Blue-black urchin
The blue-black urchin is a spiny sea animal that lives on tropical coral reefs. It is black or blue-black, with long spines that show a blue shine in the light. It grazes on algae during the night and hides in cracks and under rocks by day.1

Jinsi ya kumtambua
- It is black or blue-black and always dark in colour.1
- Its spines show a blue sheen in the light.1
- Its spines are long and closed at the tip.1
- Its anal sac is small and dark, and it is hardly visible.1
- Its typical diameter, including the spines, is 10 to 20 cm.1
Mara nyingi huchanganywa na: Echinothrix calamaris has banded spines, except in juveniles, and dark forms show a greenish tinge rather than blue. Diadema setosum has longer spines, a smaller test (the body shell) and an orange ring around its anal sac.1
Nguvu ya sumu
Miiba mikali hubeba sumu. Kumkanyaga au kumshika kunauma.
Ana hatari gani kwa watu?
Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.
Miiba yake ikikuchoma
- Weka jeraha kwenye maji ya moto, moto kiasi ambacho mtu anaweza kuvumilia bila kuungua, na utafute msaada wa kitabibu kuondoa miiba. Usiichokonoe mwenyewe.
Daima piga namba ya dharura kwanza (112, 000, 911). Huu ni mwongozo wa jumla wa huduma ya kwanza, si ushauri wa kitabibu. Misingi ya huduma ya kwanza
Kaa salama
- Kamwe usimguse, kumkamata wala kumchokoza mnyama wa porini, hata akiwa mdogo, na hata akionekana amelala au amekufa.
- Mpe nafasi. Ukikutana naye, tulia, rudi nyuma polepole na umwache aende zake.
- Miiba yake ikikuchoma: tulia, usitikisike, piga namba yako ya dharura (112, 000, 911) au nenda hospitali haraka. Kumbuka alivyoonekana, picha husaidia.
Hakuwindi wewe. Hutumia sumu yake kukamata chakula au kujilinda, na hupendelea zaidi kujificha. Zaidi kuhusu kukaa salama
Wapi duniani?
Ana ukubwa gani?
Ana urefu gani?
urefu sawa na matofali 6 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstari
polepole kuliko konokono wa bustaniniBlue-black urchin ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?
Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.
Ana kasi gani?
Ukweli
The shrimp Stegopontonia commensalis lives on it, and the shrimp Saron marmoratus stays close to it for protection.1
Fish of the families Apogonidae (cardinalfish) and Centriscidae (razorfish and relatives) also stay close to it for protection.1
Its grazing contributes to bioerosion, the slow wearing down of reef structures.1
It is active at night and hides in crevices, burrows and under rocks during the day.1
Kwa wataalamu wa sumu
- Jina la kisayansi
- Echinothrix diadema
- Kundi
- Koche, nyota wa bahari na minyoo
- Familia
- Diadematidae2
- Mpangilio
- Diadematoida
- Mabara
- Bahari ya Hindi, Bahari ya Pasifiki, Bahari ya Shamu, Bahari ya Matumbawe, Bahari ya Ufilipino, Bahari ya Timor na Arafura, Ghuba ya Bengal, Bahari kuu
- Watoto
- Females generally choose low-lying spots, which give their tiny larvae better protection from predators.1
- Hatari kwa watu
- 2 / 5: Inauma3
Ukweli unatoka wapi
- Echinothrix diadema (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Echinothrix diadema (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
- Venom Wiki: kiwango cha hatari, ukubwa wa kawaida na makadirio ya kasi ni yetu wenyewe. Ona jinsi tunavyovipata: Jinsi tunavyopima hatari.
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Miiba yenye sumu

