Compass jellyfish
The compass jellyfish is a common jellyfish that lives in cool coastal seas of the northeast Atlantic, including the North Sea and the Mediterranean. Its bell has a pattern that looks like the face of a compass, which gives it its name. Its tentacles carry stinging cells, so it is best left alone.1

Bí o ṣe lè dá a mọ̀
- Adults have a bell 15 to 25 cm across, usually yellowish white with some brown.1
- The bell has 16 brown, elongated V-shaped markings around a central brown spot.1
- It has 24 tentacles arranged in eight groups of three.1
- It has four oral arms that are noticeably longer than the tentacles and look folded and frilly.1
- Juveniles lack the compass pattern. They look white and polka-dotted, with a reddish fringe on the bell edge.1
A sábà máa ń ṣì í mọ̀ sí: Records of this species from the southeastern Atlantic, including South Africa, were caused by confusion with close relatives: C. africana, C. fulgida and an undescribed species tentatively called "C. agulhensis".1
Agbára oró
Ẹgbẹẹgbẹ̀rún sẹ́ẹ̀lì ìtani kékeré máa ń ta jáde nígbà tí nǹkan bá fọwọ́ kàn wọ́n.
Kí ni oró rẹ̀ máa ń ṣe?
Each tentacle has stinging cells used to capture prey and to defend against predators. Jellyfish stings are painful and can be deadly to humans.1
Báwo ló ṣe léwu tó fún ènìyàn?
Ewu fún ènìyàn: Ó ń dunniÓ lè dunni gan-an, ṣùgbọ́n kì í fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ le rárá.Jellyfish stings are painful and sometimes deadly to humans.1
Kí ni ó máa ń ṣe nígbà tí ẹ̀rù bá bà á?
Stinging cells on its tentacles are used to defend it from predators.1
Bí ó bá ta ni
- Jáde kúrò nínú omi kí o sì yọ gbogbo okùn-ọwọ́ rẹ̀ (tentacles) kúrò (pẹ̀lú ìbọ̀wọ́ tàbí aṣọ).
- Fún box jellyfish ilẹ̀ olóoru: da ọtí kíkan (vinegar) sí ibi tí ó ti ta ni fún ó kéré tán ìṣẹ́jú-àáyá 30, pe fún ìrànlọ́wọ́ kí o sì múra láti ṣe CPR (ìmúsọjí ọkàn àti èémí). Fún bluebottles àti ọ̀pọ̀ àwọn yòókù: fi omi òkun fọ̀ ọ́, lẹ́yìn náà omi gbígbóná fún ìrora náà.
Máa kọ́kọ́ pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ nígbà gbogbo (112, 000, 911). Èyí jẹ́ ìtọ́sọ́nà ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́ gbogbogbò, kì í ṣe ìmọ̀ràn ìṣègùn. Ìpìlẹ̀ ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́
Wà láìléwu
- Má ṣe fọwọ́ kan, mú tàbí yọ ẹranko igbó lẹ́nu láéláé, kódà bí ó bá kéré, kódà bí ó bá dà bí ẹni pé ó ń sùn tàbí ó ti kú.
- Fún un ní àyè. Bí o bá pàdé ọ̀kan, farabalẹ̀, sẹ́yìn díẹ̀díẹ̀ kí o sì jẹ́ kí ó máa bá ọ̀nà rẹ̀ lọ.
- Bí ọ̀kan bá ta ọ́: farabalẹ̀, má ṣe mira, pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ (112, 000, 911) tàbí lọ sí ilé ìwòsàn kíákíá. Rántí bí ó ṣe rí, fọ́tò máa ń ṣèrànwọ́.
Kò wá ọ kiri láti ṣe ọ́ léṣe. Ó ń lo oró rẹ̀ láti mú oúnjẹ tàbí láti dáàbò bo ara rẹ̀, ó sì fẹ́ràn láti farapamọ́ jù. Sí i nípa wíwà láìléwu
Níbo ní ayé?
Báwo ló ṣe tóbi tó?
Báwo ló ṣe gùn tó?
ó gùn tó bíríkì ìṣeré 8 tí a tò sí ìlà kanBáwo ni Compass jellyfish ṣe tóbi tó tí a bá fi wé ÌWỌ?
Ìṣirò nìkan nínú bráwúsà rẹ. A kò fi ohunkóhun pamọ́, a kò sì fi ránṣẹ́ sí ibikíbi.
Báwo ló ṣe yára tó?
Òtítọ́
Males release sperm from their mouths into the water, and females can fertilise sperm from several males.1
Adults often carry a parasite called Hyperia medusarum, which settles inside the body, especially the gonads.1
Compass jellyfish have very few predators. Leatherback sea turtles and ocean sunfish are known to eat them.1
Warmer winters allow longer release periods for young, and the species is predicted to move further north as the seas warm.1
Olùfọ́ àròsọ
Àròsọ: Compass jellyfish live in the southeastern Atlantic, including South Africa.
Òtítọ́: Earlier records from there were due to confusion with close relatives. The species lives in the northeast Atlantic.1
Fún àwọn amòye oró
- Orúkọ sáyẹ́ǹsì
- Chrysaora hysoscella
- Ẹgbẹ́
- Jellyfish àti àwọn ẹ̀dá òkun tó ń ta ni
- Ìdílé
- Pelagiidae2
- Ètò
- Semaeostomeae
- Àwọn kọ́ńtínẹ́ńtì
- Òkun Àtìláńtíìkì, Òkun Mẹditaréníà, Òkun Àríwá, Àwọn òkun ńlá
- Àwọn ọmọ
- Females release planular larvae, which settle on the seabed and grow into polyps. The polyps then release young medusae.1
- Ewu fún ènìyàn
- 2 / 5: Ó ń dunni3
Ibi tí àwọn òtítọ́ ti wá
- Chrysaora hysoscella (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Chrysaora hysoscella (iNaturalist): orúkọ àti ìpínsísọ̀rí.
- Venom Wiki: ìpele ewu, ìtóbi déédé àti àfojúbù ìyára jẹ́ tiwa. Wo bí a ṣe ń ṣírò wọn: Bí a ṣe ń díwọ̀n ewu.
Gbogbo òtítọ́ ojú-ìwé yìí ní nọ́ńbà tó tọ́ka sí orísun rẹ̀. Bí a bá ṣe àṣìṣe, má bínú, olólùfẹ́ ẹranko ni wá, kì í ṣe ìwé ìròyìn sáyẹ́ǹsì. Sọ fún wa ní [email protected] a ó sì tún un ṣe.
Okùn-ọwọ́ tó ń ta ni (tentacles)

