Mauve stinger
The mauve stinger is a small jellyfish that drifts in warm seas across much of the world. Its bell and tentacles are covered in stinging cells, so its stings hurt, even when the jellyfish is dead and washed up on a beach. Huge swarms of them can close beaches and damage fishing and fish farms.1

Otú ị ga-esi mata ya
- Adults have a bell 3 to 12 cm across.1
- Colour varies from mauve and purple to pink, light brown and yellow.1
- It has eight long tentacles and four long oral arms.1
- Unusually for a jellyfish, both the bell and the tentacles carry stinging cells.1
- When disturbed by waves or a ship's motion, it gives off short flashes of light at night.1
A na-agwakọkarị ya na: Its common name purple-striped jelly can cause confusion with Chrysaora colorata. Stings from either can cross-react, so people who have been stung by one may react to the other.1
Ike nsị
Ọtụtụ puku obere sel na-agba agba na-agbapụ mgbe ihe metụrụ ha aka.
Gịnị ka nsị ọ na-agba na-eme?
This jellyfish stings rather than bites. Its stinging cells cause pain, redness, swelling and a rash, and the pain typically lasts 1 to 2 weeks. Less often, people feel dizzy or are sick or have diarrhoea, and skin rashes can return years later.1
Kedu otú o si dị egwu nye mmadụ?
Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ: Na-afụ ụfụỌ nwere ike ịfụ ụfụ nke ukwuu, mana ọ naghị adịkarị njọ.Stings are common and painful, but they are generally not dangerous and there are no known deaths. A rare serious allergic reaction can happen, and a single case of Guillain–Barré syndrome, a serious nerve condition, has been linked to a sting; all symptoms in that case cleared within 6 months.1
Gịnị ka ọ na-eme mgbe ụjọ tụrụ ya?
Its stinging cells are used to defend it as well as to catch prey.1
Ọ bụrụ na ọ gbaa
- The sting may possibly be relieved with compounds called hydroxyacetophenone and Symsitive, which stop the stinging cells firing. Seek medical help if a serious allergic reaction or other symptoms develop.1
- Pụta na mmiri, wepụkwa tentacles ya niile (jiri uwe aka ma ọ bụ akwa).
- Maka box jellyfish nke ebe okpomọkụ: wụsa vinega n'ebe ọ gbara ọ dịkarịa ala sekọnd 30, kpọọ maka enyemaka, dịkwa njikere ime CPR. Maka bluebottles na ọtụtụ ndị ọzọ: jiri mmiri osimiri saa ya, wee jiri mmiri ọkụ maka mgbu ahụ.
Na-ebu ụzọ kpọọ nọmba mberede gị mgbe niile (112, 000, 911). Nke a bụ ndụmọdụ enyemaka mbụ n'ozuzu, ọ bụghị ndụmọdụ ọgwụ. Isi ihe enyemaka mbụ
Nọrọ na nchekwa
- Emetụla anụ ọhịa aka, ejidela ya, emekwala ya ihe ọjọọ, ọbụna obere, ọbụna ma ọ dị ka ọ na-ehi ụra ma ọ bụ nwụọ anwụ.
- Nye ya ohere. Ọ bụrụ na ị zutere otu, dị jụụ, laghachi azụ nwayọ, hapụ ya ka ọ gaa ụzọ ya.
- Ọ bụrụ na otu gbaa gị: dị jụụ, emegharịla ahụ, kpọọ nọmba mberede gị (112, 000, 911) ma ọ bụ gaa ụlọ ọgwụ ngwa ngwa. Cheta ka o si dị, foto na-enye aka.
Ọ naghị achụ gị. Ọ na-eji nsị ya ejide nri ma ọ bụ chebe onwe ya, ọ ga-akakwa mma n'anya ya ịzo onwe ya. Ihe ndị ọzọ gbasara ịnọ na nchekwa
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Kedu otú o si dị ogologo?
dị ogologo dị ka blọk egwuregwu 4 n'ahịrịKedu otú Mauve stinger si hà ma e jiri ya tụnyere GỊ?
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Eziokwu
It glows in the dark, and a description of its light was written by Pliny the Elder in 77 AD.1
Unlike most jellyfish, it has stinging cells on its bell as well as its tentacles.1
A seven-arm octopus has been recorded holding one of these jellyfish to use its sting as a defence.1
Swarms can cover tens of square kilometres and contain millions of jellyfish.1
It can eat microscopic plant plankton, which is highly unusual for a cnidarian.1
It has no polyp stage, a bottom-dwelling stage that most other jellyfish go through.1
Onye na-ekpughe akụkọ ụgha
Akụkọ ụgha: A dead jellyfish washed up on the beach is harmless.
Eziokwu: Even recently dead, stranded individuals can still sting.1
Maka ndị ọkachamara nsị
- Aha sayensị
- Pelagia noctiluca
- Otu
- Jelifish na anụ osimiri na-agba agba
- Ezinụlọ
- Pelagiidae2
- Usoro
- Semaeostomeae
- Kọntinent dị iche iche
- Oké Osimiri Atlantik, Oké Osimiri Pasifik, Oké Osimiri India, Osimiri Mediterenian, Osimiri Uhie, Oké osimiri niile
- Ụmụ ọhụrụ
- Males and females release sperm and eggs into the sea during daylight. The fertilised egg becomes a larva in 3 days, a tiny young jellyfish after a week, and an adult about a month later.1
- Ogologo ndụ
- ihe dị ka afọ 0.751
- Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ
- 2 / 5: Na-afụ ụfụ3
Ebe eziokwu ndị a si
- Pelagia noctiluca (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Pelagia noctiluca (iNaturalist): aha na nhazi ọkwa.
- Venom Wiki: ọkwa ihe ize ndụ, nha nkịtị na nchepụta ọsọ bụ nke anyị. Lee otú anyị si achọpụta ha: Otú anyị si atụ ihe ize ndụ.
Eziokwu ọ bụla dị na peeji a nwere nọmba na-egosi ebe o si. Ọ bụrụ na anyị mehiere ihe, ndo, anyị bụ ndị hụrụ anụmanụ n'anya, ọ bụghị akwụkwọ akụkọ sayensị. Gwa anyị na [email protected], anyị ga-edozi ya.
Tentacles na-agba agba

