Kiturorm

The kuturorm found new life and new opportunities in the warmer equatorial waters of Darwin. They no longer adhere to the bodies of gilltails, instead living on the seabed. They have evolved a new method of reproduction, schizogamy. In less hospitable conditions, they produce genetic clones of their parents known as an atoke. These atokes will continue to reproduce asexually, until conditions become more favorable. When their population becomes large enough, or when they enter more nutrient rich waters, the atokes will release a free-swimming sexually reproducing form known as an epitoke that appear more like the less developed "rorm" ancestors. They will reproduce with each other to produce genetically distinct offspring that then grow into asexual atoke. They move along the seabed with their modified sucker, which acts as a skirt. Like their ancestors, they use sensory bristles to prevent objects that are too large from entering their throats, however, they have grown the bristles throughout their skirt, which they use to detect their surroundings.