“…This description of the life history of both sessile and motile stages of the tropical Australian carybdeid Malo maxima is contrary to those of the majority of presently described Cubozoa, which include planula with pigmentation bands (Widersten 1968, Arneson & Cutress 1976, Yamaguchi & Hartwick 1980, Hartwick 1991a, Hartwick 1991b, Nordström et al 2003, Carrette et al 2014, Toshino et al 2014a, Toshino et al 2014b, Straehler-Pohl 2017, creeping polyps (Werner et al 1971, Werner 1975, Arneson & Cutress 1976, Yamaguchi & Hartwick 1980, Werner 1983, Hartwick 1991a, Straehler-Pohl & Jarms 2005, Adler & Jarms 2009, Straehler-Pohl 2009, Straehler-Pohl & Jarms 2011, Carrette et al 2014, Kingsford & Mooney 2014, Toshino et al 2014a, Toshino et al 2014b, and the complete metamorphosis of a single polyp into a single, fully-formed, free-living medusa with no remaining regenerative residuum (Werner et al 1971, Studebaker 1972, Cutress & Studebaker 1973, Werner 1973b, Arneson & Cutress 1976, Werner 1976, Yamaguchi & Hartwick 1980, Werner 1983, Laska-Mehnert 1985, Nordström et al 2003, Straehler-Pohl & Jarms 2005...…”