Chironex fleckeri
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| Chironex fleckeri Southcott, 1956 |
Chironex fleckeri, cognoscite como vespa del mar o medusa-cubo, es un specia veneno mortal de Cubomedusae que vibe in le aquas del coasta del Australia del Nord e Nove Guinea, nord ba le Philippines e Vietnam.[1]
Ille es considerate le plus mortal medusa in le mundo por que le numerose incidentes resultante in injuria o morte del humanos.[2]
Le quantitate del veneno (toxine) de un animal es bastante de morir 60 humanos adultes.[3]
Prime adjuta consiste de lavar le area con aculeos con vinagre (o aceto), e in non circumstance con alcohol o lotiones basate supra alcohol, o methylated spirits. Cardiopulmonario resuscitation (CPR) pote esser necessario. Adjuta medical es necessario immediatamente apres usar vinagre e CPR.
C. fleckeri (o le medusa-cubo) ha tentacoles de 3 metres lonitude que es coperite con mille de cnidocytes que, in contact, lancea sagittas microscopic, alicun delivra un veneno de un potere extreme. Si le aerea de saggitas ([[acuelos) es significante, un victima non-tratate pote morir in 3 minutes.[3]
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Description [modificar]
Chironex fleckeri es le plus grande del classa cubozoa (nominate al modo commun medusa-cubo), multe medusas de iste classa pote haber un veneno toxic similare. Ille campana cresce a le mesura de un balla de basket, e ha 4 bochete de 15 tentacoles. Le color es blau pale, e es un creatura virtualmente transparente que es vecino de impossible de vider in le aqua, e un periculo pro le natatores.
Quando le medusa-cubo es natante le tentacoles contract e ha le longitude de 15 cm e 5mm in diameter; quando illes es venanto, le tentacoles es magre e extende a circa 3 meters longitude. Le tentacoles es coperite con un concentratie alta de cellules con sagetti (o aculeos) nominate cnidocytes.
Distributie e habitat [modificar]
Le medusa es pelagic e ha essite documentate ab le costal aquas de Australia e Nove Guinea a le nord a le Philippines e Vietnam.[1]. Chironex yamaguchii esseva describite in Japonia in 2009.[4]
References [modificar]
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Fenner, P. J. (2000). Chironex fleckeri – the north Australian box-jellyfish. marine-medic.com
- ↑ Fenner PJ, Williamson JA (1996). "Worldwide deaths and severe envenomation from jellyfish stings". The Medical Journal of Australia 165 (11-12): 658–61. PMID 8985452. “The chirodropid Chironex fleckeri is known to be the most lethal jellyfish in the world and has caused at least 63 recorded deaths in tropical Australian waters off Queensland and the Northern Territory since 1884”
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Biology, 7ed. Campell & ReecePatrono:Pn
- ↑ Lewis, C. and B. Bentlage (2009). Clarifying the identity of the Japanese Habu-kurage, Chironex yamaguchii, sp nov (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Chirodropida). Zootaxa 2030: 59–65
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- Chironex fleckeri on fccj.org
- Hartwick R, Callanan V, Williamson J (January 1980). "Disarming the box-jellyfish: nematocyst inhibition in Chironex fleckeri". The Medical Journal of Australia 1 (1): 15–20. PMID 6102347.
- Beadnell CE, Rider TA, Williamson JA, Fenner PJ (May 1992). "Management of a major box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri) sting. Lessons from the first minutes and hours". The Medical Journal of Australia 156 (9): 655–8. PMID 1352619.
- Australian Institute of Marine Science - Sea wasp information page
- Marine Medic page about box jelly and other Australian poisonous marine creatures
- Management of various animal envenomations including box jelly
