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Fire urchin

Asthenosoma varium
Malunga negama: The name fire urchin probably comes from the painful sting of its spines and its reddish-brown colour.1
Kufuna ugqirhaMusa ukuchukumisaKunqabile ukuba sibulale, kodwa ukuba amava aso ayakugwaza, yiya kugqirha.
Ii-sea urchin, iinkwenkwezi zolwandle neentshulube Amava anetyhefuSitya: Kancinci kwento nganye
Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkuba amava aso ayakugwaza, yiya kugqirha. Ukufa kunqabe kakhulu.

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

Sihlala
Indo-Pacific, from the eastern Indian Ocean to Japan, the Philippines and New Caledonia. Red Sea records may be a related species.1
uLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, uLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, uLwandle lweCoral, uLwandle lwePhilippines, uLwandle lweTimor ne-Arafura
Ekhaya
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
Ubude
25 cm (9,8 in)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-0,02 km/h (0,01 mph)
Ukuqubha, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
It feeds on the algal film covering the sea floor, encrusting animals such as sponges and tunicates, and organic detritus.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Fire urchin
Fire urchin. Ifoto: Candace Pratt. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • 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

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Amava anetyhefu

Amava abukhali aphethe ityhefu. Ukusinyathela okanye ukusibamba kubuhlungu.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

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

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkuba amava aso ayakugwaza, yiya kugqirha. Ukufa kunqabe kakhulu.

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

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

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

Ukuba amava aso ayakugwaza

  • Faka inxeba emanzini ashushu, ashushu kangangoko umntu angakwazi ukunyamezela ngaphandle kokutshiswa, kwaye ufumane uncedo lwezonyango ukuze kususwe amava. Musa ukuwemba ngokwakho.

Soloko utsalela inombolo kaxakeka kuqala (112, 000, 911). Esi sisikhokelo soncedo lokuqala ngokubanzi, asilocebiso lwezonyango. Iziseko zoncedo lokuqala

Hlala ukhuselekile

  • Ungaze uchukumise, ubambe okanye uqhule isilwanyana sasendle, nokuba sincinci, kwaye nokuba sibonakala silele okanye sifile.
  • Sinike indawo. Ukuba udibana naso, hlala uzolile, buyela umva kancinci kwaye usiyeke sihambe ngendlela yaso.
  • Ukuba amava aso ayakugwaza: hlala uzolile, musa ukushukuma, tsalela inombolo kaxakeka (112, 000, 911) okanye uye esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza. Khumbula ukuba sasikhangeleka njani, ifoto iyanceda.

Asikuzingeli. Sisebenzisa ityhefu yaso ukubamba ukutya okanye ukuzikhusela, kwaye singakhetha ukuzimela. Okungakumbi malunga nokuhlala ukhuselekile

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Fire urchin malunga ne-25 cm ubude (9,8 in)Ibhanana malunga ne-18 cm (7,1 in)Ikati yasekhaya malunga ne-50 cm (1,6 ft)
ubude obulingana neebhloko zokudlala zokwakha eziyi-8 zilandelelanasicotha kunenkumba yasegadini

U-Fire urchin mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

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

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Asthenosoma varium
Iqela
Ii-sea urchin, iinkwenkwezi zolwandle neentshulube
Usapho
Echinothuriidae2
Ucwangco
Echinothurioida
Amazwekazi
uLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, uLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, uLwandle lweCoral, uLwandle lwePhilippines, uLwandle lweTimor ne-Arafura, Iilwandlekazi
Iintsana
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
Ingozi ebantwini
3 / 5: Kubi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Asthenosoma varium (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Asthenosoma varium (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
  3. Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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