Silicaslip

The silicaslip split from its ancestor when a storm in the Soma Tropical Sea forced sea water up the Always River and into the Always Swamp. Some of diatomaflora siliporro got stuck behind and survived and thrived in their new environment. The silicaslip are now mostly lithovoric organisms that rest on the bottom of the swamp and river in the golden mud. They still retain their photosynthetic cells however, they are no longer able to receive much of the solar energy unless they are in shallower regions of the water. The silica they absorb is used to give them a hard, skeleton like structure that creates a half a football shape for the species. They reproduce by asexual spores and the spores are released from the top middle part of their outermost membrane. The spores will float in the water before settling around their parent.