Cinnamon Plateworm
| Cinnamon Plateworm | ||
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| (Tegovernis loricatus) | ||
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| 14/93, Replaced by descendant | ||
| Information | ||
| Creator | Sublyme Other | |
| Week/Generation | 14/92 | |
| Habitat | Ittiz-Nuke Alpine | |
| Size | 8cm Long | |
| Primary Mobility | Unknown | |
| Support | Unknown | |
| Diet | Lithovore (Iron), Scavenger (Dead Plateworms) | |
| Respiration | Unknown | |
| Thermoregulation | Ectotherm | |
| Reproduction | Fragmentation | |
| Taxonomy | ||
| Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species | Eukaryota Siderobiota Ferrovermes Siderostegae Eusiderostegae Tegovermidae Tegovernis Tegovernis loricatus | |
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The cinnamon plateworm evolved from the ferrumworm when iron levels in the cave went low and feeding became difficult. It split from its ancestor when it began to use up the remaining iron in the cave resulting in its ancestor's extinction in the area. It then proceeded to move out of the cave to the more mountainous terrain where the iron was still plentiful. In this area it too out competed it's ancestor.
The mountainous terrain was full of iron, though much was below the surface. The only option was too use it's magnetized claws to burrow to iron where it begins to absorb the iron until it is depleted and it has to move on. Much of the iron it ingests is used to grow it's claws or improve the plating on its back. The plating on its back may seem useless as little is able to predate on them, but it their most effective defense against tunnel collapses.
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