Moon jellyfish
The moon jellyfish is a see-through jelly that drifts with the ocean currents. It lives in the north Atlantic, Argentina and parts of the northeastern United States. It is one of the best-known jellyfish, and it is not dangerous to people.1

Jinsi ya kumtambua
- Almost entirely translucent, so it looks nearly see-through1
- Usually about 25 to 40 cm across1
- Four horseshoe-shaped gonads (reproductive organs) are easy to see through the top of the bell1
- Short, fine tentacles1
Mara nyingi huchanganywa na: Most species in the genus Aurelia look very similar, and it is hard to tell them apart without genetic testing. Many older records of this jellyfish may actually describe one of its related species.1
Nguvu ya sumu
Maelfu ya seli ndogo za kudunga hufyatuka kitu kikizigusa.
Sumu yake hufanya nini?
Its sting has a mild effect on humans. Most people have little or no reaction to it.1
Ana hatari gani kwa watu?
Hatari kwa watu: HafifuKama kudungwa na nyuki au chini ya hapo. Kimsingi hana madhara kwa watu.It is not dangerous to humans. Its sting is mild, and most people feel little or nothing.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 ndizi 2 zilizopangwa mstari
urefu sawa na matofali 12 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstariMoon jellyfish ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?
Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.
Ana kasi gani?
Ukweli
The moon jellyfish is almost entirely translucent, so it is hard to see in the water.1
Its polyp stage can survive for months without food.1
Its reproduction changes with food supply: plenty of food means many small young, while little food means fewer, larger young that are more likely to survive.1
Before the 2020s, the species was thought to live almost everywhere in the world, but it has since been split into at least 28 species.1
Kwa wataalamu wa sumu
- Jina la kisayansi
- Aurelia aurita
- Kundi
- Yavuyavu na wadungaji wa baharini
- Familia
- Ulmaridae2
- Mpangilio
- Semaeostomeae
- Mabara
- Bahari ya Aktiki, Bahari ya Atlantiki, Bahari ya Pasifiki, Bahari ya Hindi, Bahari ya Kusini, Bahari ya Mediterania, Bahari ya Shamu, Bahari ya Karibi, Ghuba ya Meksiko, Bahari ya Kusini ya China, Antaktika, Bahari ya Kaskazini, Bahari ya Timor na Arafura, Ghuba ya Bengal, Ghuba ya California, Bahari kuu
- Watoto
- It reproduces sexually as a free-swimming medusa, while the polyp stage reproduces asexually. When food is plentiful, it produces many small offspring, and when food is scarce, it produces fewer, larger offspring that survive better.1
- Hatari kwa watu
- 1 / 5: Hafifu3
Ukweli unatoka wapi
- Aurelia aurita (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Aurelia aurita (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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