Flange-Nosed Foi

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Flange-Nosed Foi
(Narilimax naribus)
Main image of Flange-Nosed Foi
Species is extant.
Information
CreatorCoolsteph Other
Week/Generation24/153
HabitatDIxon Water Table
Size0.30 cm Long
Primary MobilityUnknown
SupportUnknown
DietParasite (Dixon Foi)
RespirationPassive Diffusion
ThermoregulationEctotherm
ReproductionFragmentation
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Superfamily
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Gastroboskia
Gastromyxia
Myogelatia
Extoileiformes
Parvigelatoidea
Spelealimacidae
Narilimax
Narilimax naribus
Ancestor:Descendants:

The scarcity of food in the Dixon Water Table had led some dixon foi to eat mucus and debris off each others' backs. At one point, these foi outright progressed to drinking others' body fluids. As a parasite, the flange-nosed foi is smaller than its host, and does not kill the host when it feeds. The distinctive flanges on a flange-nosed foi, surprisingly enough, do not improve its sense of smell. These flanges function only to anchor the flange-nosed foi in its host until it is done feeding. If the host has no preexisting wounds the parasite may feed from, the flanges may also function as primitive, awkward stabbing implements.