Compass jellyfish
The compass jellyfish is a common jellyfish that lives in cool coastal seas of the northeast Atlantic, including the North Sea and the Mediterranean. Its bell has a pattern that looks like the face of a compass, which gives it its name. Its tentacles carry stinging cells, so it is best left alone.1

Tsela ya go e lemoga
- Adults have a bell 15 to 25 cm across, usually yellowish white with some brown.1
- The bell has 16 brown, elongated V-shaped markings around a central brown spot.1
- It has 24 tentacles arranged in eight groups of three.1
- It has four oral arms that are noticeably longer than the tentacles and look folded and frilly.1
- Juveniles lack the compass pattern. They look white and polka-dotted, with a reddish fringe on the bell edge.1
Gantsi e tlhakanngwa le: Records of this species from the southeastern Atlantic, including South Africa, were caused by confusion with close relatives: C. africana, C. fulgida and an undescribed species tentatively called "C. agulhensis".1
Maatla a botlhole
Dikete tsa disele tse dinnye tse di tlhabang di a thuntsha fa sengwe se di ama.
Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?
Each tentacle has stinging cells used to capture prey and to defend against predators. Jellyfish stings are painful and can be deadly to humans.1
E kotsi go le kae go batho?
Kotsi go batho: E botlhokoE ka utlwisa botlhoko tota, mme go seoka thata gore e nne masisi.Jellyfish stings are painful and sometimes deadly to humans.1
E dira eng fa e tshogile?
Stinging cells on its tentacles are used to defend it from predators.1
Fa e tlhaba
- Tswa mo metsing mme o tlose mesela (tentacles) epe fela e e setseng (ka ditlelafo kgotsa ka lesela).
- Ya dijelifishi tsa lebokoso tsa tropiki: tshela asene mo mafelong a a tlhabilweng bonnye metsotswana e le 30, bitsa thuso mme o ipaakanyetse go dira CPR. Ya dibluebottle le tse dingwe tse dintsi: tlhatswa ka metsi a lewatle, morago ka metsi a a mogote go fokotsa botlhoko.
Ka gale leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Se ke kaelo e e akaretsang ya thuso ya ntlha, ga se kgakololo ya bongaka. Motheo wa thuso ya ntlha
Nna o babalesegile
- O se ka wa ama, wa tshwara kgotsa wa tshwenya phologolo ya naga, le fa e le e nnye, le fa e lebega e robetse kgotsa e sule.
- E fe sebaka. Fa o kopana le yone, ritibala, boela morago ka bonya mme o e tlogele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yone.
- Fa e nngwe e go tlhaba: ritibala, o se ka wa tshikinyega, leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso (112, 000, 911) kgotsa o ye bookelong ka bonako. Gopola gore e ne e lebega jang, setshwantsho se a thusa.
Ga e go batle. E dirisa botlhole jwa yone go tshwara dijo kgotsa go itshireletsa, mme e rata go iphitlha go feta. Go le gontsi ka go nna o babalesegile
Kae mo lefatsheng?
E kgolo go le kae?
E telele go le kae?
boleele jo bo lekanang le diboloko tsa go aga tsa ditshamekisi di le 8 mo molengCompass jellyfish e kgolo go le kae fa e bapisiwa le WENA?
Ke dipalo fela mo sefetleng sa gago (browser). Ga go sepe se se bolokwang kgotsa se se romelwang gope.
E bonako go le kae?
Dintlha
Males release sperm from their mouths into the water, and females can fertilise sperm from several males.1
Adults often carry a parasite called Hyperia medusarum, which settles inside the body, especially the gonads.1
Compass jellyfish have very few predators. Leatherback sea turtles and ocean sunfish are known to eat them.1
Warmer winters allow longer release periods for young, and the species is predicted to move further north as the seas warm.1
Mosenyi wa ditlhamane
Tlhamane: Compass jellyfish live in the southeastern Atlantic, including South Africa.
Nnete: Earlier records from there were due to confusion with close relatives. The species lives in the northeast Atlantic.1
Ya baitseanape ba botlhole
- Leina la saense
- Chrysaora hysoscella
- Setlhopha
- Dijelifishi le dibopiwa tsa lewatle tse di tlhabang
- Lelapa
- Pelagiidae2
- Lekoko
- Semaeostomeae
- Dikontinente
- Lewatle la Atlantic, Lewatle la Mediterranean, Lewatle la Bokone, Mawatle
- Masea
- Females release planular larvae, which settle on the seabed and grow into polyps. The polyps then release young medusae.1
- Kotsi go batho
- 2 / 5: E botlhoko3
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- Chrysaora hysoscella (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Chrysaora hysoscella (iNaturalist): maina le thulaganyo ya mefuta.
- Venom Wiki: seelo sa kotsi, bogolo jo bo tlwaelegileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kafa re di balang ka teng: Kafa re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.
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Mesela e e tlhabang

