Flower urchin
The flower urchin is a sea urchin with flower-shaped claws that can sting. It lives on coral reefs, in seagrass beds and on rocky or sandy sea floors across the Indo-West Pacific. It is one of the sea urchins most likely to cause a painful and medically significant sting.1

Ndenge ya koyeba yango
- Flower-like claws (globiferous pedicellariae) that are pinkish-white to yellowish-white, with a central purple dot and a bright white rim1
- A rigid shell (test) that is deep red and grey, with a purple zigzag pattern along each of the five ambulacral segments; rarely it is greenish or pale purple1
- Short, blunt spines, usually hidden beneath the flower-like claws1
- A body diameter of about 15 to 20 cm1
Bakosanaka yango mbala mingi na: Other Toxopneustes urchins look similar. Toxopneustes roseus has a uniform pink, brown or purple test and lives only in the eastern Pacific. Toxopneustes elegans, found only around Japan, has a dark stripe just below the tips of its spines. Toxopneustes maculatus is very rare, known from Réunion, Christmas Island and Palmyra Atoll, and has bright violet on its underside and a violet band around its middle.1
Makasi ya venin
Venin ebimaka na nzela ya nsende ya kotuba.
Venin na yango esalaka nini?
Its venom is made in glands at the base of the flower-like claws, not in the spines. The claws have sharp fang-like tips that can penetrate human skin, and when touched they snap shut and inject venom. The sting is described as extremely painful and medically significant.1
Likama na yango mpo na bato ezali boni?
Likama mpo na bato: Likama mingiEkoki koboma moto oyo azwi bosalisi te.It is considered highly dangerous to people. Its stings are extremely painful and medically significant. Larger individuals with bigger claws are thought to be more dangerous, because the strength of the venom is linked to claw size.1
Esalaka nini ntango ebangi?
When touched or brushed against, its flower-like claws snap shut and inject venom. The claws can break off and stay attached to the skin, continuing to inject venom for several hours.1
Soki etubi
- Tia mpota na mai ya moto, ya moto ndenge moto akoki kondima kozanga kozika, mpe luka lisalisi ya monganga mpo na kolongola ba nsende. Kotimola mpota yo moko mpo na koluka yango te.
Benga ntango nyonso nimero ya urgence liboso (112, 000, 911). Oyo ezali toli ya lisalisi ya liboso, ezali toli ya monganga te. Makambo ya moboko ya lisalisi ya liboso
Zala na libateli
- Ata mokolo moko te, simba, kanga to silikisa nyama ya zamba te, ata ya moke, mpe ata soki emonani lokola elali to ekufi.
- Tika yango esika. Soki okutani na moko, zala kimia, zonga sima malembe mpe tika ekende nzela na yango.
- Soki moko etubi yo: zala kimia, ningana te, benga nimero ya urgence na yo (112, 000, 911) to kende na lopitalo noki. Kanisa ndenge ezalaki, foto esalisaka.
Ezali koluka yo te. Esalelaka venin na yango mpo na kokanga bilei to komibatela, mpe elingaka mingi kobombama. Makambo mosusu mpo na komibatela
Wapi na mokili?
Monene na yango boni?
Molai na yango boni?
molai lokola ba brique ya masano 6 na molongo
malembe koleka escargot ya elangaFlower urchin azali monene boni soki tokokanisi na YO?
Kaka ba calcul na navigateur na yo. Eloko moko te ebombamaka to etindamaka esika moko.
Mbangu na yango boni?
Makambo ya solo
Unlike most venomous sea urchins, it does not sting through its spines. Its venom is delivered through the claws.1
A zebra crab, Zebrida adamsii, often lives attached to its shell. The crab is thought to be immune to its venom.1
Its flower-like claws are the source of its common name and are its most striking feature.1
Tiny shrimp, Athanas areteformis, sometimes live among its spines.1
In the seashell trade, its empty shells are called "mushroom urchins" because they look like mushroom caps.1
Solo to lokuta?
Lokuta: Sea urchins sting with their spines.
Solo: Flower urchins do not deliver venom through their spines. Their venom comes from the flower-like claws, which snap shut and inject it.1
Mpo na ba expert ya venin
- Kombo ya siansi
- Toxopneustes pileolus
- Ebota
- Ba oursin, ba étoile ya mbu & ba ver
- Libota
- Toxopneustidae2
- Molongo
- Camarodonta
- Bakontina
- Océan Indien, Océan Pacifique, Mer Rouge, Mer de Corail, Mer des Philippines, Mer de Timor & Mer d'Arafura, Golfe du Bengale, Ba océan
- Bana
- Eggs and sperm are released into the water during mass spawning events, and fertilisation happens outside the body.1
- Likama mpo na bato
- 4 / 5: Likama mingi3
Esika makambo euti
- Toxopneustes pileolus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Toxopneustes pileolus (iNaturalist): bankombo mpe classification.
- Venom Wiki: niveau ya likama, monene ya momesano mpe kokanisa ya mbangu ezali ya biso moko. Tala ndenge tolukaka yango: Ndenge tomekaka likama.
Likambo nyonso na lokasa oyo ezali na nimero oyo elakisi source na yango. Soki tosali libunga, limbisa biso, tozali bato oyo balingaka banyama, zulunale ya siansi te. Yebisa biso na [email protected] mpe tokobongisa yango.
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