Crastcumber

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Crastcumber
(Filtricucumis cumberus)
Main image of Crastcumber
Species is extinct.
22/?, unknown cause
Information
CreatorHydromancerx Other
Week/Generation19/128
HabitatYokto Coast, Soma Coast, Huggs Coast, Krakow Coast, King Coast, Flisch Coast, Yokto Beach, Soma Beach, Huggs Beach, Krakow Beach, King Beach, Flisch Beach
Size10 cm Long
Primary MobilityUnknown
SupportUnknown
DietFilter-Feeder (Sudisflutans, Flash Cell, Beadline, Megaorthoceros Segnoneustes, Cnidolium Moderitannus, Glirodlium Istaruthus, Funivenator Organuculus, False Flash Cell, Diatomoflora Siliporro, Assimilation Floralgae), Detritivore, Photosynthesis
RespirationPassive Diffusion
ThermoregulationEctotherm
ReproductionAsexual, Budding
Taxonomy
Domain
Superkingdom
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Viridisagania
Chloroasterobiota
Chloroasterophyta (info)
Crescoasteropsida
Adhesifoliales
Filtricucumaceae
Filtricucumis
Filtricucumis cumberus
Ancestor:Descendants:

The crastcumber replaced its ancestor, the filterfeeding crolandum and has spread to all the temperate and tropical coastlines of Glicker. It has developed a second filter-feeding organ on the opposite side of its body. This allows it to bring in water on one side and spit out water from the other. Both filters can do both so it will suck in water on the side facing the current. It also can "breathe" in CO2 using the same organ. The photosynthetic scales now grow in a symmetrical pattern. They grow on both the korystal and calcrystalium. However, they do better on the calcrystalium when they hang on to the green part of the crystal where predators don't notice them. When low tide comes they shrivel up a bit to where all the plates lock together. This makes it harder for land predators to get to their soft parts. The filtering organ closes up during this time thus they photosynthesize slower than in the water where it could take in more CO2 than the photosynthetic scales can. It reproduces by asexually budding off a new crastcumber from either end of its main body.

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)
  • Hallucrastrum (order Adhesifoliales)
  • Bell Calmstrum (class Crescoasteropsida)