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Red Sea fire urchin

Asthenosoma marisrubri
Davart il num: It is named for the extreme pain its spines inflict and for where it was first found, the Red Sea.1
Dovra in mediBetg tutgarDarar mortal, ma sche sias spinas ta furan, va tar in medi.
Ritschs, stailas e verms Spinas tissientadasMangia: In pau da tut
Privel per umans: GravSche sias spinas ta furan, va tar in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

The Red Sea fire urchin is a spiny sea creature that lives on the seabed. It is a fairly common sea urchin across much of the Indo-Pacific. Its spines can cause extreme pain, so it is important to know it when you are in the water.1

Viva en
Widespread across the Indo-Pacific; first described from the northern Red Sea1
Mar Cotschen
Pagina iniziala
It lives in lagoons, on external reefs, and on sandy or stony bottoms, at depths down to 90 m. It prefers water temperatures of 24 °C to 27 °C. It often shelters commensal shrimps (shrimps that live alongside it without harming it).1
Lunghezza
25 cm (9,8 in)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 0,02 km/h (0,01 mph)
Nudar, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It eats a great variety of food, including algae, coral polyps and bottom detritus (dead material on the seabed).1
Propi!Foto da Red Sea fire urchin
Red Sea fire urchin. Foto: Bernd. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

  • Its spines regularly cover the whole aboral (back) side of its body.1
  • Its body plates are articulated, which makes the test (shell) quite flexible.1
  • It is most active at night.1

Savens confundì cun: It was once considered a colour variant of Asthenosoma varium. In the Red Sea fire urchin, the spines cover the whole back side evenly. In A. varium, the spines are grouped in rectangular patches separated by bare areas.1

Forza dal tissi

Spinas tissientadas

Spinas pizzadas portan il tissi. Sch'ins passa sin el u al piglia, fa quai mal.

Tge fa ses tissi?

Its spines inflict extreme pain on anyone who is pricked by them. The pain is the main effect described for this urchin.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: GravSche sias spinas ta furan, va tar in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

Its spines cause extreme pain, which is the main danger to people who touch it or come into contact with its spines.1

Sche sias spinas ta furan

  • Metta la plaja en aua chauda, uschè chauda sco che la persuna po supportar senza sa brischar, e tschertga agid medicinal per allontanar las spinas. N'emprova betg da las chavar ora sez.

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.
  • Sche sias spinas ta furan: 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?

Red Sea fire urchin circa 25 cm lung (9,8 in)Ina banana circa 18 cm (7,1 in)In giat da chasa circa 50 cm (1,6 ft)
uschè lung sco 8 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auterpli plaun ch'ina lindorna da curtin

Quant grond è Red Sea fire urchin cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

It often shelters commensal shrimps, including Allopontonia iaini and Periclimenes colemani, and the parasitic gastropod Leutzenia asthenosomae.1

2

Until 1998 it was considered a colour variant of Asthenosoma varium.1

3

Sea urchins are close relatives of starfish, crinoids, brittle stars and sea cucumbers. Together these are called echinoderms, meaning 'spiny skins'.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Asthenosoma marisrubri
Gruppa
Ritschs, stailas e verms
Famiglia
Echinothuriidae2
Urden
Echinothurioida
Continents
Mar Cotschen, Ils oceans
Privel per umans
3 / 5: Grav3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Asthenosoma marisrubri (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Asthenosoma marisrubri (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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