[Coral-List] sea wasps
Elizabeth Brill
elizabeth.brill at mac.com
Tue Jul 17 12:41:55 EDT 2007
Hiyya, Megan.
Just saw you out on SS. How are you?
I've seen the jellies you're talking about in the same waters and in
the same quantities you mention. It's speculative, but over the 27
years I've been going to SS I've seen them often enough that seeing
them this year did not strike me as unusual whatsoever. I've seen
them in large quantities in Fernandez Bay, also.
I know I've brushed against them, or vice versa ~~ indeed they're so
thick some places, you can't avoid them, as you know ~~ but at the
most have had only a minor sting similar to other sea lice stings
I've gotten in SS waters. I'm sure someone out there knows must know
more about the toxicity/physiology.
Keep swimming,
Elizabeth
>)))'>
Elizabeth R. Brill
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On Jul 17, 2007, at 9:11 AM, megan berkle wrote:
>
> Dear coral-listers:
>
> I am working in San Salvador Island, Bahamas for the summer.
> I was
> night snorkelling on dump reef situated in Graham's harbor
> (north part
> of the island). I was waiting for the soft corals to spawn
> until I
> noticed a swarm of what appeared to be sea wasps. I
> thought this
> might be an isolated instance. However, while diving in
> Rice Bay
> (north part of the island) I realized the entire bottom of the
> bay was
> covered with 100's of sea wasps. They seem to be
> concentrated in
> shallow water (~10 feet) right above the sandy areas. Does
> anyone
> know if these sea wasps are often seen in large numbers in
> Bahamian
> waters? Are they as toxic as those found in the Indo-Pacific?
>
> Megan Berkle
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> References
>
> 1. http://g.msn.com/8HMAENUS/2749??PS=47575
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