Cannonball jellyfish
The cannonball jellyfish is a round, dome-shaped jellyfish that looks a bit like a cannonball. It lives in warm coastal waters on both sides of the Americas and in parts of Asia, and it is common in shallow water near the coast. It matters because it is one of the most common causes of minor jellyfish stings in US and Caribbean waters.1

ብኸመይ ትፈልጦ
- Dome-shaped bell that can reach 25 cm in diameter1
- The rim of the bell is often coloured with brown pigment1
- A cluster of oral arms under the body, extending out around the mouth1
- Some related species found in the Pacific and South Atlantic are pale to blue in colour1
ብዙሕ ግዜ ዝደናገረሉ፦ Several undescribed Stomolophus species in the Pacific and South Atlantic have pale to blue pigment. They are genetically different from the cannonball jellyfish of the North Atlantic, but they are often misidentified as that species.1
ሓይሊ መርዚ
ገለ ነገር ምስ ተንከፈን ኣሽሓት ንኣሽቱ ዝነድፋ ዋህዮታት ይትኮሳ።
መርዙ (ክነኽስ ወይ ክነድፍ ከሎ) እንታይ ይገብር?
They release a mucus from their nematocysts (stinging cells) that contains a toxin when disturbed. The toxin can cause irregular heart rhythms and problems in the heart's conduction pathways, although this is not common in people. Contact with the nematocysts can be very painful and may cause redness and swelling, and the toxin is also harmful to the eyes.1
ንሰባት ክንደይ ሓደገኛ እዩ?
ሓደጋ ንሰባት: ቀሊልከም ምንዳፍ ንህቢ ወይ ካብኡ ዝውሕድ። ንሰባት ዳርጋ ዘይጎድእ።Cannonball jellyfish are mostly harmless to people. Contact usually causes slight itching or minor eye irritation. They are among the most common causes of minor stings in US and Caribbean waters. Their toxin can cause heart problems in animals and humans, but this does not usually happen.1
ምስ ፈርሀ እንታይ ይገብር?
When disturbed, they release a toxic mucus from their nematocysts, which harms small fish nearby and drives away most predators.1
እንተ ነዲፉ
- ካብ ማይ ውጻእ፣ ዝተረፉ መንደፍቲ ኣጻብዕ (ቴንታክል) ድማ ኣልዕሎም (ብጓንቲ ወይ ብጨርቂ)።
- ንሞቓዊ ቦክስ ጀሊፊሽ፦ ኣብቲ ምንዳፋት ንውሑዱ ን30 ካልኢት ኣቸቶ ኣፍስስ፣ ሓገዝ ጸውዕ፣ ምትንሳእ ልብን ሳንቡእን (CPR) ንምግባር ድማ ተዳሎ። ንብሉቦትልን ንመብዛሕትኦም ካልኦትን፦ ብማይ ባሕሪ ሕጸብ፣ ድሕሪኡ ንቓንዛ ውዑይ ማይ ተጠቐም።
ኩሉ ግዜ ቀዳምነት ናብ ቁጽሪ ህጹጽ ረድኤት ደውል (112፣ 000፣ 911)። እዚ ሓፈሻዊ መምርሒ ቀዳማይ ረድኤት እዩ፣ ሕክምናዊ ምኽሪ ኣይኮነን። መሰረታት ቀዳማይ ረድኤት
ብድሕንነት ጽናሕ
- ንዘገዳም እንስሳ ፈጺምካ ኣይትተንክፎ፣ ኣይትሓዞ ወይ ኣይተሕርቖ፣ ንእሽቶ እንተ ኾነ እውን፣ ደቂሱ ወይ ሞይቱ እንተ መሰለ እውን።
- ቦታ ሃቦ። እንተ ረኺብካዮ፣ ህዱእ ኹን፣ ቀስ ኢልካ ንድሕሪት ተመለስ፣ ናብ መገዱ ድማ ይኺድ ሕደጎ።
- ሓደ እንተ ነዲፉካ፦ ህዱእ ኹን፣ ከይተንቀሳቐስካ ጽናሕ፣ ናብ ቁጽሪ ህጹጽ ረድኤት (112፣ 000፣ 911) ደውል ወይ ብቕልጡፍ ናብ ሆስፒታል ኪድ። ከመይ ከም ዝመስል ዘክር፣ ስእሊ ይሕግዝ።
ንዓኻ ከጥቅዕ ኣይደልን እዩ። መርዙ ዝጥቀመሉ መግቢ ንምሓዝ ወይ ንርእሱ ንምክልኻል እዩ፣ ምሕባእ ድማ ኣዝዩ ይመርጽ። ብዛዕባ ድሕንነት ተወሳኺ
ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?
ክንደይ ይነውሕ?
ብመስመር ከም ዝተሰርዑ 8 ናይ መጻወቲ ህንጻ ብሎካት ይነውሕCannonball jellyfish ምሳኻ ክወዳደር ከሎ ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?
ኣብ ብራውዘርካ ዝስራሕ ሕሳብ ጥራይ። ዋላ ሓደ ነገር ኣይዕቀብን ናብ ዝኾነ ቦታ ድማ ኣይለኣኽን።
ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ እዩ?
ሓቅታት
Juvenile portly spider crabs often live in the bell, eating some of the food the jellyfish catches. The jellyfish is not harmed because it can regenerate its tissue. One jellyfish has been seen with up to ten crabs in its bell.1
Jellyfish are commercially harvested as food. In Georgia, jellyball fishing is the state's third largest commercial fishery.1
The endangered leatherback sea turtle is one of their main predators.1
In 2012, El Golfo de Santa Clara in Mexico harvested 20,000 tons of these jellyfish from late April to early July.1
ጽውጽዋይ ዝሰብር
ጽውጽዋይ፦ Cannonball jellyfish are dangerous to people.
ሓቂ፦ They are mostly harmless to people. Contact usually causes only slight itching or minor eye irritation.1
ንክኢላታት መርዚ
- ሳይንሳዊ ስም
- Stomolophus meleagris
- ጉጅለ
- ጀሊፊሽን ነደፍቲ ባሕርን
- ስድራ ቤት
- Stomolophidae2
- ቅደም ሰዓብ
- Rhizostomeae
- ክፍለ ዓለማት
- ውቅያኖስ ኣትላንቲክ, ባሕሪ ካሪብያን, ወሽመጥ ሜክሲኮ, ወሽመጥ ካሊፎርንያ, ውቅያኖሳት
- ህጻናት
- They can reproduce sexually or asexually. Sexual reproduction happens when a cannonball shoots sperm from its mouth and another cannonball catches it. The embryos develop in pouches on the oral arms, then the larvae settle on hard surfaces and grow into polyps.1
- ሓደጋ ንሰባት
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ሓቅታት ካበይ ይመጹ
- Cannonball jellyfish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Stomolophus meleagris (iNaturalist): ኣስማትን ምምዳብን።
- Venom Wiki: ደረጃ ሓደጋ፣ ልሙድ ዓቐንን ግምት ቅልጣፈን ናትና እዮም። ብኸመይ ከም እነውጽኦም ርአ፦ ሓደጋ ብኸመይ ንግምግም.
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