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Blade fire coral

Millepora complanata

只是会疼会疼，但不会对你造成严重伤害。

蜇伤吃：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

生活在

Shallow waters of the Caribbean Sea1

大西洋, 加勒比海, 墨西哥湾

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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

长度

50 cm (1.6 ft)1

最高速度

约 0.01 公里/小时（0.01 英里/小时）

游泳, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

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.

怎样认出它

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

毒液之力

蜇伤

毒液通过蜇刺出来。

它的毒液会造成什么？

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

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

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

如果它蜇人

离开水面，取下所有触手（戴手套或用布）。
热带箱水母：在蜇伤处倒醋至少 30 秒，呼救，并准备好做心肺复苏。僧帽水母和大多数其他水母：先用海水冲洗，再用热水止痛。

一定先拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）。这里是一般急救指导，不是医疗建议。急救基础

注意安全

永远不要摸、抓或逗弄野生动物，即使是很小的，即使它看起来在睡觉或已经死了。
给它留出空间。如果遇到它，保持冷静，慢慢后退，让它走自己的路。
如果被它蜇了：保持冷静，保持不动，拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）或尽快去医院。记住它长什么样，拍张照片会有帮助。

它不是冲着你来的。它用毒液捕猎或保护自己，而且它更愿意躲起来。更多安全知识

在世界哪里？

非洲亚洲欧洲北美洲南美洲澳大利亚和大洋洲大西洋加勒比海墨西哥湾

它有多大？

它有多长？

和 3 根香蕉首尾相接一样长和 16 块玩具积木排成一排一样长比花园蜗牛还慢

Blade fire coral和你比起来有多大？

只是在你的浏览器里算一算。什么都不会被保存或发送到任何地方。

它有多快？

一只海马 约 0.0015 公里/小时 (0 mph)

Blade fire coral 约 0.01 公里/小时 (0.01 mph)

一只花园蜗牛 约 0.05 公里/小时 (0.03 mph)

值得了解

事实

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

给毒液专家

学名: Millepora complanata
类别: 水母和海中蜇人生物
家人: Milleporidae2
排序: Anthoathecata
大洲: 大西洋, 加勒比海, 墨西哥湾, 海洋
宝宝: 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
它在野外过得怎么样: Critically endangered (IUCN)1
对人的危险: 2 / 5: 很疼3