Beach Puffs

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Beach Puffs
(Paracollospherus spherus)
Main image of Beach Puffs
Species is extinct.
5/33, replaced by descendant
Information
CreatorIrinya Other
Week/Generation5/31
HabitatSouthwest Beach, Southeast Beach
Size3-4 cm
Primary MobilityUnknown
SupportUnknown
DietPhotosynthesis
RespirationUnknown
ThermoregulationEctotherm
ReproductionMitosis (and Distributed Spores)
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Phoenoplastida
Phoenophyta
Eutestudoea
Hexapodiopsida
Protospherales
Paracollospheraceae
Paracollospherus
Paracollospherus spherus
Ancestor:Descendants:

Beach puffs are congregations of a single cellular micro-organism that evolved from testudohexapodia acta. In order to produce and distribute spores, colonies of beach puff microbes gather together and form small spheroid structures in the moist sands of Sagan's beaches. These structures are at most the size of a ping pong ball. The formation of beach puffs occurs periodically, three times in a Saganian year, and each blooming lasts for only 15–20 days. Beach puffs gain most of their energy through a type of photosynthesis using a blueish photosynthetic pigment called phaeophytin.

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)
  • Testudiatoms (phylum Eutestudoea)