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Ikhathuni ka-Fire urchin
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Fire urchin

Asthenosoma varium
Mayelana negama: The name fire urchin probably comes from the painful sting of its spines and its reddish-brown colour.1
Kudinga udokotelaUngathintiKuyivelakancane ukuthi kubulale, kodwa uma ameva aso ekugwaza, yana kudokotela.
Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUma ameva aso ekugwaza, yana kudokotela. Ukufa kuyivelakancane kakhulu.

The fire urchin is a large sea urchin that grows up to 25 cm across. It lives on sand and rubble sea floors and in coral areas across the Indo-Pacific. Its venomous spines can give a painful sting, so it is best left alone.1

Ihlala
Indo-Pacific, from the eastern Indian Ocean to Japan, the Philippines and New Caledonia. Red Sea records may be a related species.1
ULwandlekazi i-India, ULwandlekazi iPacific, Ulwandle iCoral, Ulwandle lwasePhilippines, Ulwandle lwaseTimor ne-Arafura
Ekhaya
It lives on sand and rubble sea bottoms and in coral environments, at depths down to about 167 m. Divers are the people most likely to meet it, and they should be careful not to handle it.1
Ubude
25 cm (9.8 in)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 0.02 km/h (0.01 mph)
Ukubhukuda, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
It feeds on the algal film covering the sea floor, encrusting animals such as sponges and tunicates, and organic detritus.1
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Fire urchin
Fire urchin. Isithombe: Candace Pratt. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusibona

  • Hemispherical body, up to 25 cm across1
  • Orangish, red, brown or purple colour, sometimes beige or green1
  • Primary spines are banded, usually with paler bases and darker tips1
  • Secondary spines are long, slender, blunt and yellowish, mostly near the base of the body1

Amandla obuthi

Ameva anobuthi

Ameva abukhali aphethe ubuthi. Ukusinyathela noma ukusibamba kubuhlungu.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

Each venomous spine has several hollow, spherical capsules filled with toxin, separated by constrictions. These work like hypodermic syringes, injecting the toxin when the spines pierce the skin. The sting is painful and the pain can last several hours.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUma ameva aso ekugwaza, yana kudokotela. Ukufa kuyivelakancane kakhulu.

Handling the urchin can cause a painful sting. The pain can last several hours.1

Senzani uma sesabile?

Its bright colouration warns other animals that its spines are venomous.1

Uma ameva aso ekugwaza

  • Faka inxeba emanzini ashisayo, ashisa ngendlela umuntu angakwazi ukuyibekezelela ngaphandle kokusha, bese uthola usizo lwezokwelapha ukuze kukhishwe ameva. Ungawamambi ngokwakho.

Njalo shayela kuqala inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911). Lokhu kuyiseluleko sosizo lokuqala esijwayelekile, akusona iseluleko sezokwelapha. Izisekelo zosizo lokuqala

Hlala uphephile

  • Ungalokothi uthinte, ubambe noma ugcone isilwane sasendle, ngisho noma sincane, futhi ngisho noma sibukeka silele noma sifile.
  • Sinike isikhala. Uma uhlangana naso, hlala uzolile, uhlehle kancane bese usiyeka sihambe ngendlela yaso.
  • Uma ameva aso ekugwaza: hlala uzolile, ungashukumi, shayela inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911) noma uye esibhedlela ngokushesha. Khumbula ukuthi besibukeka kanjani, isithombe siyasiza.

Asikuzingeli wena. Sisebenzisa ubuthi baso ukuze sibambe ukudla noma ukuzivikela, futhi singancamela ukucasha. Okwengeziwe mayelana nokuhlala uphephile

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Fire urchin ubude obucishe bube ngu-25 cm (9.8 in)Ubhanana cishe 18 cm (7.1 in)Ikati lasekhaya cishe 50 cm (1.6 ft)
side njengezitini zamathoyizi ezingu-8 ezilandelanayosihamba kancane kunomnenke wasengadini

Fire urchin mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

Its venomous spines are hollow and filled with toxin, working like tiny syringes.1

2

Several small fish and some cephalopods shelter among its toxic spines for protection.1

3

Its body shell is flexible, because its plates overlap like roof tiles instead of being rigidly joined.1

4

Shrimps and a zebra crab live on or with the urchin, and the urchin is their host.1

5

Its secondary spines have sensory cells at the tip and help it move and right itself.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Asthenosoma varium
Iqembu
Izinkalankala zasolwandle ezinameva, izinkanyezi zasolwandle nezikelemu
Umndeni
Echinothuriidae2
Ukuhleleka
Echinothurioida
Amazwekazi
ULwandlekazi i-India, ULwandlekazi iPacific, Ulwandle iCoral, Ulwandle lwasePhilippines, Ulwandle lwaseTimor ne-Arafura, Izilwandlekazi
Izinsana
The sexes are separate, and eggs (gametes) are released into the water, where fertilisation takes place. The larvae drift for several months before settling on the seabed and becoming juvenile sea urchins.1
Ingozi ebantwini
3 / 5: Kubi kakhulu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Asthenosoma varium (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Asthenosoma varium (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa ngezigaba.
  3. Venom Wiki: izinga lengozi, usayizi ojwayelekile nesiqagela sejubane kungokwethu. Bona ukuthi sikubala kanjani: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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