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South American sea nettle

Chrysaora plocamia
O imenu: Its common name comes from its sting, which is said to feel like a bee sting or a nettle plant. Its specific name comes from the Ancient Greek word plókamos, meaning a braid of hair.1
Samo boliNe dotikaj seBoli, a te ne bo resno poškodovala.
Meduze in morski ožigalkarji Ožigalne lovkeJe: Meso
Nevarnost za ljudi: BolečeLahko zelo boli, a skoraj nikoli ni resno.

The South American sea nettle is a large jellyfish with a red-brown bell and long, spiralling arms. It drifts in the open ocean along both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of South America. Its stinging tentacles catch the tiny animals it eats.1

Živi v
Pacific coast of Peru, south along Chile to Tierra del Fuego, and north along the Atlantic coast of Argentina, with a few records from Uruguay1
Atlantski ocean
Domov
It is a planktonic species that floats and travels with ocean currents. It usually lives near the ocean surface, in the sunlit upper layer of the sea. Blooms and strandings (when jellyfish wash up on beaches) are reported on both South American coasts.1
Dolžina
1 m (3,3 ft)1
Največja hitrost
približno 1,1 km/h (0,68 mph)
Plavanje, groba ocena
Kaj je?
It eats mainly a wide variety of zooplankton, which are tiny animals drifting in the water. It catches and kills prey with its stinging tentacles.1
Zares!Fotografija: South American sea nettle
South American sea nettle. Fotografija: Bill Abbott. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Kako jo prepoznaš

  • Red-brown bell1
  • Long, spiralling arms1
  • Thin outer tentacles that surround inner tentacles which are often white and fluffy in appearance1
  • Most mature individuals have a bell 25 to 40 cm across1

Pogosto zamenjujejo z: It was historically confused with C. hysoscella. That species is now known to be restricted to the northeast Atlantic, so it is not found in South American waters.1

Moč strupa

Ožigalne lovke

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

Kako nevarna je za ljudi?

Nevarnost za ljudi: BolečeLahko zelo boli, a skoraj nikoli ni resno.

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

Kako velika je?

Kako dolga je?

South American sea nettle približno 1 m dolga (3,3 ft)Pes približno 1 m (3,3 ft)Odrasla oseba približno 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
dolga kot 2 domačih mačk od nosu do repadolga kot 6 banan, položenih ena za drugozmore preplavati dolžino velikega bazena (50 m) v 160 sekundah

Kakšne velikosti je South American sea nettle v primerjavi s TABO?

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

Kako hitra je?

vredno vedeti

Dejstva

1

Its bell can grow up to 1 metre across, but most adults are much smaller.1

2

Crab larvae may form a parasitic relationship with it, using it for food and shelter.1

3

A single polyp can produce between 3 and 10 young jellyfish called ephyrae in about 7 to 10 days.1

4

Its population has increased in recent years, which may be linked to climate change and major changes to ocean ecosystems.1

5

Its stinging tentacles are used to catch its prey, and the adults are eaten by sea turtles and some fish.1

Razbijalec mitov

Mit: It is the only sea nettle found in South America.

Resnica: Despite its common name, it is not the only sea nettle in the region. C. lactea is another sea nettle found there.1

Za strokovnjake za strupe

Znanstveno ime
Chrysaora plocamia
Skupina
Meduze in morski ožigalkarji
Družina
Pelagiidae2
Red
Semaeostomeae
Celine
Atlantski ocean, Oceani
Mladiči
Fertilised eggs drift in the ocean, and often attach to the arms of adults for safety. They develop into swimming larvae called planulae, which later settle and grow into polyps.1
Nevarnost za ljudi
2 / 5: Boleče3

Od kod so dejstva

  1. Chrysaora plocamia (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Chrysaora plocamia (iNaturalist): imena in razvrstitev.
  3. Venom Wiki: stopnja nevarnosti, tipična velikost in ocena hitrosti so naše lastne. Poglej, kako jih določimo: Kako ocenjujemo nevarnost.

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