Compass jellyfish
The compass jellyfish is a common jellyfish that lives in cool coastal seas of the northeast Atlantic, including the North Sea and the Mediterranean. Its bell has a pattern that looks like the face of a compass, which gives it its name. Its tentacles carry stinging cells, so it is best left alone.1

Jinsi ya kumtambua
- Adults have a bell 15 to 25 cm across, usually yellowish white with some brown.1
- The bell has 16 brown, elongated V-shaped markings around a central brown spot.1
- It has 24 tentacles arranged in eight groups of three.1
- It has four oral arms that are noticeably longer than the tentacles and look folded and frilly.1
- Juveniles lack the compass pattern. They look white and polka-dotted, with a reddish fringe on the bell edge.1
Mara nyingi huchanganywa na: Records of this species from the southeastern Atlantic, including South Africa, were caused by confusion with close relatives: C. africana, C. fulgida and an undescribed species tentatively called "C. agulhensis".1
Nguvu ya sumu
Maelfu ya seli ndogo za kudunga hufyatuka kitu kikizigusa.
Sumu yake hufanya nini?
Each tentacle has stinging cells used to capture prey and to defend against predators. Jellyfish stings are painful and can be deadly to humans.1
Ana hatari gani kwa watu?
Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.Jellyfish stings are painful and sometimes deadly to humans.1
Hufanya nini akiogopa?
Stinging cells on its tentacles are used to defend it from predators.1
Akidunga
- Toka majini na uondoe vipande vya mikono iliyonata (kwa glavu au kitambaa).
- Kwa yavuyavu sanduku wa kitropiki: mimina siki kwenye sehemu zilizodungwa kwa angalau sekunde 30, omba msaada na uwe tayari kufanya CPR. Kwa mabotoli ya bluu na wengine wengi: suuza kwa maji ya bahari, kisha maji ya moto kupunguza maumivu.
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.
- Akikudunga: 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 8 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstariCompass jellyfish ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?
Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.
Ana kasi gani?
Ukweli
Males release sperm from their mouths into the water, and females can fertilise sperm from several males.1
Adults often carry a parasite called Hyperia medusarum, which settles inside the body, especially the gonads.1
Compass jellyfish have very few predators. Leatherback sea turtles and ocean sunfish are known to eat them.1
Warmer winters allow longer release periods for young, and the species is predicted to move further north as the seas warm.1
Kuvunja dhana potofu
Dhana potofu: Compass jellyfish live in the southeastern Atlantic, including South Africa.
Ukweli: Earlier records from there were due to confusion with close relatives. The species lives in the northeast Atlantic.1
Kwa wataalamu wa sumu
- Jina la kisayansi
- Chrysaora hysoscella
- Kundi
- Yavuyavu na wadungaji wa baharini
- Familia
- Pelagiidae2
- Mpangilio
- Semaeostomeae
- Mabara
- Bahari ya Atlantiki, Bahari ya Mediterania, Bahari ya Kaskazini, Bahari kuu
- Watoto
- Females release planular larvae, which settle on the seabed and grow into polyps. The polyps then release young medusae.1
- Hatari kwa watu
- 2 / 5: Inauma3
Ukweli unatoka wapi
- Chrysaora hysoscella (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Chrysaora hysoscella (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.
Kila ukweli kwenye ukurasa huu una namba inayoonyesha chanzo chake. Kama tumekosea kitu, samahani, sisi ni wapenzi wa wanyama, si jarida la kisayansi. Tuambie kupitia [email protected] nasi tutarekebisha.
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