Shelled Urchip

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Shelled Urchip
(Placouksip shellus)
Artwork of Shelled Urchip
Species is extinct.
13/83, replaced by descendant
Creator Flisch Other
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Subclass
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Mancerxa
Konydonta
Echinopoda
Euechinopoda
Myzoechines
Placouksipidae
Placouksip
Placouksip shellus
Week/Generation 7/41
Habitat Glicker-Wright Reef
Size 9 cm Long
Support Unknown
Diet Herbivore (Crystal Shrubite)
Respiration Unknown
Thermoregulation Unknown
Reproduction Sexual, eggs into the water, 2 Sexes


Due to the spreading of the orangepede, the poison urchips started to evolve plates instead of spikes. Now the shelled urchip is protected by big plates and orangepedes can't attack them anymore. Against parrotworms, they still have three poisonous spikes at the top. Their tentacles became shorter, so that they can move them under the shell if an orangepede attacks. Therefore, they are slower than their ancestor.

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)
  • Vent Urchip (order Myzoechines)
  • Shailnitor (subclass Euechinopoda)
  • Sticky Urphish (class Echinopoda)