Hexdigger

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Hexdigger
(Cavattero proto)
Main image of Hexdigger
Species is extinct.
25/155, death of mason
Information
CreatorClarke Other
Week/Generation22/141
HabitatYokto Volcanic, Krakow Volcanic, Russ Volcanic, Flisch Volcanic, West Mason Polar Scrub, Mason Polar Beach
Size1 cm Long
Primary MobilityUnknown
SupportUnknown
DietDetritivore, Scavenger
RespirationUnknown
ThermoregulationEctotherm
ReproductionAsexual, Live Birth
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Trinucleata
Maciotrinucleozoa
Siphonopneumata
Trepanii
Trepaniformes
Cavatteridae
Cavattero
Cavattero proto
Ancestor:Descendants:

The hexdigger split from its ancestor, the mason hexspourous, living in the scrublands and the western sections of the polar beach The continuation of the Oathinian Explosion, along with two and a half million years of the ruthless culling that comes with such a harsh climate, has changed the digger's physical characteristics markedly, although its basic anatomy is much like its ancestor's. Coming from the same group of hexspourous's that evolved into the darter, the digger possesses many similarities with it. It now lives in the rocky soil of the beach, eating any dead flora, fauna, or waste that it happens to encounter.

Quadrilatterally symmetrical through a chance mutation, and with its air-tubes bent, it moves through the soil by rotating slowly, with most of the soil moving through the mouth. The mouth-appendages, like the darter, have hardened, allowing it to chew through the rockiest soils. The fronts of its air-tubes are now closed while underground, so as not to clog them with dirt, and are now peppered with microscopic holes that intake oxygen, with co2 being released through the end. It will incubate larva in its central cavity, allowing them to eat their way out of the body.

Living Relatives (click to show/hide)

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