Aeolid Nudibranch

© Johan Boshoff

Vito ra ntolovelo ra xindyangu

Nudibranch – Typical Aeolid

Vito rinwana

Sea slug

Vito ra xi science

Aeolidina

Size

Ku fika ka 15 cm.

Nhlamuselo

Miri wolala swinene lowungana xivumbeko xo fana na tintiho to leha kuhambana. Swirho swo hefemula hiswona leswi vange iti rhinophores tilehile titlhela tiva na swingalangala laha e hansi kaswona. Mihlovo ya yona yihambana kusuka eka mpunwa wo vonikela kumbe ku basa kuya eka wasi wovangama na orenji.

Vuxokoxoko

Mindyangu ya yona yina swiyengeyenge kambe leyi yi wela eka xiphemu xati Opisthobranchia. Vito ra nudibranch rivula ‘naked gills’. Aeolids tihlengeleta nematosist (stinging cells) kusuka eka swakudya leswi tidyaka (hydroids) tiswihlayisa eka cerata kuva titisirhelela. Yikota ku hatla yifamba hixipidi swinene. Swirho swa masangu swile vokweni ra xinene ra nhamu ya yona. Matandza yatshikeriwa ya khomanile na marhimila.

Swakudya

Swakudya swa yona swikatsa ti sponges, soft corals, anemones nati hydroids.

Kuhangalaka

Yikumeka eka tinxaka hinkwato ta malwandle ya misava hinkwayo.

Common species

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