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Giant Caribbean sea anemone

Condylactis gigantea

OnskadelikOnskadelik vir mense. Niks om oor bekommerd te wees nie.

Jellievisse & see-steekdiere

SteektentakelsEet: Vleis

Gevaar vir mense: LigSoos 'n bysteek of minder. Basies onskadelik vir mense.

The giant Caribbean sea anemone is a large, colourful sea animal that looks like a soft, flower-shaped blob on the seabed. It lives in shallow reefs and calm inshore waters in the Caribbean and western Atlantic. Its sting is strong enough to stun the fish and shrimp it eats.1

Leef in

Caribbean Sea and West Indies, and the western Atlantic from southern Florida through the Florida Keys; also common in Bermuda1

Atlantiese Oseaan, Karibiese See, Golf van Meksiko

Tuis

It is usually found in crevices in rock walls, or attached to a rock, shell or other hard object in shallow water with full-strength seawater most of the time. It is very common around reefs, in both forereef and lagoon areas.1

Lengte

15 cm (5,9 in)1

Topspoed

omtrent 0,01 km/h (0,01 mph)

Swem, rowwe skatting

Wat eet dit?

It eats fish, mussels, shrimp, zooplankton and sea worms. Its stinging cells paralyse the prey, which is then carried to the mouth and swallowed whole.1

Foto van Giant Caribbean sea anemone — Giant Caribbean sea anemone. Foto: LASZLO ILYES. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Hoe om dit te herken

Grows about 15 cm high and 30 cm wide, with a disc up to about 40 cm across1
Body can be white, light blue, pink, orange, pale red or light brown1
More than 100 tentacles surround the mouth1
Tentacle tips may be purple or rose-coloured, or may be paler than the body1
Grows singly or in loose groups, never as colonies1

Gifkrag

Steektentakels

Duisende piepklein steekselle skiet af wanneer iets aan hulle raak.

Wat doen sy gif as dit byt of steek?

Its stinging cells (nematocysts) at the tentacle tips contain a toxin called CgNa. When the stinging cells fire, they impale the attacker and release the toxin, which causes extreme pain and paralysis.1

Hoe gevaarlik is dit vir mense?

Gevaar vir mense: LigSoos 'n bysteek of minder. Basies onskadelik vir mense.

Wat doen dit as dit bang is?

When threatened it shrinks by pulling its tentacles into its body and forcing out most of the water, which reduces the surface a predator can attack.1

As dit steek

Klim uit die water en pluk enige tentakels af (met handskoene of 'n lap).
Vir tropiese kubuskwalle: gooi vir minstens 30 sekondes asyn oor die steke, roep hulp en wees gereed om KPR te doen. Vir bloublasies en die meeste ander: spoel af met seewater, dan warm water vir die pyn.

Bel altyd eers jou noodnommer (112, 000, 911). Dit is algemene noodhulpraad, nie mediese advies nie. Noodhulp-basiese beginsels

Bly veilig

Moet nooit aan 'n wilde dier raak, dit vang of terg nie, selfs nie 'n kleintjie nie, en selfs nie as dit lyk of dit slaap of dood is nie.
Gee dit spasie. As jy een raakloop, bly kalm, stap stadig terug en laat dit sy eie pad gaan.
As een jou steek: bly kalm, bly stil, bel jou noodnommer (112, 000, 911) of kom vinnig by 'n hospitaal uit. Onthou hoe dit gelyk het, 'n foto help.

Dit is nie uit om jou te kry nie. Dit gebruik sy gif om kos te vang of om homself te beskerm, en kruip baie eerder weg. Meer oor veilig bly

Waar in die wêreld?

Afrika Asië Europa Noord-Amerika Suid-Amerika Australië & Oseanië Atlantiese Oseaan Karibiese See Golf van Meksiko

Hoe groot is dit?

Hoe lank is dit?

so lank soos 5 speelgoed-boublokke in 'n rystadiger as 'n tuinslak

Hoe groot is Giant Caribbean sea anemone in vergelyking met JOU?

Net wiskunde in jou blaaier. Niks word gestoor of enige plek heen gestuur nie.

Hoe vinnig is dit?

'n Seeperdjie omtrent 0,0015 km/h (0 mph)

Giant Caribbean sea anemone omtrent 0,01 km/h (0,01 mph)

'n Tuinslak omtrent 0,05 km/h (0,03 mph)

die moeite werd om te weet

Feite

Its nerve cells contain proteins that are molecularly similar to those in mammal nerve cells, which helps scientists study how nervous systems evolved.1

Fish and cleaner shrimp shelter among its tentacles, and it serves as a base station for fish cleaning.1

Although mostly stuck in place, it can crawl very slowly on its base, the pedal disc.1

Its larvae carry their own food in a yolk, so starvation is unlikely and they can drift far to spread out.1

Most individuals are either male or female, with a roughly equal ratio of the two sexes, though they occasionally have both.1

Vir gifkenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Condylactis gigantea
Groep: Jellievisse & see-steekdiere
Familie: Actiniidae2
Orde: Actiniaria
Kontinente: Atlantiese Oseaan, Karibiese See, Golf van Meksiko, Die oseane
Babas: Eggs and sperm are released into the water, where fertilisation happens. The fertilised egg becomes a larva that settles on the seabed and grows into an adult.1
Gevaar vir mense: 1 / 5: Lig3

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Condylactis gigantea (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Condylactis gigantea (iNaturalist): name en klassifikasie.
Venom Wiki: die gevaarvlak, die tipiese grootte en die spoedskatting is ons eie. Kyk hoe ons dit uitwerk: Hoe ons gevaar gradeer.

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