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Purple-striped jelly

Chrysaora colorata
Davart il num: The jellyfish gets its name from the purple stripes on its bell.1
Fa mo malBetg tutgarQuai fa mal, ma i na ta fa nagin donn serius.
Medusas ed autras creaturas da mar che piztgan Tentaclas che piztganMangia: Charn
Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

The purple-striped jelly is a jellyfish with a bell marked by purple stripes. It lives off the coast of California, and scientists study it closely because so little is known about how it feeds. Its sting is extremely painful to people, though stings are rare.1

Viva en
Primarily off the coast of California, from Bodega Bay to San Diego1
Ocean Pacific
Pagina iniziala
It lives in the sea off the coast of California. Young Cancer crabs make their home inside the jellyfish, so divers and beachgoers in these waters may encounter it.1
Lunghezza
70 cm (2,3 ft)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 1,3 km/h (0,81 mph)
Nudar, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It feeds on zooplankton, including copepods, larval fish, ctenophores, salps, other jellies, and fish eggs. When prey touches a marginal tentacle, stingers fire to paralyse it, and the tentacle bends in towards the nearest oral arm, which carries the prey to the stomach cavity.1
Propi!Foto da Purple-striped jelly
Purple-striped jelly. Foto: Mike Baird. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

  • The bell can be up to 70 cm across and usually has a radial pattern of purple stripes.1
  • Juveniles are pinkish, with long, dark maroon tentacles.1
  • Adults have eight long, dark marginal arms and four frilly oral arms.1
  • As it ages, the tentacles thicken and look pale, and the oral arms become harder to see.1

Forza dal tissi

Tentaclas che piztgan

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

Tge fa ses tissi?

Its stings release stingers that paralyse prey. Its sting is extremely painful to humans.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

The sting is extremely painful to humans, but stings are rare.1

Sch'el piztga

  • 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?

Purple-striped jelly circa 70 cm lung (2,3 ft)In giat da chasa circa 50 cm (1,6 ft)In chaun circa 1 m (3,3 ft)
uschè lung sco 4 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess nudar la lunghezza d'in grond bassin (50 m) en 140 secundas

Quant grond è Purple-striped jelly cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

Young Cancer crabs make their home in the jellyfish and eat the parasitic amphipods that feed on it and damage it.1

2

Leatherback turtles are the main predator of this jellyfish, which they favour because its four oral arms are rich in carbon and nitrogen.1

3

A specimen about 15 feet (4.5 m) long has been reported.1

4

It is more active in lively currents, which helps it move and catch prey.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Chrysaora colorata
Gruppa
Medusas ed autras creaturas da mar che piztgan
Famiglia
Pelagiidae2
Urden
Semaeostomeae
Continents
Ocean Pacific, Ils oceans
Privel per umans
2 / 5: Dolurus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Chrysaora colorata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Chrysaora colorata (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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