Crown-of-thorns starfish
The crown-of-thorns starfish is a large starfish with long, sharp spines that look like a crown of thorns. It lives on coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea to the west coast of Central America, and it is most common around Australia. It feeds on hard coral, so it can change the reefs it lives on.1

ብኸመይ ትፈልጦ
- Adults are normally 25 to 35 cm across.1
- Up to 21 arms, with long, stiff, very sharp spines that are 4 to 5 cm long on the top and sides of the arms.1
- Colour varies with diet or region: purple, purple-blue, reddish grey or brown with red spine tips, or green with yellow spine tips.1
- The body is flexible and can bend and twist around coral surfaces.1
ብዙሕ ግዜ ዝደናገረሉ፦ A close relative, Acanthaster brevispinus, lives on soft sea floors at moderate depths rather than on coral reefs. The two are considered sibling species.1
ሓይሊ መርዚ
በሊሕ እሾኽ ነቲ መርዚ ይሕዞ። ምርጋጹ ወይ ምሓዙ የቐንዚ።
መርዙ (ክነኽስ ወይ ክነድፍ ከሎ) እንታይ ይገብር?
The spines do not inject venom. When they pierce skin, tissue containing saponins (detergent-like chemicals) is left in the wound. In humans this causes a sharp, stinging pain that can last several hours, persistent bleeding, and nausea and swelling that may last a week or more.1
ንሰባት ክንደይ ሓደገኛ እዩ?
ሓደጋ ንሰባት: ከቢድእሾኹ እንተ ወጊኡካ ናብ ሓኪም ኪድ። ሞት ኣዝዩ ሳሕቲ እዩ።The spines can cause sharp pain, long-lasting bleeding, nausea and swelling. Brittle spines can break off and stay in the tissue.1
እሾኹ እንተ ወጊኡካ
- Spines that become embedded in the tissue must be removed surgically.1
- ነቲ ቑስሊ ኣብ ውዑይ ማይ ኣእትዎ፣ እቲ ሰብ ከይተቓጸለ ክጻወሮ ዝኽእል ክሳብ ዝኸውን ውዑይ፣ እሾኽ ንምውጻእ ድማ ሕክምናዊ ሓገዝ ርኸብ። ባዕልኻ ኮዒትካ ከተውጽኦም ኣይትፈትን።
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።
- እሾኹ እንተ ወጊኡካ፦ 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
ኣበይ ኣብ ዓለም?
ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?
ክንደይ ይነውሕ?
ብመስመር ከም ዝተሰርዑ 11 ናይ መጻወቲ ህንጻ ብሎካት ይነውሕ
ካብ ቀንዲ-ኣውጣ ጀርዲን ዝደንጒCrown-of-thorns starfish ምሳኻ ክወዳደር ከሎ ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?
ኣብ ብራውዘርካ ዝስራሕ ሕሳብ ጥራይ። ዋላ ሓደ ነገር ኣይዕቀብን ናብ ዝኾነ ቦታ ድማ ኣይለኣኽን።
ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ እዩ?
ሓቅታት
An individual starfish can consume up to 6 square metres of living coral reef per year.1
When taken out of water, its soft body ruptures and collapses, but its spines can recover their shape if it is put back in the water while still alive.1
Its body contains detergent-like saponins, so keeping starfish in small volumes of water with aeration produces large amounts of foam.1
It is one of the largest starfish in the world.1
It has lost the usual five-fold symmetry of starfish as it grew more arms, although it begins life with five-fold symmetry.1
ጽውጽዋይ ዝሰብር
ጽውጽዋይ፦ Its spines inject venom like a snake or stinging animal.
ሓቂ፦ It has no mechanism for injecting toxin. Its spines pierce skin and leave saponin-containing tissue in the wound.1
ንክኢላታት መርዚ
- ሳይንሳዊ ስም
- Acanthaster planci
- ጉጅለ
- ቅንፍዝ ባሕሪ፣ ኮኾብ ባሕርን ዕጭታትን
- ስድራ ቤት
- Acanthasteridae2
- ቅደም ሰዓብ
- Valvatida
- ክፍለ ዓለማት
- ህንዳዊ ውቅያኖስ, ውቅያኖስ ፓሲፊክ, ቀይሕ ባሕሪ, ባሕሪ ኮራል, ባሕሪ ፊሊፒንስ, ባሕሪ ደቡብ ቻይና, ባሕሪ ኣንዳማን, ባሕሪ ዓረብን ወሽመጥ ፋርስን, ባሕሪ ቲሞርን ኣራፉራን, ወሽመጥ ቤንጋል, ውቅያኖሳት
- ህጻናት
- It releases vast amounts of eggs and sperm (gametes) during mass spawning events in summer, and the eggs contain saponins similar to those in adults.1
- ሓደጋ ንሰባት
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ሓቅታት ካበይ ይመጹ
- Crown-of-thorns starfish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Acanthaster planci (iNaturalist): ኣስማትን ምምዳብን።
- Venom Wiki: ደረጃ ሓደጋ፣ ልሙድ ዓቐንን ግምት ቅልጣፈን ናትና እዮም። ብኸመይ ከም እነውጽኦም ርአ፦ ሓደጋ ብኸመይ ንግምግም.
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