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

Ni ngay ko xàmmee
- 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
Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: 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
Kàttanu daŋar
Junniy cellule yu ndaw-ndaw yuy jam dañuy fetti su dara laalee leen.
Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?
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
Ni mu lore nit ñi?
Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.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
Lan lay def bu tiitee?
Its stinging cells are used to defend it as well as to catch prey.1
Su jamee
- 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
- Génn ci ndox mi te dindi tentacule yi (ak gant walla ab tissu).
- Ci méduse-boîte yu tropik: tuuru vinaigre ci fa mu jam, 30 segond lu mu néew néew, woo ndimbal te pare ngir def RCP (massage cardiaque). Ci galère portugaise ak lu ëpp ci yeneen yi: raxas ak ndoxu géej, ginnaaw gi ndox mu tàng ngir metit wi.
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 benn 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
Fan ci àddina?
Ni mu réye?
Ni mu guddoo?
guddu na ni 4 bloku tabax yu ñu toftaleMauve stinger ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?
Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.
Ni mu gaawe?
Xibaar
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
Tasukatu léeb
Xalaat bu juum: A dead jellyfish washed up on the beach is harmless.
Dëgg: Even recently dead, stranded individuals can still sting.1
Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar
- Turu xam-xam
- Pelagia noctiluca
- Mbooloo
- Méduse ak mbindeefi géej yuy jam
- Njaboot
- Pelagiidae2
- Toftal
- Semaeostomeae
- Kontinaa yi
- Mbàmbulaanu Atlantig, Mbàmbulaanu Pasifik, Mbàmbulaanu End, Géeju Mediteraane, Géej gu Xonq, Mbàmbulaan yi
- Liir yi
- 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
- Diiru dund
- lu tollu ci 0,75 at1
- Musiba ci nit
- 2 / 5: Dafay metti3
Fa xibaar yi jóge
- Pelagia noctiluca (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Pelagia noctiluca (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
- 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.
Xibaar bu nekk ci xët wii am na ab nimero buy won fa mu jóge. Su nu juumee, baal nu, nun ay nit ñu bëgg rab lanu, du ab jurnaalu xam-xam. Wax nu ko ci [email protected] te dinanu ko jubbanti.
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