Varicose wart slug
The varicose wart slug is a large sea slug, a type of shell-less sea snail that lives in warm seas. It is found across the Indo-West Pacific, including the central Pacific and the Red Sea. Its bright colours warn predators that it is toxic.1

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- A large sea slug, growing to at least 11.5 cm1
- Has 3 to 6 long ridges along its back, covered in small bumps called tubercles1
- The ridges and bases of the bumps are blue-grey1
- The tips of the bumps are capped in yellow1
- The sole of its foot has a black stripe running along its length1
A na-agwakọkarị ya na: Juveniles of the sea cucumber Pearsonothuria graeffei closely resemble this sea slug. They are white and blue or black, with a few large, yellow, thorn-like projections. Adult sea cucumbers are much duller in colour and much larger than the sea slug.1
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Its bright colours warn predators that it is toxic.1
Ọ bụrụ na mmadụ metụrụ ya aka ma ọ bụ rie ya
- Ọ bụrụ na mmadụ riri ya ma ọ bụ nwee mgbaàmà mgbe o risịrị ya: kpọọ nọmba mberede gị ma ọ bụ ụlọ ọrụ ndụmọdụ nsị (poison centre) ozugbo.
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- Nye ya ohere. Ọ bụrụ na ị zutere otu, dị jụụ, laghachi azụ nwayọ, hapụ ya ka ọ gaa ụzọ ya.
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A sea cucumber, Pearsonothuria graeffei, copies its colours as a juvenile, which helps protect the sea cucumber too.1
Its bright colours warn predators that it is toxic to eat.1
The adult sea cucumber that copies this slug has its own toxic chemicals.1
It is one of the larger species in its group, growing to at least 11.5 cm.1
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Ebe eziokwu ndị a si
- Phyllidia varicosa (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Phyllidia varicosa (iNaturalist): aha na nhazi ọkwa.
- Venom Wiki: ọkwa ihe ize ndụ, nha nkịtị na nchepụta ọsọ bụ nke anyị. Lee otú anyị si achọpụta ha: Otú anyị si atụ ihe ize ndụ.
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