Clustered Infectoid

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Clustered Infectoid
(Caudataculellae clumpicus)
Main image of Clustered Infectoid
Species is extinct.
22/?, unknown cause
Information
CreatorColddigger Other
Week/Generation19/125
HabitatJujubee Ocean (Twilight Zone)
SizeMicroscopic
Primary MobilityUnknown
SupportUnknown
DietCytovore (Sudisflutans, Sting Cell, Flash Cell, Beadline, Irisiri, Gomphioculum Microscopica, Trisphourus, Megaorthoceros Segnoneustes, Padler, Funivenator Organuculus, Glirodlium Istaruthus, Crescoquin Scindestus, Wykraline, Radiodurans Maximae, Morsus Sopor, Trunksectie, Hooked Infectoid, Twin Trunksectie)
RespirationUnknown
ThermoregulationEctotherm
ReproductionAsexual, Spores
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Mancerxa
Siphonomancerxa
Mancervira
Caudataculellida
Caudataculellidae
Caudataculellae
Caudataculellae clumpicus
Ancestor:Descendants:

The clustered infectoid split from its ancestor and is now a colony. The individual cells are arranged in an overlapping spiral, closed at one end and open at the other. The colony takes in prey at the open end, engulfing the cell alive and whole, the colony cells then take it apart for building material and energy, the new cells built from these materials are added to the walls so the colony can get larger. There is one specialized cell at the closed end of the group that acts as a simple ribbon-like tail for swimming, it is also how the colony itself reproduces.

At the very end of the ribbon cell are beads, these beads break off one by one and are single cells that, during the first moments of life, live very much like their ancestor. After its first victim it and its offspring will clump together and become a tiny clustered infectoid, the original cell will become the ribbon cell for this colony.

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)
  • Gomphioculum Microscopica (class Mancervira)