Chopstick Waterworm

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Chopstick Waterworm
(Volsellalex recedentiaoriens)
Artwork of Chopstick Waterworm
Species is extinct.
22/?, unknown cause
Creator Colddigger Other
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Binucleozoa
Symbiovermes
Pterigiophora
Rostroichthyes
Palustrigyrinia
Acanthogyrinidae
Volsellalex
Volsellalex recedentiaoriens
Week/Generation 18/123
Habitat Bone River, Bone Swamp
Size 50 cm Long
Primary Mobility Unknown
Support Unknown
Diet Herbivore (Grailshroom, Supershroom, River Bubbleweed) Scavengar (soft carrion) Filter Feeder (Microbes)
Respiration Passive (Transcutaneous)
Thermoregulation Ectotherm
Reproduction Sexual, 2 Sexes, Eggs into the Water
Descendant of Ancestor of


The chopstick waterworm split from its ancestor and now lives strictly at the surface. The beak now makes up almost half the worms length. They can live a solitary life, or in schools numbering near 1000 individual. Due to living only at the surface their spike has become shorter. Their undersides are silver to match the sky and water surface, and their backs are orange and brown to match the water bed.

They eat mainly soft things floating near the surface, including shroom spores, bits of plant, and dead 'soft bodied fish'. Their beaks are also equipped with a complex of ridges and bristles used to sepperate microbes and water. They are very docile and often mingle with schooling waterworms, although they swim slower.

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)
  • Clamshut Waterworm (order Palustrigyrinia)
  • Southern Gillfin (class Rostroichthyes)