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Cannonball jellyfish

Stomolophus meleagris

O imenu: Its common name comes from its similarity to a cannonball in shape and size. Its scientific name means "many mouthed hunter".1

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Meduze in morski ožigalkarji

Ožigalne lovkeJe: Meso

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The cannonball jellyfish is a round, dome-shaped jellyfish that looks a bit like a cannonball. It lives in warm coastal waters on both sides of the Americas and in parts of Asia, and it is common in shallow water near the coast. It matters because it is one of the most common causes of minor jellyfish stings in US and Caribbean waters.1

Živi v

Southeastern US coast and Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic from New England to Brazil, Pacific from California to Ecuador, and from the Sea of Japan to the South China Sea1

Atlantski ocean, Karibsko morje, Mehiški zaliv, Kalifornijski zaliv

Domov

They live in shallow inshore waters. On the southeast coast of the United States they are extremely abundant in the summer and fall, when they make up over 16% of the biomass in shallow inshore areas. This is when people are most likely to meet them while swimming.1

Dolžina

25 cm (9,8 in)1

Največja hitrost

približno 0,7 km/h (0,44 mph)

Plavanje, groba ocena

Kaj je?

They mainly eat zooplankton, such as veligers, and also all forms of red drum larvae. They catch prey with their oral arms, which also help them move.1

Fotografija: Cannonball jellyfish — Cannonball jellyfish. Fotografija: Richard Stovall. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Kako jo prepoznaš

Dome-shaped bell that can reach 25 cm in diameter1
The rim of the bell is often coloured with brown pigment1
A cluster of oral arms under the body, extending out around the mouth1
Some related species found in the Pacific and South Atlantic are pale to blue in colour1

Pogosto zamenjujejo z: Several undescribed Stomolophus species in the Pacific and South Atlantic have pale to blue pigment. They are genetically different from the cannonball jellyfish of the North Atlantic, but they are often misidentified as that species.1

Moč strupa

Ožigalne lovke

Na tisoče drobnih ožigalnih celic se sproži, ko se jih kaj dotakne.

Kaj naredi njen strup, ko ugrizne ali piči?

They release a mucus from their nematocysts (stinging cells) that contains a toxin when disturbed. The toxin can cause irregular heart rhythms and problems in the heart's conduction pathways, although this is not common in people. Contact with the nematocysts can be very painful and may cause redness and swelling, and the toxin is also harmful to the eyes.1

Kako nevarna je za ljudi?

Nevarnost za ljudi: BlagaKot čebelji pik ali manj. Za ljudi praktično neškodljiva.

Cannonball jellyfish are mostly harmless to people. Contact usually causes slight itching or minor eye irritation. They are among the most common causes of minor stings in US and Caribbean waters. Their toxin can cause heart problems in animals and humans, but this does not usually happen.1

Kaj naredi, ko se prestraši?

When disturbed, they release a toxic mucus from their nematocysts, which harms small fish nearby and drives away most predators.1

Če piči

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?

Afrika Azija Evropa Severna Amerika Južna Amerika Avstralija in Oceanija Atlantski ocean Karibsko morje Mehiški zaliv Kalifornijski zaliv

Kako velika je?

Kako dolga je?

dolga kot 8 kock za igranje v vrsti

Kakšne velikosti je Cannonball jellyfish v primerjavi s TABO?

Samo matematika v tvojem brskalniku. Nič se ne shrani in nič se nikamor ne pošlje.

Kako hitra je?

Vrtni polž približno 0,05 km/h (0,03 mph)

Cannonball jellyfish približno 0,7 km/h (0,44 mph)

Človek, ki plava približno 3 km/h (1,9 mph)

vredno vedeti

Dejstva

Juvenile portly spider crabs often live in the bell, eating some of the food the jellyfish catches. The jellyfish is not harmed because it can regenerate its tissue. One jellyfish has been seen with up to ten crabs in its bell.1

Jellyfish are commercially harvested as food. In Georgia, jellyball fishing is the state's third largest commercial fishery.1

The endangered leatherback sea turtle is one of their main predators.1

In 2012, El Golfo de Santa Clara in Mexico harvested 20,000 tons of these jellyfish from late April to early July.1

Razbijalec mitov

Mit: Cannonball jellyfish are dangerous to people.

Resnica: They are mostly harmless to people. Contact usually causes only slight itching or minor eye irritation.1

Za strokovnjake za strupe

Znanstveno ime: Stomolophus meleagris
Skupina: Meduze in morski ožigalkarji
Družina: Stomolophidae2
Red: Rhizostomeae
Celine: Atlantski ocean, Karibsko morje, Mehiški zaliv, Kalifornijski zaliv, Oceani
Mladiči: They can reproduce sexually or asexually. Sexual reproduction happens when a cannonball shoots sperm from its mouth and another cannonball catches it. The embryos develop in pouches on the oral arms, then the larvae settle on hard surfaces and grow into polyps.1
Nevarnost za ljudi: 1 / 5: Blaga3

Od kod so dejstva

Cannonball jellyfish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Stomolophus meleagris (iNaturalist): imena in razvrstitev.
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