Snapperworm
| Snapperworm | ||
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| (Setauris subterraneasanguisuga) | ||
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| Information | ||
| Creator | TheBigDeepCheatsy Other | |
| Week/Generation | 21/139 | |
| Habitat | Darwin Water Table, Drake Water Table | |
| Size | 5 cm Long | |
| Primary Mobility | Unknown | |
| Support | Unknown | |
| Diet | Parasite (Tablesnapper, Aquatic Earback) | |
| Respiration | Passive (Transcutaneous) | |
| Thermoregulation | Ectotherm | |
| Reproduction | Sexual, 2 Sexes, Eggs in Host | |
| Taxonomy | ||
| Domain Kingdom Subkingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species | Eukaryota Binucleozoa Symbiovermes (info) Pterigiophora (info) Rostroichthyes Palustrigyrinia Bizkarroidae Setauris Setauris subterraneasanguisuga | |
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The snapperworm split from its ancestor. When some snapper waterworms hitchhiked on the tablesnappers, they had to adapt to their new home. Even though they do not change much, they still had to adapt by developing sensitive hairs on the top of its head, these help the snapperworms sense movement in the water. Their colors have changed to match the surrounding rocks, which helps keep them safe from young aquatic earbacks and young tablesnappers that would find them to be a quick meal.
Though the snapperworm will try to stay with a single host for as long as possible, because they are very vulnerable when not attached to a snapper, they need to leave their host for breeding. The snapperworms breed in the safety of the mud in large pulsating masses. Afterward they will find a new host and lay their eggs under its skin. This is annoying to the host but rarely lethal and the young snapperworms will be close to their food from the moment they hatch.