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

Ho e tseba jwang
- 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
Hangata e ferekanngwa le: 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
Matla a chefo
Letlalo la yona le a chefa. Ho kotsi ho e ama, ho e nyeka kapa ho e ja.
E kotsi hakae ho batho?
Kotsi ho batho: E bobebeJwaloka ho hlajwa ke notshi kapa ho fetang moo. Ha e na kotsi ho batho.E etsang ha e tshohile?
Its bright colours warn predators that it is toxic.1
Haeba motho a e amme kapa a e jele
- Haeba motho a e jele kapa a na le matshwao ka mora ho e ja: letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso kapa setsi sa chefo (poison centre) hang-hang.
Kamehla letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Ena ke tataiso e akaretsang ya thuso ya pele, hase keletso ya bongaka. Metheo ya thuso ya pele
Dula o bolokehile
- O se ke wa ama, wa tshwara kapa wa tena phoofolo ya naheng, leha e le e nyenyane, le leha e shebahala e robetse kapa e shwele.
- E fe sebaka. Ha o kopana le yona, dula o kgutsitse, kgutlela morao butle mme o e tlohele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yona.
- Haeba o e amme kapa o e jele: o se ke wa hohla mahlo kapa molomo, hlatswa matsoho mme o fumane thuso ya bongaka.
Ha e o batle. Chefo ya yona e teng feela hore ho se be le letho le e jang. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile
Hokae lefatsheng?
E kgolo hakae?
E telele hakae?
e telele jwaloka diboloko tsa ho bapala tse 4 molengVaricose wart slug e kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?
Ke dipalo feela ka hara sebatli sa hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.
E potlaka hakae?
Dintlha
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
Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo
- Lebitso la saense
- Phyllidia varicosa
- Sehlopha
- Diphoofolo tse ding tse chefang
- Lelapa
- Phyllidiidae2
- Tatelano
- Nudibranchia
- Dikontinente
- Lewatle la Pacific, Lewatle la India, Lewatle le Lefubedu, Lewatle la Coral, Lewatle la Philippine, Lewatle la Timor le Arafura, Kgwohlo ya Bengal, Mawatle
- Kotsi ho batho
- 1 / 5: E bobebe3
Moo dintlha di tswang teng
- Phyllidia varicosa (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Phyllidia varicosa (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
- Venom Wiki: boemo ba kotsi, boholo bo tlwaelehileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kamoo re di balang ka teng: Kamoo re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.
Taba e nngwe le e nngwe leqepheng lena e na le nomoro e bontshang mohlodi wa yona. Haeba re entse phoso, re kopa tshwarelo, re barati ba diphoofolo, hase makasine wa saense. Re bolelle ho [email protected] mme re tla e lokisa.
Chefo letlalong la yona