Night anemone
The night anemone is a sea anemone, a soft animal related to jellyfish that attaches itself to the seabed. It lives in shallow seas in the central Indo-West Pacific, including Indonesia, the Philippines and southern Japan. It is venomous, and its sting can cause a painful injury that lasts a long time.1

Indlela yokusiqaphela
- Has a broad base that attaches it to the seabed.1
- Has branching, stalked outgrowths called pseudo-tentacles, which vary a lot between individuals.1
- Some individuals look like smooth discs, branching coral, or dead coral rock covered in algae.1
- The mouth ring has up to 160 long tentacles, seen when it is feeding at night.1
Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: It is often mistaken for corals, algae or dead coral rock, because it copies their shape and colour. During the day it pulls its mouth and tentacles inside, so it may not look like a sea anemone at all.1
Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba
Amawaka eeseli ezincinci ezihlabayo ziyadubula xa kukho into ezichukumisayo.
Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?
Its venom contains several haemolytic toxins, which break down red blood cells. Human contact can cause severe dermatitis, with swelling and ulceration of the affected skin that may last for months. On rare occasions it causes acute kidney damage, and it is the first sea anemone whose venom has been shown to do this. The venom does not appear to affect other major organs.1
Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?
Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.Its sting is painful and long-lasting. On rare occasions it can cause acute kidney damage.1
Senza ntoni xa soyika?
It uses camouflage, mimicry and masquerade to blend into its surroundings, which helps it deceive prey and confuse predators.1
Ukuba siyahlaba
- Phuma emanzini kwaye ususe naziphi na ii-tentacle (ngeiglavu okanye ngelaphu).
- Kwiijelifishi zebhokisi (box jellyfish) zasetropiki: thela iviniga kwiindawo ezihlatyiweyo ubuncinane imizuzwana engama-30, biza uncedo kwaye ulungele ukwenza i-CPR. Kwii-bluebottle nakwezinye ezininzi: hlambulula ngamanzi olwandle, emva koko usebenzise amanzi ashushu ngenxa yeentlungu.
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 siyakuhlaba: 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
Phi emhlabeni?
Sikhulu kangakanani?
Side kangakanani?
ubude obulingana neebhloko zokudlala zokwakha eziyi-5 zilandelelana
sicotha kunenkumba yasegadiniU-Night anemone mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?
Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.
Sikhawuleza kangakanani?
Iinyaniso
It was the first sea anemone found to have venom that damages the kidneys and can cause acute renal failure.1
Its venom kills shrimp and breaks down sheep red blood cells in laboratory tests.1
Its pseudo-tentacles contain symbiotic dinoflagellates, tiny organisms that photosynthesise, so it gets some energy from light.1
It hides its tentacles and mouth during the day, when it spreads out its pseudo-tentacles to catch sunlight.1
Kwiingcali zetyhefu
- Igama lenzululwazi
- Phyllodiscus semoni
- Iqela
- Iijelifishi nezinye izilwanyana zaselwandle ezihlabayo
- Usapho
- Aliciidae2
- Ucwangco
- Actiniaria
- Amazwekazi
- uLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, uLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, uLwandle oluBomvu, uLwandle lweTimor ne-Arafura, Iilwandlekazi
- Iintsana
- Colonies are likely clones formed by asexual reproduction, possibly by fragmentation when the anemone moves across the seabed.1
- Ingozi ebantwini
- 4 / 5: Siyingozi kakhulu3
Apho iinyaniso zivela khona
- Phyllodiscus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Phyllodiscus semoni (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
- Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.
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Ii-tentacle ezihlabayo