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Thimble jellyfish

Linuche unguiculata

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 thimble jellyfish is a tiny jellyfish with a flat top and straight sides, shaped a bit like a thimble. It lives in warm waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, including the Caribbean. It matters because it is the most common cause of seabather's eruption, an itchy skin rash that swimmers can get from its larvae.1

Viva en

Tropical and subtropical western Atlantic Ocean, especially around the West Indies and the Bahamas1

Ocean Atlantic, Mar Caribic, Golf dal Mexico

Pagina iniziala

It is usually found in warm surface waters, where it forms swarms. It has also been found at depths down to about 5,000 m. Swimmers in the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico and Florida may meet its larvae in the water.1

Lunghezza

1,6 cm (0,6 in)1

Sveltezza maximala

circa 0,33 km/h (0,21 mph)

Nudar, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

It feeds on plankton. It pulls a current of water past its outstretched tentacles by pulsing its bell. Its stinging cells immobilise small animals, and the tentacles pass them to the mouth on the underside of the bell.1

Foto da Thimble jellyfish — Thimble jellyfish. Foto: Matteo Cassella. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

Tiny bell with a flat top and straight sides1
Sixteen grooves on the sides of the bell1
Orangish-brown colour, from symbiotic zooxanthellae living in the bell1
Translucent body with dark flecks1
Bell up to 16 mm wide and 20 mm high1

Forza dal tissi

Tentaclas che piztgan

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

Tge fa ses tissi?

Its stinging cells, called nematocysts, can cause a skin reaction in people. The stings are not painful, but they can form an itchy rash.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

It is the most common cause of seabather's eruption in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. The condition happens when a swimmer touches a cloud of larvae, which stick to clothing and hair. In Florida, most cases occur between March and August.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

Nua sin il mund?

Africa Asia Europa America dal Nord America dal Sid Australia ed Oceania Ocean Atlantic Mar Caribic Golf dal Mexico

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

pli curt che tes det pitschen

Quant grond è Thimble jellyfish cumpareglià cun TAI?

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

Quant svelt è el?

Ina lindorna da curtin circa 0,05 km/h (0,03 mph)

Thimble jellyfish circa 0,33 km/h (0,21 mph)

Ina persuna che nuda circa 3 km/h (1,9 mph)

bun da savair

Fatgs

Its larvae cause most cases of seabather's eruption, a rash that can appear after a swim.1

The larvae are killed when a swimmer leaves the water and bathes or dries off. This releases their under-developed stinging cells onto the skin.1

Swarms can cover a million square metres of sea surface.1

Its orangish-brown colour comes from symbiotic zooxanthellae, tiny algae that live inside its bell.1

Spadefish, sunfish, green sea turtles and sea slugs eat it.1

It swims by pulsing its bell and rotating as it moves.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Linuche unguiculata
Gruppa: Medusas ed autras creaturas da mar che piztgan
Famiglia: Linuchidae2
Urden: Coronatae
Continents: Ocean Atlantic, Mar Caribic, Golf dal Mexico, Ils oceans
Privel per umans: 2 / 5: Dolurus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

Thimble jellyfish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Linuche unguiculata (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
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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