Cannonball jellyfish
The cannonball jellyfish is a round, dome-shaped jellyfish that looks a bit like a cannonball. It lives in warm coastal waters on both sides of the Americas and in parts of Asia, and it is common in shallow water near the coast. It matters because it is one of the most common causes of minor jellyfish stings in US and Caribbean waters.1

Yadda za ka gane shi
- Dome-shaped bell that can reach 25 cm in diameter1
- The rim of the bell is often coloured with brown pigment1
- A cluster of oral arms under the body, extending out around the mouth1
- Some related species found in the Pacific and South Atlantic are pale to blue in colour1
Ana yawan rikita shi da: Several undescribed Stomolophus species in the Pacific and South Atlantic have pale to blue pigment. They are genetically different from the cannonball jellyfish of the North Atlantic, but they are often misidentified as that species.1
Ƙarfin dafi
Dubban ƙananan ƙwayoyin harbi suna harbawa idan wani abu ya taɓa su.
Me dafinsa yake yi?
They release a mucus from their nematocysts (stinging cells) that contains a toxin when disturbed. The toxin can cause irregular heart rhythms and problems in the heart's conduction pathways, although this is not common in people. Contact with the nematocysts can be very painful and may cause redness and swelling, and the toxin is also harmful to the eyes.1
Yaya haɗarinsa yake ga mutane?
Haɗari ga mutane: Mai sauƙiKamar harbin ƙudan zuma ko ƙasa da haka. Kusan ba shi da lahani ga mutane.Cannonball jellyfish are mostly harmless to people. Contact usually causes slight itching or minor eye irritation. They are among the most common causes of minor stings in US and Caribbean waters. Their toxin can cause heart problems in animals and humans, but this does not usually happen.1
Me yake yi idan ya ji tsoro?
When disturbed, they release a toxic mucus from their nematocysts, which harms small fish nearby and drives away most predators.1
Idan ya harba
- Fita daga ruwan kuma ka cire duk wasu zarurruka (tentacles) da suka manne (da safar hannu ko kyalle).
- Don box jellyfish na ƙasashe masu zafi: ka zuba vinegar a wuraren harbin na aƙalla daƙiƙa 30, ka kira taimako kuma ka shirya yin CPR (farfaɗo da zuciya). Don bluebottles da yawancin sauran: ka kurkure da ruwan teku, sannan ruwan zafi don ciwon.
Kullum ka fara kiran lambar gaggawa (112, 000, 911). Wannan jagorar agajin gaggawa ce ta gaba ɗaya, ba shawarar likita ba. Muhimman abubuwan agajin gaggawa
Kiyaye lafiya
- Kada ka taɓa, kada ka kama, kada ka tsokani dabbar daji, ko da ƙarama ce, kuma ko da tana kama da tana barci ko ta mutu.
- Ka ba shi sarari. Idan ka haɗu da ɗaya, ka natsu, ka koma baya a hankali kuma ka bar shi ya bi hanyarsa.
- Idan ɗaya ya harbe ka: ka natsu, ka zauna ba motsi, ka kira lambar gaggawarka (112, 000, 911) ko ka je asibiti da sauri. Ka tuna yadda yake, hoto yana taimakawa.
Ba ya neman cutar da kai. Yana amfani da dafinsa don kama abinci ko don kare kansa, kuma ya fi son ya ɓuya. Ƙarin bayani game da kiyaye lafiya
A ina a duniya?
Yaya girmansa yake?
Yaya tsawonsa yake?
tsawon tubalan gini na wasa 8 a jereYaya girman Cannonball jellyfish yake idan aka kwatanta da KAI?
Lissafi ne kawai a cikin burauzarka. Ba a adana komai ko a aika ko'ina.
Yaya saurinsa yake?
Bayanai
Juvenile portly spider crabs often live in the bell, eating some of the food the jellyfish catches. The jellyfish is not harmed because it can regenerate its tissue. One jellyfish has been seen with up to ten crabs in its bell.1
Jellyfish are commercially harvested as food. In Georgia, jellyball fishing is the state's third largest commercial fishery.1
The endangered leatherback sea turtle is one of their main predators.1
In 2012, El Golfo de Santa Clara in Mexico harvested 20,000 tons of these jellyfish from late April to early July.1
Mai karya tatsuniya
Tatsuniya: Cannonball jellyfish are dangerous to people.
Gaskiya: They are mostly harmless to people. Contact usually causes only slight itching or minor eye irritation.1
Don ƙwararru a kan dafi
- Sunan kimiyya
- Stomolophus meleagris
- Rukuni
- Jellyfish da masu harbi na teku
- Iyali
- Stomolophidae2
- Tsari
- Rhizostomeae
- Nahiyoyi
- Tekun Atlantika, Tekun Caribbean, Gaɓar Tekun Mexico, Gaɓar Tekun California, Tekuna
- Jarirai
- They can reproduce sexually or asexually. Sexual reproduction happens when a cannonball shoots sperm from its mouth and another cannonball catches it. The embryos develop in pouches on the oral arms, then the larvae settle on hard surfaces and grow into polyps.1
- Haɗari ga mutane
- 1 / 5: Mai sauƙi3
Inda bayanan suka fito
- Cannonball jellyfish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Stomolophus meleagris (iNaturalist): sunaye da rarrabuwa.
- Venom Wiki: matakin haɗari, girman al'ada da ƙiyasin sauri namu ne. Ga yadda muke lissafa su: Yadda muke auna haɗari.
Kowane bayani a wannan shafi yana da lamba da ke nuna tushensa. Idan mun yi kuskure, ka yi haƙuri, mu masoya dabbobi ne, ba mujallar kimiyya ba. Ka gaya mana a [email protected] kuma za mu gyara.
Zarurruka masu harbi (tentacles)
