Irukandji jellyfish
The Irukandji jellyfish is a tiny box jellyfish with a sting that can cause a serious illness called Irukandji syndrome. It lives in the open water near Australia, and it is hard to spot because it is so small.1

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- The bell is square-shaped and very small, about 12 mm high and 30 mm across.1
- It has four long tentacles, one from each corner of the bell.1
- The tentacles range from 5 to 50 cm long.1
- Its small size means it often goes unseen in open water.1
Inta badan lagu khaldaa: The common name Irukandji jellyfish is also used for other Irukandji jellyfish, such as Malo kingi. The name alone does not tell them apart.1
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Kumanaan unug oo yaryar oo mudda ayaa dhaca marka wax taabtaan.
Maxay samaysaa suntiisa (qaniin ama mudid)?
This jellyfish is extremely venomous. Its venom comes from stinging cells called nematocysts in its tentacles and bell, and it changes as the jellyfish matures. A sting can cause Irukandji syndrome, with muscle aches, back pain, nausea, headaches, chest and stomach pains, sweating, high blood pressure and difficulty breathing.1
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Khatarta dadka: Aad u khatar badanWuxuu dili karaa qof aan daaweyn helin.Irukandji syndrome can be severe, and the symptoms are described in detail in medical accounts. Most reported incidents have been in Australia during the warm summer season. Because the jellyfish is so small, people often do not see it before they are stung.1
Haddii uu mudo
- In hospital, patients are given intravenous morphine, hydromorphone or fentanyl for pain. Pethidine is avoided because of its toxic metabolite norpethidine.1
- Ka soo bax biyaha oo ka qaad gacmaha (tentacles) ku dhegay (adigoo xiran gacmo-gashi ama maro).
- Jeelifishka sanduuqa ee kulaylaha: khal ku shub meelaha la muday ugu yaraan 30 ilbiriqsi, caawimaad wac oo diyaar u ahow inaad samayso CPR. Bluebottle iyo kuwa kale intooda badan: ku biyo-raaci biyaha badda, kadib biyo kulul xanuunka dartiis.
Marka hore had iyo jeer wac lambarka gurmadka degdegga ah (112, 000, 911). Kani waa hage guud oo gargaar degdeg ah, ma aha talo caafimaad. Aasaaska gargaarka degdegga ah
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- Weligaa ha taaban, ha qaban, hana ku ciyaarin xayawaan duurjoog ah, xitaa mid yar, xitaa haddii uu u muuqdo inuu hurdo ama dhintay.
- Meel u bannee. Haddii aad mid la kulanto, deg, tartiib dib ugu noqo oo u daa inuu jidkiisa maro.
- Haddii mid ku mudo: deg, ha dhaqaaqin, wac lambarka gurmadka degdegga ah (112, 000, 911) ama si degdeg ah u tag isbitaalka. Xusuuso sida uu u egyahay, sawir ayaa caawiya.
Kuma raadinayo. Suntiisa wuxuu u isticmaalaa inuu cunto ku qabsado ama isku difaaco, wuxuuna aad u door bidaa inuu dhuunto. Wax badan oo ku saabsan badbaadada
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dhererka barkad dabbaal oo weyn (50 m) wuxuu ku dabbaalan karaa 36 ilbiriqsiIntee buu Irukandji jellyfish le'eg yahay marka ADIGA laguu barbar dhigo?
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Xaqiiqooyin
Jack Barnes of Cairns, Australia, discovered the species. During an exploration aimed at finding the cause of Irukandji syndrome, he allowed himself, a lifeguard and his 9-year-old son to be stung.1
Irukandji syndrome, which this jellyfish can cause, was first identified after a group of swimmers were stung in open water near North Queensland, Australia.1
Its venom changes in composition as the jellyfish grows, matching its change in prey from invertebrates to fish.1
Its life cycle alternates between a young form that attaches to a reef or rock and an adult form that swims freely in the water.1
This jellyfish is a type of box jellyfish, a group known for potent venom.1
Khubarada sunta
- Magaca sayniska
- Carukia barnesi
- Koox
- Jeelifish iyo xayawaanka badda ee mudda
- Qoys
- Carukiidae2
- Kala horreynta
- Carybdeida
- Qaaradaha
- Badweynta Hindiya, Badweynta Baasifigga, Badda Kooraal, Badda Timor iyo Arafura, Badweynaha
- Carruurta yaryar
- Young jellyfish begin as a swimming planula larva, which settles on a reef or rock and grows into a polyp. The polyp later forms a colony that develops into an adult medusa.1
- Khatarta dadka
- 4 / 5: Aad u khatar badan3
Meesha xaqiiqooyinku ka yimaadaan
- Carukia barnesi (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Carukia barnesi (iNaturalist): magacyada iyo kala soocidda.
- Venom Wiki: heerka khatarta, cabbirka caadiga ah iyo qiyaasta xawaaraha annaga ayaa sameeyay. Eeg sida aan u xisaabinno: Sida aan u qiimeyno khatarta.
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Gacmo (tentacles) mudda

