Mauve stinger
The mauve stinger is a small jellyfish that drifts in warm seas across much of the world. Its bell and tentacles are covered in stinging cells, so its stings hurt, even when the jellyfish is dead and washed up on a beach. Huge swarms of them can close beaches and damage fishing and fish farms.1

Paano ito makikilala
- Adults have a bell 3 to 12 cm across.1
- Colour varies from mauve and purple to pink, light brown and yellow.1
- It has eight long tentacles and four long oral arms.1
- Unusually for a jellyfish, both the bell and the tentacles carry stinging cells.1
- When disturbed by waves or a ship's motion, it gives off short flashes of light at night.1
Madalas mapagkamalang: Its common name purple-striped jelly can cause confusion with Chrysaora colorata. Stings from either can cross-react, so people who have been stung by one may react to the other.1
Lakas ng kamandag
Libu-libong maliliit na selulang pantusok ang pumuputok kapag may humawak sa kanila.
Ano ang epekto ng kamandag nito?
This jellyfish stings rather than bites. Its stinging cells cause pain, redness, swelling and a rash, and the pain typically lasts 1 to 2 weeks. Less often, people feel dizzy or are sick or have diarrhoea, and skin rashes can return years later.1
Gaano ito kapanganib sa tao?
Panganib sa tao: MasakitTalagang masakit, pero halos hindi kailanman malala.Stings are common and painful, but they are generally not dangerous and there are no known deaths. A rare serious allergic reaction can happen, and a single case of Guillain–Barré syndrome, a serious nerve condition, has been linked to a sting; all symptoms in that case cleared within 6 months.1
Ano ang ginagawa nito kapag natatakot?
Its stinging cells are used to defend it as well as to catch prey.1
Kung tumusok ito
- The sting may possibly be relieved with compounds called hydroxyacetophenone and Symsitive, which stop the stinging cells firing. Seek medical help if a serious allergic reaction or other symptoms develop.1
- Umahon sa tubig at tanggalin ang anumang galamay (gamit ang guwantes o tela).
- Para sa tropikal na box jellyfish: buhusan ng suka ang mga tusok nang hindi bababa sa 30 segundo, tumawag ng tulong at maging handang mag-CPR. Para sa bluebottle at karamihan sa iba: banlawan ng tubig-dagat, pagkatapos ay mainit na tubig para sa sakit.
Laging tawagan muna ang numero pang-emergency (112, 000, 911). Ito ay pangkalahatang gabay sa pangunang lunas, hindi payong medikal. Mga batayan ng pangunang lunas
Mag-ingat
- Huwag kailanman hawakan, hulihin o asarin ang ligaw na hayop, kahit maliit, at kahit mukha itong tulog o patay.
- Bigyan ito ng espasyo. Kung makasalubong ka ng isa, manatiling kalmado, dahan-dahang umatras at hayaan itong umalis.
- Kung tusukin ka ng isa: manatiling kalmado, huwag gumalaw, tawagan ang numero pang-emergency (112, 000, 911) o pumunta agad sa ospital. Tandaan ang itsura nito, makakatulong ang litrato.
Hindi ka nito hinahabol. Ginagamit nito ang kamandag para manghuli ng pagkain o ipagtanggol ang sarili, at mas gusto pa nitong magtago. Higit pa tungkol sa pag-iingat
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Gaano ito kabilis?
Mga fact
It glows in the dark, and a description of its light was written by Pliny the Elder in 77 AD.1
Unlike most jellyfish, it has stinging cells on its bell as well as its tentacles.1
A seven-arm octopus has been recorded holding one of these jellyfish to use its sting as a defence.1
Swarms can cover tens of square kilometres and contain millions of jellyfish.1
It can eat microscopic plant plankton, which is highly unusual for a cnidarian.1
It has no polyp stage, a bottom-dwelling stage that most other jellyfish go through.1
Myth buster
Mito: A dead jellyfish washed up on the beach is harmless.
Totoo: Even recently dead, stranded individuals can still sting.1
Para sa mga eksperto sa kamandag
- Pangalang siyentipiko
- Pelagia noctiluca
- Grupo
- Mga dikya at nanunusok sa dagat
- Pamilya
- Pelagiidae2
- Ayos
- Semaeostomeae
- Mga kontinente
- Karagatang Atlantiko, Karagatang Pasipiko, Karagatang Indiyano, Dagat Mediteraneo, Dagat Pula, Ang mga karagatan
- Mga sanggol
- Males and females release sperm and eggs into the sea during daylight. The fertilised egg becomes a larva in 3 days, a tiny young jellyfish after a week, and an adult about a month later.1
- Haba ng buhay
- mga 0.75 taon1
- Panganib sa tao
- 2 / 5: Masakit3
Saan galing ang mga fact
- Pelagia noctiluca (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Pelagia noctiluca (iNaturalist): mga pangalan at klasipikasyon.
- Venom Wiki: sarili naming tantiya ang antas ng panganib, karaniwang laki at hula sa bilis. Tingnan kung paano namin ito kinukuwenta: Paano namin sinusukat ang panganib.
Bawat fact sa pahinang ito ay may numerong tumuturo sa pinagmulan nito. Kung may mali kami, pasensya na, mahilig lang kami sa hayop, hindi kami science journal. Sabihin sa amin sa [email protected] at aayusin namin.
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