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Atlantic banded box jellyfish

Tamoya haplonema
Dovra in mediBetg tutgarDarar mortal, ma ina piztgada sto vegnir tractada dad in medi.
Medusas ed autras creaturas da mar che piztgan Tentaclas che piztganMangia: Charn
Privel per umans: GravIna piztgada sto vegnir tractada dad in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

The Atlantic banded box jellyfish is a sea creature with a box-shaped bell and four long tentacles. It lives in the western Atlantic Ocean, and it is highly venomous, so it can sting people. It is the type species of its genus, which means it is the example species used to define the group.1

Viva en
Western Atlantic Ocean, from Argentina to Long Island, and parts of the Gulf of Mexico1
Ocean Atlantic, Mar Caribic, Golf dal Mexico
Pagina iniziala
It is native to the western Atlantic, where specimens have been found from Argentina to Long Island. Some have also been found in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coasts of Mississippi and Alabama.1
Lunghezza
9 cm (3,5 in)3
grondezza tipica d'in animal creschì
Sveltezza maximala
circa 5 km/h (3,1 mph)
Nudar, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It preys on fish. It has also been seen with fish that swim inside its body and around its tentacles without being eaten.1
Propi!Foto da Atlantic banded box jellyfish
Atlantic banded box jellyfish. Foto: Mayor, Alfred Goldsborough. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

  • Has four tentacles, one on each inter-radial pedal (a fleshy stalk between the bell's sides).1
  • Has four rhopalia, which are sense organs on the bell edge, each with a statolith (a balance structure).1
  • Each rhopalium has four simple eyes and two camera eyes.1
  • Fish may swim in among the tentacles without being eaten.1

Forza dal tissi

Tentaclas che piztgan

Millis da pitschnas cellas urticantas sajettan, cura ch'insatge las tutga.

Tge fa ses tissi?

It is highly venomous, like other box jellyfish. Its stings are harmful to humans.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: GravIna piztgada sto vegnir tractada dad in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

It is highly venomous and has been known to sting humans.1

Sch'el piztga

  • Vinegar should be applied to the skin to deactivate the nematocysts (stinging cells). A cold seawater compress should also be applied.1
  • Va or da l'aua e prenda davent las tentaclas (cun manetschas u cun in tschop).
  • Tar medusas cubicas tropicalas: versa aschieu sin las piztgadas durant almain 30 secundas, clama agid e sajas pront da far ina reanimaziun. Tar galeras portugaisas e las bleras autras: lava cun aua da mar, lura cun aua chauda cunter las dolurs.

Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid

Resta en segirezza

  • Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
  • Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
  • Sch'in tal animal ta piztga: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Atlantic banded box jellyfish circa 9 cm lung (3,5 in)In clip da palpiri circa 3 cm (1,2 in)In smartphone circa 15 cm (5,9 in)
uschè lung sco 3 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auterpudess nudar la lunghezza d'in grond bassin (50 m) en 36 secundas

Quant grond è Atlantic banded box jellyfish cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn memorisà u tramess.

Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

Its rhopalia each carry two camera eyes as well as four simple eyes.1

2

Fish have been observed swimming inside the jellyfish and around its tentacles without being eaten.1

3

Like other box jellyfish, it has four tentacles, one on each inter-radial pedal.1

Destructur da mits

Mit: It lives off the coast of Africa.

Vardad: Sightings off Africa were later attributed to a different species, Tamoya ancamori. This species is native to the western Atlantic.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Tamoya haplonema
Gruppa
Medusas ed autras creaturas da mar che piztgan
Famiglia
Tamoyidae2
Urden
Carybdeida
Continents
Ocean Atlantic, Mar Caribic, Golf dal Mexico, Ils oceans
Privel per umans
3 / 5: Grav3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Tamoya haplonema (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Tamoya haplonema (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
  3. Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.

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