Winged box jellyfish
The winged box jellyfish is a transparent sea creature with four long, wing-like arms, each with a pink tentacle. It is also called a sea wasp. It lives in warm and subtropical seas across much of the world, and its stings can be very painful.1

Indlela yokusibona
- Transparent body, so it is hard to see in the water1
- Box-shaped umbrella (bell) with a pyramid-like shape and a rounded tip1
- Smooth outer surface of the umbrella1
- Four long, wing-like arms (pedalia), each with a pink tentacle1
- Bands of stinging cells (nematocysts) running along the full length of each tentacle1
Amandla obuthi
Izinkulungwane zamaseli amancane ahlabayo ziyadubula uma kukhona okuzithintayo.
Ubuthi baso benzani?
Its stings cause a rash and pain. The rash and pain usually fade without treatment within 20 minutes to one day. A few victims have generalised reactions, persistent pain, or an itchy rash that returns.1
Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?
Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkuhlatshwa kudinga udokotela. Ukufa kuyivelakancane kakhulu.No confirmed deaths have been caused by its stings. However, the pain can be severe.1
Uma sihlaba
- Phuma emanzini bese ukhipha noma yimiphi imicu ehlabayo (ama-tentacle) (ngamagilavu noma ngendwangu).
- Kuma-box jellyfish asezindaweni ezishisayo: thela uviniga ezindaweni ezihlatshiwe okungenani imizuzwana engama-30, biza usizo futhi ulungele ukwenza i-CPR. Kuma-bluebottle nakwamanye amaningi: hlanza ngamanzi olwandle, bese usebenzisa amanzi ashisayo ngenxa yobuhlungu.
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 sikuhlaba: 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
Kuphi emhlabeni?
Sikhulu kangakanani?
Side kangakanani?
side njengezitini zamathoyizi ezingu-2.5 ezilandelanayo
singabhukuda ubude bechibi elikhulu lokubhukuda (50 m) ngemizuzwana engu-36Winged box jellyfish mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?
Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.
Sishesha kangakanani?
Amaqiniso
Okongoti bobuthi
- Igama lesayensi
- Alatina alata
- Iqembu
- Ama-jellyfish nezinye izilwane zasolwandle ezihlabayo
- Umndeni
- Alatinidae2
- Ukuhleleka
- Carybdeida
- Amazwekazi
- ULwandlekazi i-Atlantic, ULwandlekazi iPacific, ULwandlekazi i-India, Ulwandle iCaribbean, Ulwandle lwaseTimor ne-Arafura, Izilwandlekazi
- Ingozi ebantwini
- 3 / 5: Kubi kakhulu3
Lapho amaqiniso evela khona
- Alatina alata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Alatina alata (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa ngezigaba.
- Venom Wiki: izinga lengozi, usayizi ojwayelekile nesiqagela sejubane kungokwethu. Bona ukuthi sikubala kanjani: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.
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Ama-tentacle ahlabayo
