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

Uko wayimenya
- 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
Imbaraga z'uburozi
Igira nabi gusa iyo hari ikiyiriye.
Uburozi bwayo bukora iki?
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
Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?
Akaga ku bantu: Iteje akaga cyaneIshobora kwica umuntu utavuwe.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
Niba hari uwayikozeho cyangwa uwayiriye
- Niba hari uwayiriye cyangwa afite ibimenyetso nyuma yo kuyirya: hamagara ako kanya nimero y'ubutabazi cyangwa ikigo gishinzwe uburozi.
Buri gihe banza uhamagare nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911). Izi ni inama rusange z'ubutabazi bw'ibanze, si inama za muganga. Ibanze by'ubutabazi bw'ibanze
Irinde akaga
- Ntuzigere ukora, ufata cyangwa ushotora inyamaswa yo mu gasozi, nubwo yaba ntoya, kandi nubwo yasa n'isinziriye cyangwa yapfuye.
- Yihe umwanya. Niba uhuye n'imwe, tuza, usubire inyuma buhoro buhoro kandi uyireke yigendere.
- Niba wayikozeho cyangwa wayiriye: ntukube amaso cyangwa umunwa, karaba intoki kandi ushake ubufasha bwa muganga.
Ntigushakisha ngo ikugirire nabi. Uburozi bwayo buriho gusa kugira ngo hatagira ikiyirya. Ibindi ku kwirinda
Ni hehe ku isi?
Ingana gute?
Ireshya ite?
ireshya n'ibice 3 by'ibikinisho byo kubaka biri ku murongoGrey side-gilled sea slug ingana ite ugereranyije NAWE?
Ni imibare gusa ikorerwa muri mudasobwa yawe. Nta kintu kibikwa cyangwa cyoherezwa ahandi.
Yihuta gute?
Ibintu by'ukuri
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
Usenya ibinyoma
Ikinyoma: Every grey side-gilled sea slug is dangerously poisonous.
Ukuri: 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
Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara
- Izina rya siyansi
- Pleurobranchaea maculata
- Itsinda
- Izindi nyamaswa zifite uburozi
- Umuryango
- Pleurobranchaeidae2
- Itsinda rinini (order)
- Pleurobranchida
- Imigabane
- Inyanja ya Pasifika, Inyanja y'Amajyepfo, Antaragitika, Inyanja ngari
- Abana bato
- 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
- Igihe ibaho
- hafi imyaka 31
- Akaga ku bantu
- 4 / 5: Iteje akaga cyane3
Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka
- Pleurobranchaea maculata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Pleurobranchaea maculata (iNaturalist): amazina n'ibyiciro.
- Venom Wiki: urwego rw'akaga, ingano isanzwe n'ikigereranyo cy'umuvuduko ni ibyacu bwite. Reba uko tubibara: Uko tugena akaga.
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