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Branching fire coral

Millepora alcicornis

名字的由来： Millepora means 'thousand-pored' and alcicornis means 'elk-horned', although the name does not match its appearance.1

只是会疼会疼，但不会对你造成严重伤害。

水母和海中蜇人生物

蜇伤吃：肉

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

Branching fire coral is not a true coral, even though it looks like one. It is a relative of jellyfish that lives on shallow tropical reefs in the western Atlantic and can sting people who touch it. It is an important part of the reef community.1

生活在

Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Florida, Cape Verde Islands, Central and South America to Brazil, Canary Islands, Madeira and Bermuda1

大西洋, 加勒比海, 墨西哥湾

首页

It grows on shallow coral reefs, rocks, dead corals and even the hulls of wrecked ships, at depths of up to 40 metres. Divers are the people most likely to meet it.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？

It feeds on plankton. Its hairlike tentacles sting prey to immobilise it, then pass the food into a stomach-like polyp for digestion.1

Branching fire coral的照片 — Branching fire coral。照片：Nhobgood Nick Hobgood。 CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎样认出它

Its branches are cylindrical and grow in a single plane.1
Branches range in colour from brown to pale, cream-like yellow, with white tips.1
In surf-battered outer reef edges it forms flat plates or blades.1
In calm, deep or sheltered water it grows upright, leafy or branched, up to 50 cm tall.1

毒液之力

蜇伤

毒液通过蜇刺出来。

它的毒液会造成什么？

Its sting injects a water-soluble protein venom. The venom causes a painful burning sensation, skin eruptions, blisters and scarring.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。

It can cause painful stings to unwary divers. Its cells are strong enough to sting human skin.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

Branching 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)

Branching 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

When it grows near a sea fan, it grows special 'attack' branches that wrap around and smother the fan.1

It is not a true coral. It belongs to the class Hydrozoa and is more closely related to jellyfish than to stony corals.1

Small fish and shrimp shelter among its branches and seem unaffected by its venom.1

It is one of the first corals to bleach in warm water, but it recovers from damage faster than most other corals.1

About 75% of its energy comes from microscopic algae living in its tissues.1

谣言粉碎机

谣言： It is a true coral like the stony corals that build reefs.

真相： It is not a true coral. It is a hydrozoan, more closely related to jellyfish.1

给毒液专家

学名: Millepora alcicornis
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: It reproduces by fragments breaking off and growing into new colonies, and by budding short-lived, jellyfish-like medusae that release larvae.1
对人的危险: 2 / 5: 很疼3