Irukandji jellyfish
The Irukandji jellyfish is a tiny box jellyfish with a sting that can cause a serious illness called Irukandji syndrome. It lives in the open water near Australia, and it is hard to spot because it is so small.1

ብኸመይ ትፈልጦ
- The bell is square-shaped and very small, about 12 mm high and 30 mm across.1
- It has four long tentacles, one from each corner of the bell.1
- The tentacles range from 5 to 50 cm long.1
- Its small size means it often goes unseen in open water.1
ብዙሕ ግዜ ዝደናገረሉ፦ The common name Irukandji jellyfish is also used for other Irukandji jellyfish, such as Malo kingi. The name alone does not tell them apart.1
ሓይሊ መርዚ
ገለ ነገር ምስ ተንከፈን ኣሽሓት ንኣሽቱ ዝነድፋ ዋህዮታት ይትኮሳ።
መርዙ (ክነኽስ ወይ ክነድፍ ከሎ) እንታይ ይገብር?
This jellyfish is extremely venomous. Its venom comes from stinging cells called nematocysts in its tentacles and bell, and it changes as the jellyfish matures. A sting can cause Irukandji syndrome, with muscle aches, back pain, nausea, headaches, chest and stomach pains, sweating, high blood pressure and difficulty breathing.1
ንሰባት ክንደይ ሓደገኛ እዩ?
ሓደጋ ንሰባት: ኣዝዩ ሓደገኛሕክምና ዘይረኸበ ሰብ ክቐትል ይኽእል።Irukandji syndrome can be severe, and the symptoms are described in detail in medical accounts. Most reported incidents have been in Australia during the warm summer season. Because the jellyfish is so small, people often do not see it before they are stung.1
እንተ ነዲፉ
- In hospital, patients are given intravenous morphine, hydromorphone or fentanyl for pain. Pethidine is avoided because of its toxic metabolite norpethidine.1
- 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?
ካብ ንእሽቶ ኣጻብዕካ ዝሓጽር
ንውሓት ዓቢ መሕምበሲ (50 ሜ) ብ36 ካልኢት ክሕምበሶ ይኽእልIrukandji 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
Jack Barnes of Cairns, Australia, discovered the species. During an exploration aimed at finding the cause of Irukandji syndrome, he allowed himself, a lifeguard and his 9-year-old son to be stung.1
Irukandji syndrome, which this jellyfish can cause, was first identified after a group of swimmers were stung in open water near North Queensland, Australia.1
Its venom changes in composition as the jellyfish grows, matching its change in prey from invertebrates to fish.1
Its life cycle alternates between a young form that attaches to a reef or rock and an adult form that swims freely in the water.1
This jellyfish is a type of box jellyfish, a group known for potent venom.1
ንክኢላታት መርዚ
- ሳይንሳዊ ስም
- Carukia barnesi
- ጉጅለ
- ጀሊፊሽን ነደፍቲ ባሕርን
- ስድራ ቤት
- Carukiidae2
- ቅደም ሰዓብ
- Carybdeida
- ክፍለ ዓለማት
- ህንዳዊ ውቅያኖስ, ውቅያኖስ ፓሲፊክ, ባሕሪ ኮራል, ባሕሪ ቲሞርን ኣራፉራን, ውቅያኖሳት
- ህጻናት
- Young jellyfish begin as a swimming planula larva, which settles on a reef or rock and grows into a polyp. The polyp later forms a colony that develops into an adult medusa.1
- ሓደጋ ንሰባት
- 4 / 5: ኣዝዩ ሓደገኛ3
ሓቅታት ካበይ ይመጹ
- Carukia barnesi (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Carukia barnesi (iNaturalist): ኣስማትን ምምዳብን።
- Venom Wiki: ደረጃ ሓደጋ፣ ልሙድ ዓቐንን ግምት ቅልጣፈን ናትና እዮም። ብኸመይ ከም እነውጽኦም ርአ፦ ሓደጋ ብኸመይ ንግምግም.
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