially cubomedusas and Portuguese-Man-of-War) caused nearly 25% of 236 accidents ...

The injuries caused by venomous and poisonous aquatic animals may provoke important morbidity in the victim. The cnidarians (jellyfishes, especially cubomedusas and Portuguese-Man-of-War) caused nearly 25% of 236 accidents ...

Injuries and envenomation are caused by poisonous, venomous, and traumatogenic aquatic animals. In this chapter we discuss the main aquatic animals that can cause trauma in humans, which are included in the Phyla Cnidaria ...