Dorid Nudibranch

© Johan Boshoff

Leina la Mophato

Nudibranch – Typical Dorid

Leina la Matshamekwane

Sea slugs

Leina la Maranyane

Doridina

Semeto

E ka nna 50 cm, fa bontsi bo ka nna 7 cm.

Ponalo

Mmele wa yone ke seka-kgopa ka sekgapa. Snail-like body without a shell. Dorids have a large foot and usually smooth mantle. Di’Branchial kgotsa di’gills (magalapa a ho hema), a bonala kwa mokwatleng wa yone. E na le manaka a mabedi a a bediwang ‘rhinophores’ mo phogwaneng ys yone (Tsone di bidiwa di’sensory organs). Di farologana ka mebala thata ka fa e ka nna tshweu kgotsa botala ba legodimo, kgotsa bontsho, kgotsa mebala ya namune kgotsa bosetlha ba mmala wa lephutshe.

Dikitsiso

Tlhamagano ya kwa tlase ya Doridina ke nngwe ya leloko la dibopiwa tsa Opisthobranchia. Leina le ‘nudibranch’ le raya gore ‘naked gills’ ka sekgoa. Magaalapa a go hema a dikagantse phatlha ya mantle mme e ka bonala ka mebala e e farologaneng. Magalapa a yone a go hema a aparela phatlha ya mantlhe mme ka dinako tse dingwe a na le mmala oo farologaneng.

Dijo

E fepa ka di’sponges, corals tse di bonolo, di’anemones le di’hydroids.

Anamiso

E bonala mo mawatleng a mafelo a mogote le dipula le a a iketlileng mo lefatshe.

Dibopiwa tsa mophato wa yone

Gem sea slug (Chromodoris geminus)
Dorid sp (Nembrotha purpureolineata)
Spanish dancer (Hexabranchus sanguineus)