Curalbiter

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Curalbiter
(Lampteroscolex cnidferudae)
Artwork of Curalbiter
Species is extant.
Creator Jlind11 Other
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Phoenoplastida
Pansegmentocaudazoa
Segmentocaudazoa
Anipeda
Archaeopeda
Lampteroscolicidae
Lampteroscolex
Lampteroscolex cnidferudae
Week/Generation 25/159
Habitat Jujubee Ocean (Twilight Slope), Jujubee Ocean (Twilight Floor), Jujubee Ocean (Midnight Slope), Jujubee Ocean (Midnight Floor), Jujubee Ocean (Abyss Slope), Jujubee Ocean (Abyss Floor), Xeno Midnight Sea Mount, Xeno Twilight Sea Mount, Jaydoh Twilight Sea Mount
Size 45 cm Long
Primary Mobility Unknown
Support Unknown
Diet Herbivore (Deep Seacural, Double-Brush Seacural, Vase Seacural, Jaydoh Cural)
Respiration Unknown
Thermoregulation Ectotherm
Reproduction Asexual, Spores
Descendant of Ancestor of

The curalbiter split from its ancestor. It has migrated into the mostly uncontested dark slopes of LadyM. There it found an unexploited food source: the curals. It now feeds solely on these sedentary organisms.

Its beak is stouter and stronger to bite through the tougher dermal layers of the cural. Its "eyes" are more sensitive, in order to locate other curalbiters in the murky gloom. It is more flexible, able to raise its light-producing bulb above the deep sea muck to signal others of its kind. Its light patterns are different from its ancestor, in order for the species to distinguish each other. Other than these changes, it is similar to its ancestor.