Cave Filtersquid

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Cave Filtersquid
(Marephateuthis albino)
Artwork of Cave Filtersquid
Species is extinct.
19/125, Cave-In (Ice Comet Impact Event)
Creator Hydromancerx Other
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Carpozoa
Teuthomorpha
Eutentaculata
Mareteuthii
Marephateuthidae
Marephateuthis
Marephateuthis albino
Week/Generation 15/97
Habitat Somarinoa Sea Caves
Size 40 cm Long
Support Unknown
Diet Filter-Feeder (Cave Krillpede, Gateway Swarmer, Organic Matter)
Respiration Unknown
Thermoregulation Unknown
Reproduction Sexual (Spawns hundreds of eggs directly into the water)


The cave filtersquid split from its ancestor the sitting filtersquid. It will sit on the sea cave walls filter-feeding. This can include organic particles washed in from the ocean or even the tiny cave krillpedes or gateway swarmers. It is has lost all its pigment since it spends all its life in the cave. It is already blind so moving around in the dark makes no difference to it.

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)
  • Marine Filtersquid (family Marephateuthidae)
  • Cavamari (order Mareteuthii)
  • Burrowing Quid (class Eutentaculata)