Aeolid Nudibranch

© Johan Boshoff

Igama

Nudibranch – Typical Aeolid

Isiteketiso

Sea slug

Igama lesayensi

Aeolidina

Ubude

Ingakhula ize ibe ngamasentimitha ayi-15.

Ibonakala ngani

Lesi silwane esisamneke esinomzimba omncane ogcwele izinsephe ezingalingani. Sinezimpondo ezimbili ezindle nolimi olulengayo ngaphansi kwazo. Umbala waso uyashiyana kusukela kompunga noma omhlophe kuya koyi-olintshi noluhlaza sasibhakabhaka ngokuqgamile.

Ulwazi olwejwayelekile

Ama-Aeolidina angaphansi komndeni wezilwane ezaziwa nge-Opisthobranchia. Igama elithi ‘nudibranch’ lisho ama-gill noma izimbobo zokuphefumula ezihleli obala. Ama-Aeolids akwazi ukuqoqa uketshezi oluncinzayo, aluthola ekudleni, alubeke ezimpondweni ukuze azivikele ngalo. Lesi silwanyana ziyashwibeka emanzini. Izitho zobulili, isilisa nesifazane, zitholakala ngakwesokudla emqaleni. Uma sizalela sisaphaza ulwelwe olunoxhakaxhaka lwamaqanda.

Ukudla

Izipontshi zasolwandle nezilwanyana ezingenamathambo ezifana nama-soft coral, anemones nama-hydroids.

Indawo

Itholakala olwandle ezindaweni ezinamazinga okushisa akahle nezinamazinga ashisa kakhulu.

Izinhlobo ezejwayelekile

Dragon nudibranch (Bornella anguilla)
Spanish shawl (Flabellina iodinea)
Aeolid sp (Pteraeolidia ianthina)