Australian spotted jellyfish
The Australian spotted jellyfish is a jellyfish with a bell up to 50 cm wide. It is native to the western Pacific, from Australia to Japan, but has spread to many other seas. Its sting is mild and it is not considered a threat to people, but large groups can cause problems for fishing and local sea life.1

Moč strupa
Na tisoče drobnih ožigalnih celic se sproži, ko se jih kaj dotakne.
Kaj naredi njen strup, ko ugrizne ali piči?
It has only a mild venom. The venom is not strong enough to kill its prey, which is why it catches food by filtering rather than by stunning it.1
Kako nevarna je za ljudi?
Nevarnost za ljudi: BlagaKot čebelji pik ali manj. Za ljudi praktično neškodljiva.It is not considered a threat to humans, and its sting is mild or hard to notice. It does cause harm to fishing industries, where it eats fish, crab and shrimp eggs and larvae and clogs nets.1
Če piči
- The sting can be treated with a dilute acid, usually white or cider vinegar.1
- Pojdi iz vode in odstrani lovke (z rokavicami ali s krpo).
- Pri tropskih kockastih meduzah: pike vsaj 30 sekund polivaj s kisom, pokliči pomoč in bodi pripravljen na oživljanje (TPO). Pri portugalskih ladjicah in večini drugih: izperi z morsko vodo, nato pa za bolečino uporabi vročo vodo.
Vedno najprej pokliči številko za klic v sili (112, 000, 911). To so splošna navodila za prvo pomoč, ne zdravniški nasvet. Osnove prve pomoči
Ostani varen
- Nikoli se ne dotikaj divje živali, je ne lovi in je ne draži, tudi če je majhna in tudi če je videti, kot da spi ali je mrtva.
- Pusti ji prostor. Če jo srečaš, ostani miren, počasi stopi nazaj in jo pusti, da gre svojo pot.
- Če te piči: ostani miren, ne premikaj se, pokliči številko za klic v sili (112, 000, 911) ali hitro pojdi v bolnišnico. Zapomni si, kako je izgledala, fotografija pomaga.
Ne preži nate. Strup uporablja, da ulovi hrano ali se zaščiti, in se veliko raje skrije. Več o varnosti
Kje na svetu?
Kako velika je?
Kako dolga je?
dolga kot 3 banan, položenih ena za drugo
dolga kot 16 kock za igranje v vrsti
zmore preplavati dolžino velikega bazena (50 m) v 150 sekundahKakšne velikosti je Australian spotted jellyfish v primerjavi s TABO?
Samo matematika v tvojem brskalniku. Nič se ne shrani in nič se nikamor ne pošlje.
Kako hitra je?
Dejstva
Each jellyfish can filter as much as 50,000 litres of seawater per day.1
One individual found on Sunset Beach, North Carolina, in October 2007 measured 74 cm wide, perhaps the largest ever recorded.1
Large swarms can clog fishing nets, damage boat intakes and sometimes force fishing areas to close.1
Its polyps can multiply by dividing into other polyps, which makes a larger group than the one the mother started with.1
Its polyp stage can last up to five years, and its adult stage up to two years.1
In the Gulf of Mexico, medusae grow unusually large, reaching more than 60 cm across.1
Razbijalec mitov
Mit: It is a dangerous jellyfish that is a serious threat to people.
Resnica: It has only a mild venom and is not considered a threat to humans. Its main harm is to fishing and the local ecosystem, where it eats large amounts of zooplankton.1
Za strokovnjake za strupe
- Znanstveno ime
- Phyllorhiza punctata
- Skupina
- Meduze in morski ožigalkarji
- Družina
- Mastigiidae2
- Red
- Rhizostomeae
- Celine
- Tihi ocean, Indijski ocean, Koralno morje, Atlantski ocean, Karibsko morje, Mehiški zaliv, Timorsko in Arafursko morje, Oceani
- Mladiči
- Males release sperm into the water, and the female gathers it into her mouth, where she holds the fertilised eggs. The larvae settle on the seabed and grow into polyps, which reproduce by cloning themselves.1
- Nevarnost za ljudi
- 1 / 5: Blaga3
Od kod so dejstva
- Phyllorhiza punctata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Phyllorhiza punctata (iNaturalist): imena in razvrstitev.
- Venom Wiki: stopnja nevarnosti, tipična velikost in ocena hitrosti so naše lastne. Poglej, kako jih določimo: Kako ocenjujemo nevarnost.
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