Fruiting Cryobowl

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Fruiting Cryobowl
(Scaphiumestus fructusconsortio)
Main image of Fruiting Cryobowl
Species is extinct.
24/150, Integrated into Cryobowls
Information
CreatorClarke Other
Week/Generation20/133
HabitatEast Drake Boreal, West Drake Boreal, East Drake Rocky, West Drake Rocky, East Drake Taiga, West Drake Taiga, Artir Polar Beach, Justin Polar Beach, Bumpy Polar Beach, Russ River, Mae Sandstone Caves
Size8 cm Wide
Primary MobilitySessile
SupportUnknown
DietLithotroph (Hydrogen), Photosynthesis
RespirationUnknown
ThermoregulationEctotherm
ReproductionSexual, Fruit
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Kyanozoa
Hyalophyta
Hyaloangia
Scaphiumestales
Scaphiumestaceae
Scaphiumestus
Scaphiumestus fructusconsortio
Ancestor:Descendants:

The fruiting cryobowl has split from its ancestor, the cryobowl, and has evolved a symbiotic relationship with the drake cloudswarmer. Its ancestor's hard, chitin-covered seeds now have a layer of soft, spongy tissue around them. When a drake cloudswarmer eats the fruit, it regurgitates the seed. Most of the time, the seed lands on the ground, allowing a new cryobowl to grow. Occasionally, though, it will regurgitate the seed into the bowl of another cryobowl. The cryobowl will use enzymes to break down the seed and combine its genetic material into new fruit. In return, it lets the cloudswarmers use its bowl as a nursery and gives it a portion of its cryodome hydroutine. The fruiting cryobowl has grown twice as wide, allowing it to capture more sunlight and provide more space for both its symbiotes.

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)
  • Cryobowls (genus Scaphiumestus)
  • Meltbowl (family Scaphiumestaceae)
  • Slarti Glasstower (order Scaphiumestales)
  • Bangsticks (class Hyaloangia)