MacDoogal Waterworm
| MacDoogal Waterworm | ||
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| (Megataenichthys rideorisirisumagricola) | ||
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| 22/?, unknown cause | ||
| Information | ||
| Creator | Colddigger Other | |
| Week/Generation | 18/123 | |
| Habitat | Bone River, Bone Swamp | |
| Size | 20 cm Long | |
| Primary Mobility | Unknown | |
| Support | Unknown | |
| Diet | Herbivore (Luminbean), Detritivore (Adolescent Stage) | |
| Respiration | Passive (Transcutaneous) | |
| Thermoregulation | Ectotherm | |
| Reproduction | Sexual, 2 Sexes, Eggs attached to female | |
| Taxonomy | ||
| Domain Kingdom Subkingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species | Eukaryota Binucleozoa Symbiovermes (info) Pterigiophora (info) Rostroichthyes Palustrigyrinia Megataenichthidae Megataenichthys Megataenichthys rideorisirisumagricola | |
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The macdoogal waterworm split from the mud-spike and shrank in size, most of its length is actually tail. Its beak has become long and hooked to grab and scrap off the luminuseven tops of the luminbean, virtually the only thing it eats. When swimming the macdoogal waterworm faces up and slowly maneuvers through the water waving its ribbon-like tail. Its fins have become vestigal, and it completely lost the dorsal fin. The macdoogal waterworms tail is where it gets most of its oxygen, the skin pores on the tail have enlarged and go from one side to the other, the way that the worm swims forces water through them.
They are solitary during their adult lives, interacting only to reproduce. As larvae however, the macdoogal waterworm is very social. When the mother worm lays her eggs, about 50 or 60 of them, she attaches them to the base of her tail, where they stay until they hatch. The hatchlings stay very close to their mother, snatching as much food from her during feeding as they can. They grow quickly and leave the mother when about a 6 cm long. During this stage of growth the macdoogal waterworm feeds on detritus, and live in a tight school of their siblings. When close to adulthood the siblings will part and begin feeding on the luminbean tops.
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