Hanging Frabooball

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Hanging Frabooball
(Kremathrostracon kickus)
Artwork of Hanging Frabooball
Species is extinct.
25/?, unknown cause
Creator Colddigger Other
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Binucleozoa
Symbiovermes
Conchovermizoa
Euconchovermes
Cornidactyliformes
Rotothecavermidae
Kremathrostracon
Kremathrostracon kickus
Week/Generation 19/129
Habitat Rabid Sandstone Caves
Size 80 cm Long
Support Unknown
Diet Symbiosis (Symbiomoeba), Detritivore
Respiration Unknown
Thermoregulation Unknown
Reproduction Sexual, lay eggs into nutritive sacks and carry them under the shell


The hanging frabooball split from its ancestor and now has a symbiotic relationship with the symbiomoeba that lives in its guts. It hangs on the walls of the cave, away from predators, and takes in minerals to feed its microbes. To hang it uses its merged antennae, the ends produce an adhesive so there is no danger of falling. To move up or down the wall the antenna can slowly be adjusted by moving the ends, moving on the ground is left to a pair of specialized kickers, derived from ends at the base of the antennae. It may nibble the occasional corpse to keep up with certain nutritional needs that aren't met by the symbiomoeba inside it.

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)
  • Frabooball (family Rotothecavermidae)
  • Bloody Nose Cotingo (order Cornidactyliformes)
  • Manipulator Toxihorn (class Euconchovermes)