Drake Cloudswarmer

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Drake Cloudswarmer
(Cotylophilopteryx geluporro)
Artwork of Drake Cloudswarmer
Species is extinct.
23/149, Outcompeted by Cloudswarmers
Creator Clarke Other
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Superorder
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Mancerxa
Phylloichthyia
Cycloptifabae
Volantifabamorpha
Volantifabae
Cotylophilopteridae
Cotylophilopteryx
Cotylophilopteryx geluporro
Week/Generation 20/133
Habitat East Drake Boreal, West Drake Boreal, East Drake Rocky, West Drake Rocky, East Drake Taiga, West Drake Taiga, Artir Polar Beach, Justin Polar Beach, Bumpy Polar Beach, Russ River, Mae Sandstone Caves
Size 4 cm Long
Primary Mobility Unknown
Support Unknown
Diet Photosynthesis, Frugivore (Fruiting Cryobowl fruits), Filter feeder (Cryodome Hydroutine)
Respiration Unknown
Thermoregulation Heterotherm (Basking, Muscle-Generated Heat)
Reproduction Sexual, Spawning in Water, Two Sexes


The drake cloudswarmer has split from its ancestor, the cloud swarmer, and has moved out of the atmosphere to Drake. They learned to survive by filter-feeding cryodome hydroutine from the waters of cryobowls, and eventually evolved with the cryobowl into a symbiotic relationship. The drake cloudswarmer now eats the fruit provided by the fruiting cryobowl, eating the soft, fleshy outside and regurgitating the actual seed, helping to spread the cryobowl. They live solitary lifestyles, mating by releasing genetic material into the "bowls" of the fruiting cryobowl. As larva, they eat the cryodome hydroutine found in abundance inside the bowls of the fruiting cryobowls. To help keep their body aloft, they have thin flaps of skin that stick out and help them glide.

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)
  • Tonbodiver (superorder Volantifabamorpha)
  • Dunki (class Cycloptifabae)