Spiny Wrigum

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Spiny Wrigum
(Gulolumbricus wrigus)
Artwork of Spiny Wrigum
Species is extant.
Creator Hydromancerx Other
Taxonomy
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Eukaryota
Phoenoplastida
Pansegmentocaudazoa
Segmentocaudazoa
Pluriptera
Anopterigia
Geobdelloi
Eugeobdelloi
Tabidicativermoidea
Gulolumbricidae
Gulolumbricus
Gulolumbricus wrigus
Week/Generation 22/144
Habitat Barlowe Polar Beach, Barlowe Tundra
Size 10 cm Long
Support Unknown
Diet Rhizovore (Polar Orbion roots)
Respiration Unknown
Thermoregulation Unknown
Reproduction Sexual, Egg-like Spores laid in Soil, Three Sexes

The spiny wrigum replaced its ancestor the snow trunksucking worm. It has grown more body segments to better move and bigger breathing holes in the sides of its body. It has developed a 4th jaw to help it eat an dig better. Like its ancestor, the tips of its mandibles have a chemical that helps melt the snow and frozen ground as it digs through them. It has also evolved spines on its back which help protect it when it comes to the surface. They can fold the spines flat on their body when they are digging through the soil.