Tiny clinging box jellyfish
Copula sivickisi is a tiny box jellyfish, about 1 cm across, that lives in shallow warm seas. It is the only species in its genus and is active only at night. It is unusual among box jellyfish because it has a mating ritual and fertilises its eggs inside the body.1

Ni ngay ko xàmmee
- The bell is boxy in shape, unlike the umbrella shape of true jellyfish.1
- It has four slender tentacles hanging from the rim, each banded with orange.1
- The eight gonads (reproductive organs) can be seen through the transparent bell. In males they are orange, and in females they are white-speckled.1
- Mature females have orange-brown markings around the edge of the bell.1
- It is most active at night and hides during the day, folding its tentacles inside the bell and flattening itself.1
Kàttanu daŋar
Junniy cellule yu ndaw-ndaw yuy jam dañuy fetti su dara laalee leen.
Ni mu lore nit ñi?
Musiba ci nit: WoyofNi jamu yamb walla lu ko yées. Lu jege, amul lor ci nit.Lan lay def bu tiitee?
When disturbed by day it hides, folding its tentacles inside the bell and flattening itself against the seabed.1
Su jamee
- 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?
tuuti ba mën a toog ci sa wewu baaraamTiny clinging box jellyfish 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 has twenty-four eyes, grouped on four stalked structures called rhopalia on the rim of the bell.1
Unlike most box jellyfish, it has an elaborate mating ritual. A male grabs a female by one tentacle and pulls her around while they entwine.1
A female has been seen mating with several males, up to eight times in a two-hour period.1
It is attracted to light, and it chooses a spot on the seabed soon after dawn, spending a few minutes selecting a good location before settling there.1
Its average maximum swimming speed is 4.9 cm per second, which is faster than the currents near the surface of the shallow waters where it lives.1
The male passes a red bundle of sperm (a spermatophore) to one of the female's tentacles, which pushes it into her manubrium, the tube hanging from the underside of the bell.1
Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar
- Turu xam-xam
- Copula sivickisi
- Mbooloo
- Méduse ak mbindeefi géej yuy jam
- Njaboot
- Tripedaliidae2
- Toftal
- Carybdeida
- Kontinaa yi
- Mbàmbulaanu Pasifik, Mbàmbulaanu Atlantig, Géeju Timor ak Arafura, Mbàmbulaan yi
- Liir yi
- Eggs are fertilised inside the female's bell. About two or three days later she releases a mucous strand of embryos into the sea, and these develop into polyps.1
- Musiba ci nit
- 1 / 5: Woyof3
Fa xibaar yi jóge
- Copula sivickisi (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Copula sivickisi (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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