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Winged box jellyfish

Alatina alata
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 winged box jellyfish is a transparent sea creature with four long, wing-like arms, each with a pink tentacle. It is also called a sea wasp. It lives in warm and subtropical seas across much of the world, and its stings can be very painful.1

Viva en
Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans, the Caribbean and the Arabian Sea, including beaches of Pakistan1
Ocean Atlantic, Ocean Pacific, Ocean Indic, Mar Caribic, Mar da Timor e d'Arafura
Pagina iniziala
It is mostly found in shallow waters near the shore in tropical and subtropical areas. It also lives offshore in deeper ocean waters. It has been reported on the beaches of Pakistan.1
Lunghezza
8 cm (3,1 in)3
grondezza tipica d'in animal creschì
Sveltezza maximala
circa 5 km/h (3,1 mph)
Nudar, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
Collected specimens had small crustaceans in their bodies, including hyperiid amphipods, small carid shrimps and euphausiids (krill-like animals). These were found in the gut or under the umbrella.1
Propi!Foto da Winged box jellyfish
Winged box jellyfish. Foto: Robin White. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

  • Transparent body, so it is hard to see in the water1
  • Box-shaped umbrella (bell) with a pyramid-like shape and a rounded tip1
  • Smooth outer surface of the umbrella1
  • Four long, wing-like arms (pedalia), each with a pink tentacle1
  • Bands of stinging cells (nematocysts) running along the full length of each tentacle1

Forza dal tissi

Tentaclas che piztgan

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

Tge fa ses tissi?

Its stings cause a rash and pain. The rash and pain usually fade without treatment within 20 minutes to one day. A few victims have generalised reactions, persistent pain, or an itchy rash that returns.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

No confirmed deaths have been caused by its stings. However, the pain can be severe.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?

Winged box jellyfish circa 8 cm lung (3,1 in)In clip da palpiri circa 3 cm (1,2 in)In smartphone circa 15 cm (5,9 in)
uschè lung sco 2,5 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auterpudess nudar la lunghezza d'in grond bassin (50 m) en 36 secundas

Quant grond è Winged 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

Before being grouped with a single species name, it was called Alatina mordens in Australia and Alatina moseri in Hawaii. These are now considered the same species.1

2

Because there is no preserved type specimen, scientists have found it hard to confirm which earlier reports refer to this species.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Alatina alata
Gruppa
Medusas ed autras creaturas da mar che piztgan
Famiglia
Alatinidae2
Urden
Carybdeida
Continents
Ocean Atlantic, Ocean Pacific, Ocean Indic, Mar Caribic, Mar da Timor e d'Arafura, Ils oceans
Privel per umans
3 / 5: Grav3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Alatina alata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Alatina alata (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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