Serpentine Infectoid
| Serpentine Infectoid | ||
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| (Gomphioculum organuculus) | ||
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| 22/?, unknown cause | ||
| Information | ||
| Creator | Nergali Other | |
| Week/Generation | 21/138 | |
| Habitat | Jujubee Ocean (Twilight Zone), Jujubee Ocean (Twilight Floor), Temperate Jujubee Ocean (Sunlight Zone), South Polar Jujubee Ocean (Sunlight Zone), North Polar Jujubee Ocean (Sunlight Zone) | |
| Size | Microscopic | |
| Primary Mobility | Unknown | |
| Support | Unknown | |
| Diet | Cytovore (Oceanchaos, Plagble, Sudline, Kyanos, Byoukiri, Jujubee Carboneater, Silicamoeba, Marine Basilliphyta, Ocean Yanprobi, Swift Padler, Padler, Funivenator Organuculus, Glirodlium Istaruthus, Morsus Sopor, Hardened Flash Cell) | |
| Respiration | Unknown | |
| Thermoregulation | Ectotherm | |
| Reproduction | Virus-like Infection | |
| Taxonomy | ||
| Domain Superkingdom Kingdom Subkingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species | Eukaryota Viridisagania Mancerxa Siphonozoa Siphonomancerxa Parasiticozoa Protoparasitida Protoparasiticidae Gomphioculum Gomphioculum organuculus | |
| Ancestor: | Descendants: |
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The serpentine infectoid is the result of a genetic error within the coding of one of its ancestors, a kamikaze infectoid. As one of these infectoids was attempting to infect a funivenator organuculus, an error occurred in its genetic coding that caused its "offspring" DNA to blend with that of the host, causing all of them to become serpentine infectoids once it died. Now much more mobile with the aid of multiple cilia and a fused pair of flagella, they have spread in the oceans and have evolved a new way of infecting hosts. Once a suitable cell has been found, it latches onto it with three spear-like cellular parts, after which it injects its DNA via a modified proboscis-like spear that is capable of being extended and is at all other times retracted inside of its slightly transparent body. Soon the host will eventually burst as a new generation of serpentine infectoids make their way into the world.
When the mutation occurred, the offspring gained the genes that made them slightly larger than their ancestors while at the same time allowed them to develop a flagella and cilia. These genes are now incorporated in their DNA, and are now injected into host cells in order to force them to produce them for the the serpentine infectoid's offspring. It has not replaced either of its ancestors.
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