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Blade fire coral

Millepora complanata

只是會痛會痛，但不會對你造成嚴重傷害。

螫吃：肉

Blade fire coral is a fire coral, a colony of tiny animals that builds a hard skeleton. It lives in shallow waters of the Caribbean Sea. Touching it with bare skin can cause a severe sting, so it is best to keep your distance.1

分布在

Shallow waters of the Caribbean Sea1

大西洋, 加勒比海, 墨西哥灣

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It grows in shallow water where the water moves strongly and is cloudy with sediment, and it tolerates silt. Its encrusting base spreads over the surface it grows on. Bare skin that touches the coral can be stung.1

長度

50 cm (1,6 ft)1

最高速度

大約 0,01 km/h（0,01 mph）

游泳, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

Its feeding polyps have hair-like stinging cells that detect zooplankton and trap it. Tiny crustaceans called copepods make up most of its diet. It also gets much of its carbon from algae living in its tissues, and it feeds mostly at night.1

Blade fire coral 的照片 — Blade fire coral。照片：Jay Brasher。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎麼認出牠

Thin, upright plates or blades that can grow up to about 50 cm tall1
Pale brown or cream colour, with white tips on the blades1
Smooth blade surfaces with irregular outer edges and many stumpy bumps1
Hair-like polyps that poke out through tiny pores on the blade surface1

毒液力量

螫

毒液從螫針出來。

牠的毒液有什麼作用？

The stinging cells fire and inject venom into prey within three milliseconds. Contact with bare skin causes a severe stinging sensation.1

牠對人有多危險？

對人的危險: 疼痛可能會非常痛，但幾乎從來不會很嚴重。

Contact with bare skin can cause a severe stinging sensation.1

如果牠螫人

離開水裡，把觸手拿掉（戴手套或用布）。
熱帶箱形水母：在螫傷處倒醋至少 30 秒，求救，並準備好做心肺復甦術（CPR）。藍瓶水母和大多數其他水母：用海水沖洗，再用熱水止痛。

一定要先打緊急電話（112、000、911）。這是一般急救指引，不是醫療建議。急救基本知識

注意安全

絕對不要碰、抓或捉弄野生動物，就算是很小的動物，就算牠看起來在睡覺或已經死了也一樣。
給牠空間。如果遇到了，保持冷靜，慢慢往後退，讓牠自己離開。
如果被牠螫了：保持冷靜，保持不動，打緊急電話（112、000、911）或趕快去醫院。記住牠的樣子，有照片會很有幫助。

牠不是想來抓你。牠用毒液來捕捉食物或保護自己，而且牠更想躲起來。更多安全知識

在世界上的哪裡？

非洲亞洲歐洲北美洲南美洲澳洲與大洋洲大西洋加勒比海墨西哥灣

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

跟 3 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 16 塊玩具積木排成一排一樣長比花園蝸牛還慢

Blade fire coral 跟「你」比起來有多大？

只是在你的瀏覽器裡做算術。什麼都不會儲存，也不會傳送到任何地方。

牠有多快？

一隻海馬 大約 0,0015 km/h (0 mph)

Blade fire coral 大約 0,01 km/h (0,01 mph)

一隻花園蝸牛 大約 0,05 km/h (0,03 mph)

值得知道

小知識

Its stinging cells can fire and inject venom into prey in just three milliseconds.1

Blade fire coral is one of the first coral species to recolonise damaged reefs.1

Broken pieces of its blades can reattach to the seabed and survive.1

In a 1998 Caribbean bleaching event, many colonies died, but many blade fire corals recovered and regained their colour within a few months.1

Its tissues contain tiny algae called zooxanthellane, which provide much of the carbon the coral needs.1

It feeds during both day and night but mostly at night.1

給毒液專家

學名: Millepora complanata
類群: 水母和會螫人的海洋生物
家人: Milleporidae2
排序: Anthoathecata
各大洲: 大西洋, 加勒比海, 墨西哥灣, 海洋
寶寶: Sexual reproduction involves a stage where the coral releases free-floating medusae, and broken pieces of blade can reattach to the reef and grow new colonies.1
牠在野外的狀況: Critically endangered (IUCN)1
對人的危險: 2 / 5: 疼痛3