Grey side-gilled sea slug
The grey side-gilled sea slug is a soft-bodied sea snail without a shell, found in the sea around New Zealand, south-eastern Australia and parts of Asia. It is poisonous rather than venomous: it does not bite or sting, but eating it can be dangerous. It became a public concern in New Zealand in 2009, when several dogs died after eating it.1

Hono anndirtee ngal
- Mottled pale grey body, densely patterned with short, brown broken lines1
- Wedge-shaped head with two sensory tentacles, called rhinophores1
- Smooth body covering (mantle) with folds and puckers, and a foot that extends well beyond it1
- No remnant of a shell1
- Feathery gill tucked under the right side of the mantle1
Doole tooke
Ngal bonataa si wanaa huunde ñaamii ngal.
Ko honɗun tooke ɓanndu mum waɗata?
It does not have venom. Its harm comes from tetrodotoxin, a poison that attacks the nerves. In 2009, several dogs in the Auckland Region of New Zealand died of tetrodotoxin poisoning after eating this slug on beaches.1
Hono musiiba mum heewiri e yimɓe?
Musiiba e yimɓe: Musiiba sanneNo waawi warugol neɗɗo mo safraaka.In 2009, several dogs died in the Auckland Region after eating this slug, and children and pet owners were asked to avoid beaches. Recreational fishing was also interrupted for a time. Investigators found the slugs most likely picked up the poison from dead fish they fed on, and similar poisoning has not happened again.1
Si neɗɗo meemii walla ñaamii ngal
- Si neɗɗo ñaamii ngal walla no jogii maandeeji caggal ñaamugol ngal: noddu nimero ballal walla centre antipoison jooni jooni.
Adii fow noddu nimero ballal (112, 000, 911). Ɗum ko anndinal ballal adiingal, wanaa saaraangal doktoro. Ko adii nder ballal adiingal
Reen hoore maa
- Wota a meem, wota a nanngu, wota a jalnu kullal ladde haa abada, hay si ko tokooso, hay si no yi'ee no ɗaanii walla maayii.
- Accu ngal nokku. Si a fotti e ngal, deeƴu, ruttu ɓaawo seeɗa seeɗa, accu ngal yaha laawol mum.
- Si a meemii walla a ñaamii ngal: wota a moomtu gite maa walla hunuko maa, loot juuɗe maa, heɓu ballal doktoro.
Ngal faalaaka gaañugol ma. Tooke mum woodi tun ngam wota huunde ñaam ngal. Ko ɓeydi fii reenugol hoore maa
Hoto nder aduna?
Hono mawniri?
Hono juutiri?
juuti no kaaɗe mahirɗe 3 e diisa gootoHono Grey side-gilled sea slug mawniri, si fooɗondiraama e AN?
Ko limoore tun nder navigateur maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee ka nokku woo.
Hono yaawiri?
Humpito
Its poison is tetrodotoxin, the same kind of toxin found in some pufferfish.1
It has no shell, although it is a type of sea snail (gastropod mollusc).1
It lives for 2 to 3 years and dies after spawning in winter.1
It has spread far beyond its native range, reaching about 2,000 km of the south-western Atlantic coast after it was first reported in Argentina in 2009.1
Its eggs hatch into free-swimming larvae that drift as plankton for about three weeks before settling.1
Bonnoowo fenaandeeji
Fenaande: Every grey side-gilled sea slug is dangerously poisonous.
Goonga: Differences in toxicity between regions are likely due to differences in diet, not to separate species. The poison most likely comes from the food the slug eats, such as dead fish.1
Ngam ganduɓe tooke
- Innde ganndal
- Pleurobranchaea maculata
- Fedde
- Kulle goɗɗe tookeeje ɓanndu
- Ɓesngu
- Pleurobranchaeidae2
- Ordre
- Pleurobranchida
- Leyɗe mawɗe
- Geeci Pasifik, Geeci Sud, Antarktik, Oseyanuuji
- Ɓiɓɓe tokosɓe
- It produces small eggs that hatch after about a week. The young live as plankton for about three weeks before settling on the seabed.1
- Duuɓi nguurndam
- wona duuɓi 31
- Musiiba e yimɓe
- 4 / 5: Musiiba sanne3
Ɗo humpitooji ɗin iwri
- Pleurobranchaea maculata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Pleurobranchaea maculata (iNaturalist): inɗe e ŋoordingol (classification).
- Venom Wiki: tolno musiiba, mawnugol aadaajo e miijo yaawugol ko amen. Ndaar no min ƴeewtirta ɗum: Hono min tolnirta musiiba.
Kala humpito nder ngoo hello no jogii limoore hollirnde iwdi mum. Si min juumii, yaafo, min ko yiɗɓe kulle, wanaa jaaynde ganndal. Haalan min e [email protected], min feewnitan.
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