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Fire urchin

Asthenosoma varium
Kuhusu jina: The name fire urchin probably comes from the painful sting of its spines and its reddish-brown colour.1
Anahitaji daktariUsiguseMara chache huua, lakini miiba yake ikikuchoma, nenda kwa daktari.
Koche, nyota wa bahari na minyoo Miiba yenye sumuHula: Kidogo cha kila kitu
Hatari kwa watu: MbayaMiiba yake ikikuchoma, nenda kwa daktari. Vifo ni nadra sana.

The fire urchin is a large sea urchin that grows up to 25 cm across. It lives on sand and rubble sea floors and in coral areas across the Indo-Pacific. Its venomous spines can give a painful sting, so it is best left alone.1

Anaishi
Indo-Pacific, from the eastern Indian Ocean to Japan, the Philippines and New Caledonia. Red Sea records may be a related species.1
Bahari ya Hindi, Bahari ya Pasifiki, Bahari ya Matumbawe, Bahari ya Ufilipino, Bahari ya Timor na Arafura
Nyumbani
It lives on sand and rubble sea bottoms and in coral environments, at depths down to about 167 m. Divers are the people most likely to meet it, and they should be careful not to handle it.1
Urefu
25 cm (9.8 in)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 0.02 kwa saa (maili 0.01 kwa saa)
Kuogelea, makadirio
Hula nini?
It feeds on the algal film covering the sea floor, encrusting animals such as sponges and tunicates, and organic detritus.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Fire urchin
Fire urchin. Picha: Candace Pratt. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • Hemispherical body, up to 25 cm across1
  • Orangish, red, brown or purple colour, sometimes beige or green1
  • Primary spines are banded, usually with paler bases and darker tips1
  • Secondary spines are long, slender, blunt and yellowish, mostly near the base of the body1

Nguvu ya sumu

Miiba yenye sumu

Miiba mikali hubeba sumu. Kumkanyaga au kumshika kunauma.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

Each venomous spine has several hollow, spherical capsules filled with toxin, separated by constrictions. These work like hypodermic syringes, injecting the toxin when the spines pierce the skin. The sting is painful and the pain can last several hours.1

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: MbayaMiiba yake ikikuchoma, nenda kwa daktari. Vifo ni nadra sana.

Handling the urchin can cause a painful sting. The pain can last several hours.1

Hufanya nini akiogopa?

Its bright colouration warns other animals that its spines are venomous.1

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

Ana ukubwa gani?

Ana urefu gani?

Fire urchin urefu wa takriban 25 cm (9.8 in)Ndizi takriban 18 cm (7.1 in)Paka wa nyumbani takriban 50 cm (1.6 ft)
urefu sawa na matofali 8 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstaripolepole kuliko konokono wa bustanini

Fire urchin ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.

Ana kasi gani?

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

1

Its venomous spines are hollow and filled with toxin, working like tiny syringes.1

2

Several small fish and some cephalopods shelter among its toxic spines for protection.1

3

Its body shell is flexible, because its plates overlap like roof tiles instead of being rigidly joined.1

4

Shrimps and a zebra crab live on or with the urchin, and the urchin is their host.1

5

Its secondary spines have sensory cells at the tip and help it move and right itself.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Asthenosoma varium
Kundi
Koche, nyota wa bahari na minyoo
Familia
Echinothuriidae2
Mpangilio
Echinothurioida
Mabara
Bahari ya Hindi, Bahari ya Pasifiki, Bahari ya Matumbawe, Bahari ya Ufilipino, Bahari ya Timor na Arafura, Bahari kuu
Watoto
The sexes are separate, and eggs (gametes) are released into the water, where fertilisation takes place. The larvae drift for several months before settling on the seabed and becoming juvenile sea urchins.1
Hatari kwa watu
3 / 5: Mbaya3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Asthenosoma varium (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Asthenosoma varium (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
  3. 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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