Yokto Crystal

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Yokto Crystal
(Marecrystallus yoktus)
Main image of Yokto Crystal
Species is extant.
Information
CreatorMnidjm Other
Week/Generation23/146
HabitatYokto Polar River, Yokto Moor, Yokto Mountain Lake, Yokto Salt Bog
Size45 cm Tall
Primary MobilitySessile
SupportUnknown
DietDetritivore, Photosynthesis
RespirationPassive (Lenticels)
ThermoregulationEctotherm
ReproductionSexual, Spores
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Division
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Binucleozoa
Crystallozoa (info)
Eucrystalita
Eucrystalla
Crystallales
Marecrystallaceae
Marecrystallus
Marecrystallus yoktus
Ancestor:Descendants:

The yokto crystal split from their ancestor, the marine crystal. They have moved up to the Yokto waterways thanks to the nitrogen microbes. Like their ancestor, they are made of a hard photosynthetic chitin which has tiny holes in them, these holes let in water and organic matter. Inside the red fungi-like interior consumes the organic matter. This same fungi-like material also makes up the "roots" of the shallows crystal and it can absorb needed nutrients and minerals from the soil. The same holes that let in food also let out tiny spores which float into the water and grow into new yokto crystals. It has retained it's ancestor's mild poison which is used to deter any herbivores who are not immune against it from eating it.