Bluebottles

© Johan Boshoff

Leina la Mophato

Bluebottles

Leina la Maranyane

Physaliidae

Semeto

Mmele (Float) o gola go fitlhelela semeto sa 30 cm, fa dithenthikele tsone di ka nna 50 m.

Ponalo

Setlha (bladder) sa mmala wa legodimo se se kokobalang (floats), ka dithentikele tse ditelele tse di lepelelang ka fa tlase. Dingwe tsa tsone ga dina ssetlha seo mme di bophaphathi.

Dikitsiso

Lelapa la Physaliidae le wela mo tlhamallong ya Siphonophora (Ga di na medusa e e tshwanang le tsa jellyfish). Di na le dikarolo tse nne mo go e le nngwe; go na le float, dithentikele, dirwe tsa mmele le dirwe tsa thobalano.
Go na le tsa molema le tsa moja mme di budulelwa kwa moja le kwa molema bongwe ka bongwe. Di tshwara setlhabelo tsa tsone ka di’nematocyst (stinging cells/disele tsa matlhabi) mo dithentikeleng. Tsalo e diragala ka thiobalano mme mae a tshollelwa mo metsing.

Dijo

E fepa ka ditlhapi, ditlhipinyana tsa diboko, le di'cephalopods.

Anamiso

E bonwa mo metsing a a iketlileng a mafelo a dipula le mogote mo lefatsheng.

Dibopiwa Tsa Mophato Wa Yone

Blue button - Porpita porpita
Bluebottle - Physalia physalis
By the wind sailor - Velella sp.