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

Como recoñecelo
- 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
Poder do veleno
Só é perigoso se algo o come.
Que fai o seu veleno?
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
Que perigoso é para as persoas?
Perigo para as persoas: Moi perigosoPode matar a unha persoa que non reciba tratamento.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
Se alguén o tocou ou o comeu
- Se alguén o comeu ou ten síntomas despois de comelo: chama de inmediato ao teu número de emerxencias ou ao centro de toxicoloxía.
Chama sempre primeiro ao teu número de emerxencias (112, 000, 911). Isto son consellos xerais de primeiros auxilios, non consello médico. Primeiros auxilios básicos
Mantente a salvo
- Nunca toques, collas nin molestes un animal salvaxe, aínda que sexa pequeno e aínda que pareza durmido ou morto.
- Déixalle espazo. Se atopas un, mantén a calma, recúa amodo e déixao ir polo seu camiño.
- Se o tocaches ou o comiches: non esfregues os ollos nin a boca, lava as mans e busca axuda médica.
Non vai a por ti. O seu veleno só está aí para que ninguén o coma. Máis sobre como estar a salvo
En que lugar do mundo?
Que tamaño ten?
Canto mide?
mide coma 3 pezas de construción de xoguete en filaQue tamaño ten Grey side-gilled sea slug comparado CONTIGO?
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Que rápido é?
Datos
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
Desmontamitos
Mito: Every grey side-gilled sea slug is dangerously poisonous.
Verdade: 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
Para expertos en pezoñas
- Nome científico
- Pleurobranchaea maculata
- Grupo
- Outros animais velenosos
- Familia
- Pleurobranchaeidae2
- Orde
- Pleurobranchida
- Continentes
- Océano Pacífico, Océano Glacial Antártico, Antártida, Os océanos
- Crías
- 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
- Esperanza de vida
- uns 3 anos1
- Perigo para as persoas
- 4 / 5: Moi perigoso3
De onde veñen os datos
- Pleurobranchaea maculata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Pleurobranchaea maculata (iNaturalist): nomes e clasificación.
- Venom Wiki: o nivel de perigo, o tamaño típico e a velocidade estimada son nosos. Mira como os calculamos: Como valoramos o perigo.
Cada dato desta páxina ten un número que leva á súa fonte. Se nos equivocamos nalgo, sentímolo, somos fans dos animais, non unha revista científica. Dínolo en [email protected] e arranxarémolo.
Velenoso se se come
