Sheet Floralgae

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Sheet Floralgae
(Multiquila vestis)
Artwork of Sheet Floralgae
Species is extinct.
21/135, Habitat loss (Ice age)
Creator Kenotai Other
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Melanophyta
Melanophycae
Camophoropsida
Leucomelanales
Multiquilaceae
Multiquila
Multiquila vestis
Week/Generation 20/130
Habitat Jujubee Ocean (Sunlight Zone), Truteal Tropical Shallows, Xeno Temperate Shallows, Soma Tropical Sea, Chum Tropical Bay, Wolfgang Tropical Bay, Clayren Tropical Coast, Darkov Temperate Coast, Elerd Temperate Coast, Oz Temperate Coast
Size 1 cm Wide
Support Unknown
Diet Photosynthesis
Respiration Unknown
Thermoregulation Unknown
Reproduction Mitosis, Fragmentation
Descendant of Ancestor of


The sheet floralgae replaced its ancestor, the tripgae. The way tripgae grew, in only one dimension, was better than its ancestor, but increased surface area was always better. So, some tripgae that had grown outward were more successful, due to being able to catch more sunlight. Soon it became normal for all tripgae to do this, and so they were replaced, not by competition, but by the gradual change from one form into another. This does not mean they were not successful, however. If conditions are good, they can keep growing until they are ten by ten centimeters, but usually they break apart after this because, like their ancestor, they are only one cell thick.

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)

None found. Note that this does not necessarily mean it has no living relatives at all, but that, assuming all taxonomy is filled in, its entire phylum is extinct; any relatives it does have likely do not resemble it.