Irukandji jellyfish
The Irukandji jellyfish is a tiny box jellyfish with a sting that can cause a serious illness called Irukandji syndrome. It lives in the open water near Australia, and it is hard to spot because it is so small.1

Akkaataa itti beekamu
- The bell is square-shaped and very small, about 12 mm high and 30 mm across.1
- It has four long tentacles, one from each corner of the bell.1
- The tentacles range from 5 to 50 cm long.1
- Its small size means it often goes unseen in open water.1
Yeroo baay'ee kan itti wal fakkeessan: The common name Irukandji jellyfish is also used for other Irukandji jellyfish, such as Malo kingi. The name alone does not tell them apart.1
Humna summii
Seelonni iddu xixiqqoon kumaatamaan lakkaa'aman yeroo wanti tokko isaan tuqu ni dhukkubsu.
Summiin isaa (ciniinnaa ykn iddiin) maal godha?
This jellyfish is extremely venomous. Its venom comes from stinging cells called nematocysts in its tentacles and bell, and it changes as the jellyfish matures. A sting can cause Irukandji syndrome, with muscle aches, back pain, nausea, headaches, chest and stomach pains, sweating, high blood pressure and difficulty breathing.1
Namootaaf hammam balaa qaba?
Balaa namootaaf: Baay'ee balaa qabaNama yaalii hin arganne ajjeesuu danda'a.Irukandji syndrome can be severe, and the symptoms are described in detail in medical accounts. Most reported incidents have been in Australia during the warm summer season. Because the jellyfish is so small, people often do not see it before they are stung.1
Yoo idde
- In hospital, patients are given intravenous morphine, hydromorphone or fentanyl for pain. Pethidine is avoided because of its toxic metabolite norpethidine.1
- Bishaan keessaa ba'iitii qaccee (tentacles) kamiyyuu (guwaantiin ykn huccuun) irraa buqqisi.
- Jeelifiishii saanduqaa (box jellyfish) tiroopikaalaatiif: bakka iddame irratti yoo xiqqaate sekoondii 30f aceetoo (vinegar) naqi, gargaarsa waami, CPR (deebisanii hargansiisuu fi onnee dhiibuu) gochuuf qophaa'i. Bluebottle fi kanneen biroo baay'eef: bishaan galaanaatiin dhiqi, sana booda dhukkubbiif bishaan ho'aa fayyadami.
Yeroo hunda dursa lakkoofsa balaa tasaa kee bilbili (112, 000, 911). Kun qajeelfama gargaarsa jalqabaa waliigalaa ti, gorsa yaalaa miti. Bu'uura gargaarsa jalqabaa
Nageenyaan turi
- Bineensa bosonaa gonkumaa hin tuqin, hin qabin, hin tuttuqin, xiqqaa ta'us, rafe ykn du'e fakkaatus.
- Iddoo itti kenni. Yoo tokko wajjin wal argite, tasgabbaa'i, suuta duubatti deebi'iitii karaa isaa akka deemu dhiisi.
- Yoo tokko si idde: tasgabbaa'i, sochii malee turi, lakkoofsa balaa tasaa kee (112, 000, 911) bilbili ykn dafii hospitaala ga'i. Maal akka fakkaatu yaadadhu, suuraan ni gargaara.
Si miidhuuf si hin barbaadu. Summii isaa nyaata qabachuuf ykn of eeguuf fayyadama, dhokachuu immoo baay'ee filata. Waa'ee nageenyaa dabalataan
Addunyaa keessaa eessatti?
Hammam guddaa dha?
Dheerinni isaa hammam?
quba kee isa xiqqaa caalaa gabaabaa
dheerina bishaan daakaa guddaa (50 m) sekoondii 36 keessatti daakuu danda'aIrukandji jellyfish SI wajjin yoo wal bira qabamu hammam guddaa dha?
Herrega qofa barsiisaa kee keessatti. Homtuu hin olkaa'amu, eessayyuu hin ergamu.
Hammam ariifata?
Dhugaawwan
Jack Barnes of Cairns, Australia, discovered the species. During an exploration aimed at finding the cause of Irukandji syndrome, he allowed himself, a lifeguard and his 9-year-old son to be stung.1
Irukandji syndrome, which this jellyfish can cause, was first identified after a group of swimmers were stung in open water near North Queensland, Australia.1
Its venom changes in composition as the jellyfish grows, matching its change in prey from invertebrates to fish.1
Its life cycle alternates between a young form that attaches to a reef or rock and an adult form that swims freely in the water.1
This jellyfish is a type of box jellyfish, a group known for potent venom.1
Ogeeyyii summiitiif
- Maqaa saayinsii
- Carukia barnesi
- Garee
- Jeelifiishii fi uumamoota galaanaa iddu
- Maatii
- Carukiidae2
- Tartiiba
- Carybdeida
- Ardiiwwan
- Garba Hindii, Garba Paasifikii, Galaana Kooraal, Galaana Timoor fi Araafuuraa, Garboota
- Ilmoolee
- Young jellyfish begin as a swimming planula larva, which settles on a reef or rock and grows into a polyp. The polyp later forms a colony that develops into an adult medusa.1
- Balaa namootaaf
- 4 / 5: Baay'ee balaa qaba3
Dhugaawwan eessaa dhufu
- Carukia barnesi (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Carukia barnesi (iNaturalist): maqaa fi ramaddii.
- Venom Wiki: sadarkaan balaa, guddinni idilee fi tilmaamni ariitii kan keenya. Akkamitti akka hojjennu ilaali: Balaa akkamitti madaalla.
Dhugaan fuula kana irra jiru hundi lakkoofsa madda isaatti si qajeelchu qaba. Yoo waan tokko dogoggorre, dhiifama, nuti jaallattoota bineensotaa ti malee joornaalii saayinsii miti. [email protected] irratti nutti himi, ni sirreessina.
Qaccee (tentacles) iddu

