Beach Piloroot
| Beach Piloroot | ||
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| (Littorivillus neptune) | ||
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| Information | ||
| Creator | Colddigger Other | |
| Week/Generation | 21/139 | |
| Habitat | Raq Temperate Beach, East Arctic Polar Beach | |
| Size | 1 m Wide | |
| Primary Mobility | Sessile | |
| Support | Unknown | |
| Diet | Photosynthesis, Detrivore | |
| Respiration | Passive (Stomata) | |
| Thermoregulation | Ectotherm | |
| Reproduction | Sexual (Fruit with Seeds), Asexual (Detaching Roots) | |
| Taxonomy | ||
| Domain Kingdom Subkingdom Division Class Order Family Genus Species | Eukaryota Phoenoplastida Phoenophyta (info) Rhagioanthia Phoenopoopsida Pilosotuberales Pilosotuberaceae Littorivillus Littorivillus neptune | |
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The beach piloroot split from its ancestor and took up a beach dwelling lifestyle. Its soft floppy leaves are round and covered in thick photosynthetic "fur" that helps retain heat when the flora is warmed. Living on the sandy beach is difficult when it comes to collecting nutrients, so this flora also uses its fur to collect bits of debris from ocean water washing up on the beach, as the water washes through and over the leaves the tiny morsels are trapped in the fur and absorbed. The roots of this flora are stringy and are mainly used just to anchor the organism down in the sand, although it is not uncommon to find them lacking the roots entirely, whether they were ripped up from the ground by the tide or fauna, or simply a mutation. The fruits of the beach piloroot are hollow like their ancestor and are often moved around by wind or the tide.