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

Mmene ungaizindikirire
- 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
Nthawi zambiri imasokonezedwa ndi: 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
Mphamvu ya ululu
Ululu umatuluka kudzera mu mbola.
Ululu wake umachita chiyani?
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
Ndi yoopsa bwanji kwa anthu?
Ngozi kwa anthu: Yoopsa kwambiriIngathe kupha munthu amene sanalandire chithandizo.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
Imachita chiyani ikachita mantha?
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
Ikalasa
- Ika bala m'madzi otentha, otentha monga momwe munthuyo angapirire osapsa, ndipo peza thandizo la dokotala kuti achotse minga. Usaikumbe wekha.
Nthawi zonse yamba wayimbira nambala yadzidzidzi (112, 000, 911). Awa ndi malangizo wamba a chithandizo choyamba, osati malangizo a dokotala. Zoyambira za chithandizo choyamba
Khala wotetezeka
- Usakhudze, kugwira kapena kuseweretsa nyama yakuthengo, ngakhale yaing'ono, ndipo ngakhale ikuoneka ngati yagona kapena yafa.
- Ipatse malo. Ukakumana nayo, khala chete, bwerera m'mbuyo pang'onopang'ono ndipo uilole ipite njira yake.
- Ikakulasa: khala chete, usasunthe, imbira nambala yadzidzidzi (112, 000, 911) kapena pita kuchipatala mwachangu. Kumbukira m'mene inkaonekera, chithunzi chimathandiza.
Sikufuna kukuvulaza. Imagwiritsa ntchito ululu wake kugwira chakudya kapena kudziteteza, ndipo imakonda kwambiri kubisala. Zambiri za kukhala wotetezeka
Kuti padziko lapansi?
Ndi yaikulu bwanji?
Ndi yaitali bwanji?
yaitali ngati zidutswa zomangira zoseweretsa 6 pamzere
yochedwa kuposa nkhono ya m'mundaFlower urchin ndi yaikulu bwanji poyerekeza ndi IWE?
Ndi masamu chabe mu msakatuli wako. Palibe chomwe chimasungidwa kapena kutumizidwa kwina.
Imathamanga bwanji?
Mfundo
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
Kuthetsa nthano zabodza
Nthano yabodza: Sea urchins sting with their spines.
Zoona: Flower urchins do not deliver venom through their spines. Their venom comes from the flower-like claws, which snap shut and inject it.1
Za akatswiri a ululu
- Dzina la sayansi
- Toxopneustes pileolus
- Gulu
- Nungu za m'nyanja, nyenyezi za m'nyanja ndi nyongolotsi
- Banja
- Toxopneustidae2
- Dongosolo
- Camarodonta
- Makontinenti
- Nyanja ya Indian, Nyanja ya Pacific, Nyanja Yofiira, Nyanja ya Coral, Nyanja ya Philippine, Nyanja ya Timor ndi Arafura, Nyanja ya Bengal, Nyanja zikuluzikulu
- Ana akhanda
- Eggs and sperm are released into the water during mass spawning events, and fertilisation happens outside the body.1
- Ngozi kwa anthu
- 4 / 5: Yoopsa kwambiri3
Kumene mfundo zimachokera
- Toxopneustes pileolus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Toxopneustes pileolus (iNaturalist): mayina ndi magulu a sayansi.
- Venom Wiki: mlingo wa ngozi, kukula wamba ndi kuyerekeza kwa liwiro ndi zathu. Ona mmene timazipezera: Mmene timayezera ngozi.
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