Schooling Waterworm

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Schooling Waterworm
(Tantalaranja scholavermis)
Artwork of Schooling Waterworm
Species is extinct.
22/?, unknown cause
Creator Colddigger Other
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Binucleozoa
Symbiovermes
Pterigiophora
Rostroichthyes
Palustrigyrinia
Acanthogyrinidae
Tantalaranja
Tantalaranja scholavermis
Week/Generation 18/123
Habitat Bone River, Bone Swamp
Size 60 cm Long
Support Unknown
Diet Omnivore (Powder Petitworm, Dartir, Shroomworm, Clear-Wing Worm, Grailshroom, Supershroom, Belumbia)
Respiration Unknown
Thermoregulation Unknown
Reproduction Sexual, 2 Sexes, eggs into the water
Descendant of Ancestor of


The schooling waterworm split from its ancestor and doubled in size. It now lives in tight schools near the surface where it feeds on anything small that falls into the water(small flyers and shroom 'fruit'). It will also feed on any tiny animals or plant bits already in the water, including fry and the occasional dead body. The top of the worm is orange-brown to hide it against the brown riverbed, and the underside is silver to blend in with the sky and water surface. Its body is now more hydrodynamic, and its tail has changed shape for faster swimming. The fins have lengthened and are tougher, they are now used for steering.

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)
  • Bleedin Waterworm (order Palustrigyrinia)
  • Southern Gillfin (class Rostroichthyes)