Centifoi
| Centifoi | ||
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| (Myriaphysis centifoi) | ||
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| 21/138, Replaced by Descendant | ||
| Information | ||
| Creator | Clarke Other | |
| Week/Generation | 21/137 | |
| Habitat | Ittiz River, Barlowe Tundra | |
| Size | 1 cm Long | |
| Primary Mobility | Unknown | |
| Support | Unknown | |
| Diet | Detritivore | |
| Respiration | Passive Diffusion | |
| Thermoregulation | Ectotherm | |
| Reproduction | Controlled Fragmentation | |
| Taxonomy | ||
| Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species | Eukaryota Gastroboskia Myriabia Myriaomada Myriaphysiformes Myriaphysidae Myriaphysis Myriaphysis centifoi | |
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The centifoi replaced its ancestor, the multifoi. The multifoi was successful in and around the Ittiz River, but could not venture far away from the river as it could not reproduce outside the river, and it had no way to move toward the river. The foi, while on land, was also very susceptible to bursting, as its thin cell wall, already stressed, easily burst in the rocky terrain. A mutated foi with more cells would be able to last longer in the tundra, and move faster, thus being more successful. The centifoi is the result of millions of years of this selection process. Not only is their more fee on the outside of the organism, it is composed of two layer of fee that work as a multicellular organism, cooperating and sharing resources.
Unlike its ancestor, which bumped around randomly, its eyes now have a purpose. If a foi senses an obstruction of light, it will contract and expand faster. If it is approaching an object on the right side of the fee, the fee on the right side of the organism will move faster, causing the right side to rotate faster, and steering the organism out of harms way. This is not perfect, as an object may be to large and be detected by all the fee, or it may be close enough to the center as to not make a difference. If a fee bumps into an object, it will simply reverse its motion.
The weight of the fee pushes the bottom into the dirt, which the fee will use to ingest the soil. The interior layer of fee are now specialized, and constantly release enzymes to digest the dirt. Wast products will be excreted out of the sides of the fee. Once it the fee is large enough, it will grow a wall of fee inside its center, and then split into two. More efficient movement(up to two rotations per minute) and advanced reproduction has allowed it to spread through Barlowe Tundra.
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