Armored Cloudswarmer

Armored Cloudswarmer
(Lignopterozoon principatus)
23/149, Integrated into Cloudswarmers
Information
Creator	Clarke Other
Week/Generation	22/144
Habitat	Slarti Salt Lake, Slarti Salt Flats, Slarti Polar River
Size	8 cm Long
Primary Mobility	Unknown
Support	Unknown
Diet	Photosynthesis, Frugivore (Fruiting Cryobowl, Slarti Glasstower), Filter-Feeder (Cryodome Hydroutine, Kyanos, Colony Salmundus, Byoukiri, Oceanvar, Jujubee Carboneater, Silicamoeba, Marine Basilliphyta, Swift Padler, Ocean Yanprobi, Oceanchaos)
Respiration	Unknown
Thermoregulation	Heterotherm (Basking, Muscle-Generated Heat)
Reproduction	Sexual, Spawning in Water, Two Sexes
Taxonomy
Domain Superkingdom Kingdom Subkingdom Phylum Class Superorder Order Family Genus Species	Eukaryota Viridisagania Mancerxa Phytozoa (info) Phylloichthyia (info) Cycloptifabae Volantifabamorpha Ligniculeces Lignopteridae Lignopterozoon Lignopterozoon principatus

Ancestor:	Descendants:
Slarti Cloudswarmer	Cloudswarmers Tonboswarmer

The armored cloudswarmer replaced its ancestor, the slarti cloudswarmer. Its success comes from a variety of adaptations, the most noticeable of which is its primitive exoskeleton. Hardened cellulose, much like in its distant relatives the diveskimos, serves as both a support structure and an anchoring for various muscles. While its criss-crossing shape allows for vertical movement, it constricts horizontal movement. Its flight has evolved, as well, using its four wings to glide and to steer while its four tentacles move up and down, propelling it forward. Besides its new exoskeleton and flight style, the armored cloudswarmer has also re-evolved its distant ancestor's three eyes. This allows both stereoscopic vision, and the ability to see underneath it. Its mouth has elongated slightly, allowing it to better feed on the powdery "fruit" of the glassflora.

Living Relatives (click to show/hide)

These are randomly selected, and organized from lowest to highest shared taxon. (This may correspond to similarity more than actual relation)

Sauceswarmer (order Ligniculeces)

Cloud Swarmer (superorder Volantifabamorpha)