Venomous remipede
The venomous remipede is a small, blind crustacean that swims through underground water. It lives in flooded caves and cenotes on the Yucatán Peninsula, near the Caribbean Sea. It is special because it is one of the very few crustaceans known to use venom to catch its food.1

No anndirte ngal
- It is blind and has no eyes or pigment, so it is pale.1
- It has a long, slender, segmented body about 2.5 to 3 cm long.1
- It has many legs, which it uses as oars to swim.1
- Its front claws look like hypodermic needles.1
- The number of body segments increases as it gets older. The highest number recorded was 36.1
Doole tooke
Tooke ngal ina yaltira ñiiƴe mum so ina ŋata.
Hol ko tooke ŋatgol mum waɗata?
Its venom is similar to that of rattlesnakes and contains digestive enzymes and a paralysing toxin. The enzymes break down the body of its prey, and the toxin paralyses the prey. The venom is made in glands in the centre of the body and stored in reservoirs attached to the claws.1
Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?
Bone e yimɓe: HoyɗoNo jukkugol ñaaki walla ko ɓuri famɗude. Ko ɓuri heewde alaa bone e yimɓe.
So ina ŋata
- Naatnu gaañande nden e ndiyam guleeɗam, guleeɗam no neɗɗo oo waawi muññude tawa sumaani, heɓ ballal cafrol ngam ittude gaaɗe ɗee. Wota a asu ngam ittude ɗe hoore maa.
Adii fof noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911). Ɗum ko anndinal ballal adiingal, wonaa saaraangal doktoor. Ko adii e ballal adiingal
Reen hoore maa
- Wota a meem, wota a nanngu, wota a ñiŋŋu kullal ladde haa abada, hay so ngal ina famɗi, hay so ina nanndi e ɗaaniingal walla maayngal.
- Accu ngal nokku. So a fotti e ngal, deƴƴu, ruttu ɓaawo seeɗa seeɗa, accu ngal yaha laawol mum.
- So gooto ŋatii ma: deƴƴu, wota a dillu, noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911) walla yahu opitaal law. Jogo e hakkille no ngal nanndi, natal ina walla.
Ngal faalaaka gaañde ma. Ina huutoroo tooke mum ngam nanngude ñaamdu walla reenaade, ina ɓuri yiɗde suuɗaade. Ɓeydu anndude no reentortoo
Hol to e aduna?
Hol no mawniri?
Hol no juutiri?
hedde juutde no ñippirde kaayitaaje
ɓuri kokiyaas ngesa leeldeHol no Venomous remipede mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?
Limgal tan e navigatoor maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee.
Hol no yaawiri?
Humpito
Venom was believed to be completely absent from the roughly 70,000 known crustacean species until this animal was discovered.1
In 2007, researchers noticed its front claws looked like hypodermic needles. Venom reservoirs were later found attached to them.1
Its feeding technique is unique among crustaceans.1
It is hermaphroditic, meaning each individual has both male and female reproductive organs.1
It is one of 24 species in the class Remipedia. All of them live in caves, and they are found in the Caribbean, the Canary Islands and Western Australia.1
Remipede distribution is linked to the ancient Tethys Sea.1
Feññinoowo fenaande
Fenaande: Crustaceans cannot have venom.
Goonga: This remipede injects venom through its front claws, and this was the first crustacean found to do so.1
Ɗo humpito iwri
- Xibalbanus tulumensis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Xibalbanus tulumensis (iNaturalist): inɗe e ceergal.
- Venom Wiki: tolno bone, mawnude heewnde e miijo yaawde ko amen. Yiy no men keɓirta ɗum: No men tolnirta bone.
Kala humpito e ngoo hello ina jogii limoore hollirnde iwdi mum. So men juumii, yaafo, men ko yiɗɓe kulle, wonaa jaaynde ganndal. Wiy men e [email protected], men feewnita.
Ŋatgol