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Mangrove box jellyfish

Tripedalia cystophora
Hana madharaHana madhara kwa watu. Hakuna cha kuhofia.
Yavuyavu na wadungaji wa baharini Mikono inayodungaHula: Nyama
Hatari kwa watu: HafifuKama kudungwa na nyuki au chini ya hapo. Kimsingi hana madhara kwa watu.

The mangrove box jellyfish is a small, boxy jellyfish about 1 cm across. It lives in sunlit water among mangrove roots in the Caribbean Sea, the Central Indo-Pacific and off the north coast of South America. Its bell is see-through, so it can be hard to spot.1

Anaishi
Caribbean Sea, Central Indo-Pacific, Coral Sea and off the north coast of South America1
Bahari ya Atlantiki, Bahari ya Karibi, Bahari ya Pasifiki
Nyumbani
During the day it stays within 20 cm of the surface, in sunlit spots among the prop roots of mangrove trees. At night it moves a few metres further into the shallow lagoon. One colony was found along the edges of mangrove lagoons in Puerto Rico.1
Urefu
1 cm (0.4 in)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 5 kwa saa (maili 3.1 kwa saa)
Kuogelea, makadirio
Hula nini?
It feeds mainly on the copepod Dioithona oculata, a tiny crustacean. It sinks slowly towards the bottom with its tentacles spread out around it to catch prey.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Mangrove box jellyfish
Mangrove box jellyfish. Picha: Kathy Richardson. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • Bell about 1 cm across, with a boxy, dome-shaped body1
  • Flattened top, and wider than it is high1
  • Three tentacles arising from each of the four corners of the bell1
  • Translucent yellowish-brown colour1
  • Wart-like bumps on the outer surface of the bell1

Nguvu ya sumu

Mikono inayodunga

Maelfu ya seli ndogo za kudunga hufyatuka kitu kikizigusa.

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: HafifuKama kudungwa na nyuki au chini ya hapo. Kimsingi hana madhara kwa watu.

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

Ana ukubwa gani?

Ana urefu gani?

Mangrove box jellyfish urefu wa takriban 1 cm (0.4 in)Punje ya mchele takriban 7 mm (0.3 in)Sarafu ya euro 1 takriban 2.3 cm (0.9 in)
mdogo kiasi cha kukaa juu ya ukucha wakoangeweza kuogelea urefu wa bwawa kubwa (m 50) kwa sekunde 36

Mangrove box jellyfish ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

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

Ana kasi gani?

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

1

It has six eyes in each of its four rhopalia, which are structures on the bell that contain light-sensitive cells.1

2

It can spot a cylindrical object such as a mangrove root when it gets close and swerve sharply to avoid it.1

3

It stays in shafts of sunlight where its copepod prey gathers, which helps it catch more food.1

4

Its life cycle includes a small polyp stage that attaches to the seabed before young jellyfish form.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Tripedalia cystophora
Kundi
Yavuyavu na wadungaji wa baharini
Familia
Tripedaliidae2
Mpangilio
Carybdeida
Mabara
Bahari ya Atlantiki, Bahari ya Karibi, Bahari ya Pasifiki, Bahari kuu
Watoto
After fertilisation, the female broods the planula larva inside her bell until it is expelled. The larva settles on the bottom and becomes a small polyp, which can bud new polyps and eventually produce young jellyfish.1
Hatari kwa watu
1 / 5: Hafifu3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Tripedalia cystophora (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Tripedalia cystophora (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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