taxonID	type	description	language	source
93061D26FB09A047FF663505FAF8F988.taxon	description	Figs. 2 A – D, 3 A – I Collected samples: XC _ 38, Xcalak, Quintana Roo, Mexico, 18 ° 16 ’ 14.7 ” N, 87 ° 50 ’ 04.5 ” W; 1 m; December 2006; 2 adult specimens, BH = 5.4 / 5.4 cm, IPD = 4.0 / 3.4 cm. MCS _ 1, Mexican Caribbean Sea, Mexico; 1 juvenile specimen, BH = 1.2 cm, IPD = 0.9 cm. SQR _ 96 _ 1, Southern Quintana Roo, Mexico; January 2007; 1 adult specimen, BH = 8.2 cm, IPD = 5.6 cm. BEL _ 65 _ 1, Front of Hopkins, Belize; 16 ° 41 ’ 34.1 ” N, 87 ° 29 ’ 25.1 ” W; 25 – 50 m; January 2007; 1 juvenile specimen, BH = 1.3 cm, IPD = 1.1 cm. Zooplankton collection: ECO-CH-Z _ 00203, northwest Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico; 20 ° 41 ’ 00 ” N, 86 ° 16 ’ 00 ” W; 0 – 5 m; November 1991; 28 ° C; 36 PSU; 1 juvenil specimen, BH = 0.6 cm, IPD = 0.7 cm; as Carybdea alata. ECO-CH-Z _ 00211, northwest Chinchorro Bank, Quintana Roo, Mexico; 18 ° 29 ’ 05 ” N, 87 ° 36 ’ 00 ” W; 0 – 5 m; February 1991; 35 PSU; 1 juvenil specimen, BH = 0.5 cm, IPD = 0.4 cm; as Carybdea marsupialis. ECO-CHZ _ 00226, northwest Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico; 20 ° 41 ’ 00 ” N, 86 ° 16 ’ 00 ” W; 0 – 5 m; November 1991; 28 ° C; 36 PSU; 1 adult specimen, BH = 3.1 cm, IPD = 2.5 cm; as Carybdea alata. ECO-CH-Z _ 00227, Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico; 19 ° 34 ’ 03 ” N, 87 ° 20 ’ 04 ” W; 0 – 5 m; May 1991; 27.5 ° C; 36 PSU; 1 juvenil adult BH = 1.4 cm, IPD = 0.9 cm; as Carybdea marsupialis. Citizen science (Blackwater Cozumel): Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico; 2023; Obs. Frida Yolotzin Jonguitud. Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico; November & December 2021, May & December 2023, June 2024; Obs. Robert Stansfield. Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico, 20 ° 27 ’ 59.5 ” N, 86 ° 59 ’ 24.2 ” W; 0 – 3 m; August 2024; 31 ° C; Obs. Frida Yolotzin Jonguitud. Nematocysts: bands along the length of the tentacles, undischarged, oval, heterotrichus microbasic p-euriteles 21 – 23 μm ± 1.8 x 13 – 14 μm ± 0.4 and undischarged holotrichus isorhizas 14 – 15 μm ± 0.5 x 13 – 14 μm ± 0.4.	en	Villalobos-León, Raquel Inés, Mendoza-Becerril, María A. (2025): Cubozoans (Cnidaria, Cubozoa) in the western Caribbean Sea: new and additional records of Carybdea xaymacana, Alatina alata, and Tamoya cf. haplonema. Zootaxa 5609 (1): 29-40, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.1.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5609.1.2
93061D26FB09A041FF663175FDF1F974.taxon	description	Figs. 4 A – I Collected samples: MH _ 2 _ 1, Mahahual, Quintana Roo, Mexico, 18 ° 43 ’ 22 ” N, 87 ° 42 ’ 00 ” W; 9 m; December 1990; 27 ° C; 36 PSU; 1 adult specimen, BH = 2.4 cm, IPD = 2.2 cm. PM _ A _ 1, Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico, 20 ° 52 ’ 0.00 ’’ N, 86 ° 51 ’ 0.00 ’’ W; December 2001; 3 juvenile specimens, BH = 0.5 / 0.4 / 0.5 cm, IPD = 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.4 cm. BEL _ 77 _ 1, Northeast Caye Raguana, Belize, 16 ° 22 ’ 31.3 ” N, 88 ° 01 ’ 55.0 ” W; 0 – 100 m; January 2007; 1 juvenil specimen, BH = 1.6 cm, IPD = 1.8 cm. PM _ 1,2, Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico, 20 ° 52 ’ 05.3 ” N, 86 ° 52 ’ 00.9 ” W; 1 m; November 2023; 28.8 ° C; 36.5 PSU; 8 adult specimens, BH = 2.9 / 2.3 / 2.4 / 2.6 / 2.3 / 2.3 / 3.0 / 2.5 cm; IPD = 2.7 / 2.3 / 2.5 / 2.5 / 2.4 / 2.4 / 3 / 2.4 cm. Zooplankton collection: ECO-CH-Z- 02242, Bahía de la Ascension, Quintana Roo, Mexico, 19 ° 47 ’ 01.0 ” N, 87 ° 26 ’ 07.9 ” W; 5.8 m; June 1997; 30 ° C; 35 PSU; 1 juvenil specimen, BH = 0.1 cm; IPD = 0.1 cm; as Carybdea marsupialis. Citizen science (iNaturalist): Quintana Roo, Mexico, 20 ° 16 ’ 41.9 ” N, 87 ° 22 ’ 50.9 ” W; June 2018; Obs. Donají Graham. Nematocysts: thin bands along the length of the tentacles, undischarged, euryteles 37 – 39 μm ± 0.8 x 13 – 14 μm ± 0.4 and warts scattered exumbrella, undischarged, spherical isorhizas 10 – 11 μm ± 0.5 x 10 – 11 μm ± 0.5. DNA Sequence with accession numbers MEDUS 187 – 25 had a greater than 90 % identity with JN 700978.1 Genbank number access (C. xaymacana).	en	Villalobos-León, Raquel Inés, Mendoza-Becerril, María A. (2025): Cubozoans (Cnidaria, Cubozoa) in the western Caribbean Sea: new and additional records of Carybdea xaymacana, Alatina alata, and Tamoya cf. haplonema. Zootaxa 5609 (1): 29-40, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.1.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5609.1.2
