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|creator = Bufforpington
|creator = Bufforpington
|image = Thorncracker Gilltail.png
|image = Thorncracker Gilltail.png
|extant =
|ancestor = Twinkiiro Gilltail
|ancestor = Twinkiiro Gilltail
|size = 36 cm Long
|size = 36 cm Long
|habitat = Blocks Temperate River
|habitat = Blocks Temperate River, Blocks Salt Marsh
|habitat2 = Blocks Salt Marsh
|diet = Herbivore ([[Thornstack]])
|diet = Herbivore ([[Thornstack]])
|reproduction= Sexual, Two Sexes, Eggs into Mud
|reproduction= Sexual, Two Sexes, Eggs into Mud
|domain = Eukaryota
|parent = Neobranchiouridae
|kingdom = Binucleozoa
|subkingdom = Symbiovermes
|phylum = Pterigiophora
|class = Caudabranchia
|order = Neobranchiouriformes
|family = Neobranchiouridae
|genus = Spinifractorostris
|genus = Spinifractorostris
|species = testoblido
|species = testoblido

Revision as of 03:43, 5 February 2024

Thorncracker Gilltail
(Spinifractorostris testoblido)
Main image of Thorncracker Gilltail
Species is extant.
Information
CreatorBufforpington Other
Week/Generation26/161
HabitatBlocks Temperate River, Blocks Salt Marsh
Size36 cm Long
Primary MobilityUnknown
SupportUnknown
DietHerbivore (Thornstack)
RespirationUnknown
ThermoregulationUnknown
ReproductionSexual, Two Sexes, Eggs into Mud
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Phylum
Subphylum
Clade
Clade
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Binucleozoa
Symbiovermes (info)
Pterigiophora (info)
Eupterigiophora
Argyroscolecia
Pancaudabranchia
Caudabranchia (info)
Neobranchiouriformes
Neobranchiouridae
Spinifractorostris
Spinifractorostris testoblido
Ancestor:Descendants:

The thorncracker gilltail split from its ancestor and has specialized in eating the thornstack. It uses it's strong beak to crack and break the thornstack's hard, thorny shell. It then eats the resulting pieces. It is black and dark blue so it can blend in with blocks temperate river's black mud and the thornstacks' dark blue bodies. Paradoxically, the camouflage is useless because it has no predators. It's population is kept in check by the limited amount of thornstacks to feed.