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Snakelocks anemone

Anemonia viridis

只是會痛不要碰會痛，但不會對你造成嚴重傷害。

會螫人的觸手

The snakelocks anemone is a sea anemone, a soft animal that looks like a flower and sticks to rocks under the water. It lives in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, and it is most often found in sunny pools. Its tentacles are venomous, so it is best looked at and never touched.1

分布在

Eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Some Mediterranean populations are sometimes treated as a separate species, the Mediterranean snakelocks anemone (A. sulcata).1

地中海, 大西洋

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It is found in sunny pools, because the algae living in its tissue need light to grow. It is also sold as an aquarium pet, especially in Europe.1

長度

15 cm (5,9 in)3

一般成體大小

最高速度

大約 0,01 km/h（0,01 mph）

游泳, 粗略估計

Snakelocks anemone 的照片 — Snakelocks anemone。照片：Diego Delso。 CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎麼認出牠

Tentacles are usually deep green with purple tips.1
On average it is about 8 cm wide.1
When its algae decline, it may look dull grey.1
Small animals such as the incognito goby, a shrimp (Periclimenes aegylios) and Leach's spider crab often live among its tentacles.1

毒液力量

會螫人的觸手

有東西碰到時，成千上萬個小小的刺細胞就會發射。

牠的毒液有什麼作用？

Its tentacles are venomous. It has urticant properties, meaning it can cause a stinging, nettle-like reaction.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。

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地中海

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

跟 5 塊玩具積木排成一排一樣長比花園蝸牛還慢

Snakelocks anemone 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)

Snakelocks anemone 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

In southwestern Spain it is eaten as ortiguillas de mar, meaning 'little sea nettles'. The whole animal is marinated in vinegar, battered and deep-fried.1

Its green colour comes from green fluorescent protein, a protein also found in corals and other sea anemones.1

Small animals live among its venomous tentacles because the tentacles give them protection from predators.1

Its tissue contains algae called zooxanthellae, which it needs for long-term survival.1

Unlike jellyfish, it never has a free-swimming medusa stage in its life cycle.1

In Sardinia it is also deep-fried and eaten, where it is known as triads.1

破解迷思

迷思： Its green colour comes from algae living in its tentacles.

真相： Algae are present, but the green colour is the result of green fluorescent protein.1

給毒液專家

學名: Anemonia viridis
類群: 水母和會螫人的海洋生物
家人: Actiniidae2
排序: Actiniaria
各大洲: 地中海, 大西洋, 海洋
寶寶: It produces eggs and sperm from its polyp body. A fertilised egg develops into a larva called a planula, which grows directly into a new polyp, with no free-swimming jellyfish stage.1
對人的危險: 2 / 5: 疼痛3