Flipskunik

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Flipskunik
(Cucumiphoca sloslugus)
Main image of Flipskunik
Species is extinct.
22/?, unknown cause
Information
CreatorHydromancerx Other
Week/Generation22/142
HabitatDarwin Polar Beach, Jujubee Polar Sea
Size60 cm Long
Primary MobilityUnknown
SupportUnknown
DietHerbivore (Marine Bubbleweed, Cryobowl, Fruiting Cryobowl, Box Cryobowl), Photosynthesis
RespirationActive (Lungs, Gill Chamber)
ThermoregulationMesotherm
ReproductionSexual, Spawning, Two Sexes
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Superorder
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Mancerxa
Phylloichthyia
Skunikomorpha
Skunikia
Euskunikia
Cucumiphocidae
Cucumiphoca
Cucumiphoca sloslugus
Ancestor:Descendants:

The flipskunik replaced its ancestor, the truteal diveskunik. It has doubled in size to help retain heat in the polar environment. Its body is smooth and sleek to be more hydrodynamic. Its flippers have become more refined for faster swimming however on land they are much slower.

Like their ancestors they mainly eat purple flora in the water and glass flora on land. When on land they must inch along using their flippers to push them, thus they never stay too far from the water. They will form large groups on the beach before spawning at the same time in the water to increase the number of offspring produced. During the night, they will graze on marine bubbleweed in the water, but during the day they will bask in the sun photosynthesizing and lazily eating cryobowls and their fruit.

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)
  • Burroskunik (order Euskunikia)
  • Stretchskunik (superorder Skunikia)