Salt-Puff Wingworm

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Salt-Puff Wingworm
(Halozetes salprimus)
Artwork of Salt-Puff Wingworm
Species is extinct.
18/123, replaced by descendant
Creator Fantasyotter Other
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Binucleozoa
Symbiovermes
Thoracocephalia
Optidorsalia
Dodecaptera
Halozetidae
Halozetes
Halozetes salprimus
Week/Generation 17/116
Habitat Flisch Beach
Size 10 cm Long
Support Unknown
Diet Herbivore (Salt Puff)
Respiration Semi-Active (Unidirectional Tracheae)
Thermoregulation Heterotherm (Basking, Heat from Muscle Activity)
Reproduction Hermaphrodite (Eggs)


The salt-puff wingworm split from it's ancestor the twelve-winged worm and moved to Flisch Beach where there were no predators and plenty of salt puffs to feast upon. Their consists now of only salt puffs but, they may sometimes stray and eat other plants or leaves that wash up on the beach. With no predation in their new habitat the salt-puff wingworm has grown larger. Their wings have also changed, they still have twelve of them, but the ones that were used for gliding have shrunk and are now used for power to propel the salt-puff wingworm forward or ever backward like an Earth hummingbird. They have also developed a stronger mouth resembling a beak to help shred the leaves and the stem of the salt puff.

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)
  • Uniwingworms (order Dodecaptera)
  • Wub (class Optidorsalia)