[Cnidaria] Fire Jellyfish
Lisa-ann Gershwin
cnidaria@uci.edu
Tue, 13 Aug 2002 06:07:36 +0930
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Dear Jane et al ---
I agree with Peter.
Are you able to get specimens or pictures?
Jane, if any specimens are retained, I would be interested in identifying
and studying them. I have recently completed a comprehensive revision of
the Cubozoa of the World (to be published shortly), and I was unable to
study very many specimens from your area. It would be extremely useful to
me adn to the monograph to know what species you have, especially if they
are harmful.
If you like, I can advise you off forum how to safely catch them, how to
preserve them, how to ship them, etc. But in the mean time, you can check
my web page on the subject: http://www.medusozoa.org/curating.html. Also,
sting victims sometimes still have the jellyfish attached to their body,
which is always a good way to get the specimen.
Cheers, Lisa
At 04:47 AM 8/13/2002 +1000, Peter Fenner wrote:
>The jellyfish is probably a chirodropid, box jellyfish with many tentacles
>in each corner and is probably Chiropsalmus quadrigatus although has not
>been properly identified in your region. It causes many deaths each year,
>more often in the Philippines but there have been several deaths in Thailand
>including the Indian Ocean side.
>
>Similar species occur round the world in tropical waters and the one in
>Australia called Chironex fleckeri has now killed 67 people. Please check
>marine-medic.com for more details including treatment and prevention and
>contact me if you have further questions.
>
>Can you also advise if there have been other deaths from jellyfish, either
>on your Island or any others you know of?
>
>Regards
>
>Peter Fenner
>
>A/Professor, James Cook University Medical School
>North Queensland.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: cnidaria-admin@uci.edu [mailto:cnidaria-admin@uci.edu]On Behalf Of
>MaePing@aol.com
>Sent: Tuesday, 13 August 2002 1:57 AM
>To: cnidaria@uci.edu
>Subject: [Cnidaria] Fire Jellyfish
>
>Help, please! I live on a small island (Koh Phangan) in the Gulf of
>Thailand. In the last 2 days, 2 people have died horribly from the stings
>of
>jellyfish. I am told they are called fire jellyfish and they are a
>transparent, coffee-colored brown. That's all I know. Any advice or
>additional information?
>Thanks
>Jane Heine
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Lisa-ann Gershwin
Department of Integrative Biology
U.C. Museum of Paleontology
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
Email: gershwin@socrates.berkeley.edu
Home Page: www.medusozoa.org
Phone: (510) 642-1607
Fax: (510) 642-1822
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Dear Jane et al ---<br><br>
I agree with Peter. <br><br>
Are you able to get specimens or pictures?<br><br>
Jane, if any specimens are retained, I would be interested in identifying
and studying them. I have recently completed a comprehensive
revision of the Cubozoa of the World (to be published shortly), and I was
unable to study very many specimens from your area. It would be
extremely useful to me adn to the monograph to know what species you
have, especially if they are harmful. <br><br>
If you like, I can advise you off forum how to safely catch them, how to
preserve them, how to ship them, etc. But in the mean time, you can
check my web page on the subject:
<a href="http://www.medusozoa.org/curating.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.medusozoa.org/curating.html</a>.
Also, sting victims sometimes still have the jellyfish attached to their
body, which is always a good way to get the specimen. <br><br>
Cheers, Lisa<br><br>
<br><br>
<br>
At 04:47 AM 8/13/2002 +1000, Peter Fenner wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>The jellyfish is probably a
chirodropid, box jellyfish with many tentacles<br>
in each corner and is probably Chiropsalmus quadrigatus although has
not<br>
been properly identified in your region. It causes many deaths each
year,<br>
more often in the Philippines but there have been several deaths in
Thailand<br>
including the Indian Ocean side.<br><br>
Similar species occur round the world in tropical waters and the one
in<br>
Australia called Chironex fleckeri has now killed 67 people. Please
check<br>
marine-medic.com for more details including treatment and prevention
and<br>
contact me if you have further questions.<br><br>
Can you also advise if there have been other deaths from jellyfish,
either<br>
on your Island or any others you know of?<br><br>
Regards<br><br>
Peter Fenner<br><br>
A/Professor, James Cook University Medical School<br>
North Queensland.<br><br>
<br>
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From: cnidaria-admin@uci.edu
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Behalf Of<br>
MaePing@aol.com<br>
Sent: Tuesday, 13 August 2002 1:57 AM<br>
To: cnidaria@uci.edu<br>
Subject: [Cnidaria] Fire Jellyfish<br><br>
Help, please! I live on a small island (Koh Phangan) in the Gulf
of<br>
Thailand. In the last 2 days, 2 people have died horribly from the
stings<br>
of<br>
jellyfish. I am told they are called fire jellyfish and they are
a<br>
transparent, coffee-colored brown. That's all I know. Any
advice or<br>
additional information?<br>
Thanks<br>
Jane Heine<br>
_______________________________________________<br>
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Lisa-ann Gershwin<br>
Department of Integrative Biology<br>
U.C. Museum of Paleontology<br>
University of California<br>
Berkeley, CA 94720 USA <br><br>
Email: gershwin@socrates.berkeley.edu<br>
Home Page:
<a href="http://www.medusozoa.org/" eudora="autourl">www.medusozoa.org</a><br><br>
Phone: (510) 642-1607<br>
Fax: (510) 642-1822<br><br>
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