Flower urchin
The flower urchin is a sea urchin with flower-shaped claws that can sting. It lives on coral reefs, in seagrass beds and on rocky or sandy sea floors across the Indo-West Pacific. It is one of the sea urchins most likely to cause a painful and medically significant sting.1

Uni qanday tanish mumkin
- Flower-like claws (globiferous pedicellariae) that are pinkish-white to yellowish-white, with a central purple dot and a bright white rim1
- A rigid shell (test) that is deep red and grey, with a purple zigzag pattern along each of the five ambulacral segments; rarely it is greenish or pale purple1
- Short, blunt spines, usually hidden beneath the flower-like claws1
- A body diameter of about 15 to 20 cm1
Koʻpincha adashtiriladi: Other Toxopneustes urchins look similar. Toxopneustes roseus has a uniform pink, brown or purple test and lives only in the eastern Pacific. Toxopneustes elegans, found only around Japan, has a dark stripe just below the tips of its spines. Toxopneustes maculatus is very rare, known from Réunion, Christmas Island and Palmyra Atoll, and has bright violet on its underside and a violet band around its middle.1
Zahar quvvati
Zahar nish orqali chiqadi.
Uning zahari (chaqsa yoki nish ursa) nima qiladi?
Its venom is made in glands at the base of the flower-like claws, not in the spines. The claws have sharp fang-like tips that can penetrate human skin, and when touched they snap shut and inject venom. The sting is described as extremely painful and medically significant.1
Odamlar uchun qanchalik xavfli?
Odamlar uchun xavf: Juda xavfliDavolanmagan odamni oʻldirishi mumkin.It is considered highly dangerous to people. Its stings are extremely painful and medically significant. Larger individuals with bigger claws are thought to be more dangerous, because the strength of the venom is linked to claw size.1
Qoʻrqqanda nima qiladi?
When touched or brushed against, its flower-like claws snap shut and inject venom. The claws can break off and stay attached to the skin, continuing to inject venom for several hours.1
Agar nish ursa
- Yarani issiq suvga sol, odam kuymasdan chiday oladigan darajada issiq boʻlsin, va tikanlarni olib tashlash uchun tibbiy yordam ol. Ularni oʻzing kavlab olishga urinma.
Har doim avval favqulodda yordam raqamiga qoʻngʻiroq qil (112, 000, 911). Bu birinchi yordam boʻyicha umumiy maslahat, tibbiy maslahat emas. Birinchi yordam asoslari
Xavfsiz boʻl
- Hech qachon yovvoyi hayvonga tegma, uni tutma yoki jigʻiga tegma, hatto kichkina boʻlsa ham va hatto uxlayotgan yoki oʻlik koʻrinsa ham.
- Unga joy ber. Agar duch kelsang, xotirjam boʻl, sekin orqaga chekin va uni oʻz yoʻliga ketishiga qoʻy.
- Agar biri senga nish ursa: xotirjam boʻl, qimirlamay tur, favqulodda yordam raqamiga qoʻngʻiroq qil (112, 000, 911) yoki tezda kasalxonaga yet. U qanday koʻrinishda ekanini eslab qol, surat yordam beradi.
U seni ovlamoqchi emas. Zaharini ovqat tutish yoki oʻzini himoya qilish uchun ishlatadi va yashirinishni ancha afzal koʻradi. Xavfsiz qolish haqida batafsil
Dunyoning qayerida?
U qanchalik katta?
U qanchalik uzun?
qator terilgan 6 ta oʻyinchoq gʻishtdek uzun
bogʻ shilliqqurtidan sekinFlower urchin SEN bilan solishtirganda qanchalik katta?
Faqat brauzeringdagi hisob-kitob. Hech narsa saqlanmaydi va hech qayerga yuborilmaydi.
U qanchalik tez?
Faktlar
Unlike most venomous sea urchins, it does not sting through its spines. Its venom is delivered through the claws.1
A zebra crab, Zebrida adamsii, often lives attached to its shell. The crab is thought to be immune to its venom.1
Its flower-like claws are the source of its common name and are its most striking feature.1
Tiny shrimp, Athanas areteformis, sometimes live among its spines.1
In the seashell trade, its empty shells are called "mushroom urchins" because they look like mushroom caps.1
Afsonalarni fosh qiluvchi
Afsona: Sea urchins sting with their spines.
Haqiqat: Flower urchins do not deliver venom through their spines. Their venom comes from the flower-like claws, which snap shut and inject it.1
Zahar mutaxassislari uchun
- Ilmiy nomi
- Toxopneustes pileolus
- Guruh
- Dengiz tipratikanlari, dengiz yulduzlari va chuvalchanglar
- Oila
- Toxopneustidae2
- Tartib
- Camarodonta
- Qitʼalar
- Hind okeani, Tinch okeani, Qizil dengiz, Marjon dengizi, Filippin dengizi, Timor va Arafura dengizi, Bengal koʻrfazi, Okeanlar
- Chaqaloqlar
- Eggs and sperm are released into the water during mass spawning events, and fertilisation happens outside the body.1
- Odamlar uchun xavf
- 4 / 5: Juda xavfli3
Faktlar qayerdan olingan
- Toxopneustes pileolus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Toxopneustes pileolus (iNaturalist): nomlar va tasnif.
- Venom Wiki: xavf darajasi, odatiy oʻlcham va taxminiy tezlik bizning oʻz baholarimiz. Ularni qanday hisoblashimizni koʻr: Xavfni qanday baholaymiz.
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