Thimble jellyfish
The thimble jellyfish is a tiny jellyfish with a flat top and straight sides, shaped a bit like a thimble. It lives in warm waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, including the Caribbean. It matters because it is the most common cause of seabather's eruption, an itchy skin rash that swimmers can get from its larvae.1

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Nwowaa (cells) nketewa mpempem a ɛwɔ tow wɔn bɔre bere a biribi de ne ho ka wɔn.
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Its stinging cells, called nematocysts, can cause a skin reaction in people. The stings are not painful, but they can form an itchy rash.1
Ne asiane ma nnipa te sɛn?
Asiane ma nnipa: Ɛyɛ yawƐtumi yɛ yaw paa, nanso ɛkame ayɛ sɛ ɛnyɛ asiane kɛseɛ da.It is the most common cause of seabather's eruption in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. The condition happens when a swimmer touches a cloud of larvae, which stick to clothing and hair. In Florida, most cases occur between March and August.1
Sɛ ɛwɔ a
- Fi nsuo no mu na yi nhama (tentacles) biara a ɛda so (fa nsa kotokuo anaa ntoma).
- Box jellyfish a ɛwɔ nsuo hyew mu: hwie vinegar gu baabi a ɛwɔɔ no so anibu 30 anaa deɛ ɛsen saa, frɛ ma wɔmmɛboa na siesie wo ho sɛ wobɛyɛ CPR. Bluebottles ne afoforɔ dodoɔ no: fa ɛpo nsuo hohoro, na afei nsuo hyew ma yaw no.
Di kan frɛ wo ahohiahia nɔma (112, 000, 911). Yei yɛ mmoa a ɛdi kan ho akwankyerɛ, ɛnyɛ dɔkota afotuo. Mmoa a ɛdi kan ho nsɛm titiriw
Hwɛ wo ho so
- Mfa wo nsa nka wiram aboa biara, nkyere no na mfa no nni agorɔ, sɛ ɔyɛ ketewa mpo, na sɛ ɛte sɛ ɔrededa anaa wawu mpo a.
- Ma no kwan. Sɛ wohyia baako a, ma wo bo nnwo, san w'akyi brɛoo na ma ɔnkɔ ne kwan.
- Sɛ baako wɔ wo a: ma wo bo nnwo, tena dinn, frɛ wo ahohiahia nɔma (112, 000, 911) anaa kɔ ayaresabea ntɛm. Kae sɛdeɛ na ɛte, mfonini bɛboa.
Ɛnhwehwɛ wo sɛ ɛbɛpira wo. Ɛde ne bɔre kyere aduane anaa ɛbɔ ne ho ban, na ɛpɛ sɛ ɛhinta sene biribiara. Nsɛm pii fa ahobammɔ ho
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Its larvae cause most cases of seabather's eruption, a rash that can appear after a swim.1
The larvae are killed when a swimmer leaves the water and bathes or dries off. This releases their under-developed stinging cells onto the skin.1
Swarms can cover a million square metres of sea surface.1
Its orangish-brown colour comes from symbiotic zooxanthellae, tiny algae that live inside its bell.1
Spadefish, sunfish, green sea turtles and sea slugs eat it.1
It swims by pulsing its bell and rotating as it moves.1
Baabi a nsɛm no fi
- Thimble jellyfish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Linuche unguiculata (iNaturalist): din ne nkyekyɛmu.
- Venom Wiki: asiane gyinabea, kɛseɛ a ɛtaa yɛ ne ntɛm susuo no yɛ yɛn ankasa deɛ. Hwɛ sɛdeɛ yɛbu no: Sɛdeɛ yɛkyerɛ asiane gyinabea.
Nsɛm biara a ɛwɔ kratafa yi so wɔ nɔma a ɛkyerɛ ne fibea. Sɛ yɛfom biribi a, kafra, yɛyɛ mmoa ho akɔnnɔfoɔ, ɛnyɛ nyansahu nwoma. Ka kyerɛ yɛn wɔ [email protected] na yɛbɛsiesie.
Nhama (tentacles) a ɛwɔ
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