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

Ƙarfin dafi
Dubban ƙananan ƙwayoyin harbi suna harbawa idan wani abu ya taɓa su.
Me dafinsa yake yi?
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
Yaya haɗarinsa yake ga mutane?
Haɗari ga mutane: Mai raɗaɗiYana iya yin ciwo sosai, amma kusan bai taɓa zama mai tsanani ba.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
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?
ya fi ɗan yatsanka gajartaYaya girman Thimble 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
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
Inda bayanan suka fito
- Thimble jellyfish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Linuche unguiculata (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)
Yadda za ka gane shi