Rugged Scuttler

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Rugged Scuttler
(Spheroserra confragosus)
Main image of Rugged Scuttler
Species is extant.
Information
CreatorNergali Other
Week/Generation24/152
HabitatChum Tropical Bay, Sparks Tropical Beach
Size2 cm Long
Primary MobilityUnknown
SupportUnknown
DietHerbivore (Marbleflora, Flatleaf Stalk)
RespirationUnknown
ThermoregulationEctotherm
ReproductionSexual, Spawning, 2 Sexes
Taxonomy
Domain
Superkingdom
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Viridisagania
Mancerxa
Phytozoa (info)
Phylloichthyia (info)
Cycloptifabae
Scuttlerestiformes
Scuttlerestidae
Spheroserra
Spheroserra confragosus
Ancestor:Descendants:

Descended from the hitchhiker scuttler, the rugged scuttler has made the first few steps onto land. Amphibious, it can leave the water for short periods of time and thus avoid the various predators that inhabit it. Females are larger than males, though not by much, and for the most part it is to compensate for their enlarged gonads. These allow the females to produce thousands of eggs into the currents at a given time, hopefully to be fertilized. If they should be, they will soon hatch and release microscopic larvae which will drift along the currents until they are large enough to settle down and begin molting into their adult forms. Overall they are not that different from the baseline scuttler or their amphibious kin.