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Fire urchin

Asthenosoma varium
Ci turam: The name fire urchin probably comes from the painful sting of its spines and its reddish-brown colour.1
Soxla na doktoorBul laalLu néew la mu rey, waaye su ay dagam jamee la, demal gis doktoor.
Oursin, biddiwu géej ak ver Dag yu am daŋarDafay lekk: Tuuti ci lépp
Musiba ci nit: Lu bonSu ay dagam jamee la, demal gis doktoor. Ñi ciy dee dañoo néew lool.

The fire urchin is a large sea urchin that grows up to 25 cm across. It lives on sand and rubble sea floors and in coral areas across the Indo-Pacific. Its venomous spines can give a painful sting, so it is best left alone.1

Dafay dund ci
Indo-Pacific, from the eastern Indian Ocean to Japan, the Philippines and New Caledonia. Red Sea records may be a related species.1
Mbàmbulaanu End, Mbàmbulaanu Pasifik, Géeju Koraay, Géeju Filipin, Géeju Timor ak Arafura
Kër
It lives on sand and rubble sea bottoms and in coral environments, at depths down to about 167 m. Divers are the people most likely to meet it, and they should be careful not to handle it.1
Guddaay
25 cm (9,8 in)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 0,02 km/h (0,01 mph)
Féey, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
It feeds on the algal film covering the sea floor, encrusting animals such as sponges and tunicates, and organic detritus.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Fire urchin
Fire urchin. Foto: Candace Pratt. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • Hemispherical body, up to 25 cm across1
  • Orangish, red, brown or purple colour, sometimes beige or green1
  • Primary spines are banded, usually with paler bases and darker tips1
  • Secondary spines are long, slender, blunt and yellowish, mostly near the base of the body1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dag yu am daŋar

Ay dag yu ñaw ñoo yor daŋar bi. Teg tànk ci kawam walla jàpp ko dafay metti.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

Each venomous spine has several hollow, spherical capsules filled with toxin, separated by constrictions. These work like hypodermic syringes, injecting the toxin when the spines pierce the skin. The sting is painful and the pain can last several hours.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Lu bonSu ay dagam jamee la, demal gis doktoor. Ñi ciy dee dañoo néew lool.

Handling the urchin can cause a painful sting. The pain can last several hours.1

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

Its bright colouration warns other animals that its spines are venomous.1

Su ay dagam jamee la

  • Teg gaañu-gaañu bi ci ndox mu tàng, lu nit ki mën a muñ waaye bu dul ko lakk, te wutal ndimbal doktoor ngir dindi dag yi. Bul gas ngir wut leen sa bopp.

Saa su nekk, woo jëkk sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911). Lii ay ndigal yu yaatu ci ndimbal yu jëkk la, du ndigalu doktoor. Li war a xam ci ndimbal yu jëkk

Sàmmal sa bopp

  • Bul laal mukk, bul jàpp, bul sonal ab rab bu àll, doonte bu ndaw la, te doonte dafa mel ni dafa nelaw walla dafa dee.
  • May ko bérab. Su nga ko gisee, dalal, dellu ginnaaw ndànk-ndànk te bàyyi ko mu dem yoonam.
  • Su ay dagam jamee la: dalal, bul yëngu, woo sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911) walla dem lopitaan ci gaaw. Bul fàtte ni mu meloon, ab nataal dina dimbali.

Du la wut. Dafay jëfandikoo daŋaram ngir jàpp lu muy lekk walla ngir aar boppam, te nëbbu moo ko gën a neex. Yeneen ci ni ngay sàmme sa bopp

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Fire urchin guddaayam lu tollu ci 25 cm (9,8 in)Ab banaana lu tollu ci 18 cm (7,1 in)Ab muusu kër lu tollu ci 50 cm (1,6 ft)
guddu na ni 8 bloku tabax yu ñu toftalegën a yéex escargot bu tóokër

Fire urchin ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?

Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.

Ni mu gaawe?

baax na xam

Xibaar

1

Its venomous spines are hollow and filled with toxin, working like tiny syringes.1

2

Several small fish and some cephalopods shelter among its toxic spines for protection.1

3

Its body shell is flexible, because its plates overlap like roof tiles instead of being rigidly joined.1

4

Shrimps and a zebra crab live on or with the urchin, and the urchin is their host.1

5

Its secondary spines have sensory cells at the tip and help it move and right itself.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Asthenosoma varium
Mbooloo
Oursin, biddiwu géej ak ver
Njaboot
Echinothuriidae2
Toftal
Echinothurioida
Kontinaa yi
Mbàmbulaanu End, Mbàmbulaanu Pasifik, Géeju Koraay, Géeju Filipin, Géeju Timor ak Arafura, Mbàmbulaan yi
Liir yi
The sexes are separate, and eggs (gametes) are released into the water, where fertilisation takes place. The larvae drift for several months before settling on the seabed and becoming juvenile sea urchins.1
Musiba ci nit
3 / 5: Lu bon3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Asthenosoma varium (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Asthenosoma varium (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolluwaayu musiba bi, réyaay bu yem bi ak xalaatu gaawaay bi, nun ñoo leen defar. Seetal ni nu leen waññe: Ni nuy natte musiba.

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