Hunchskunik

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Hunchskunik
(Pectinarmilla megahunchus)
Main image of Hunchskunik
Species is extinct.
23/145, solar flare
Information
CreatorHydromancerx Other
Week/Generation22/144
HabitatSlarti Polar River
Size120 cm Tall
Primary MobilityUnknown
SupportUnknown
DietFrugivore (Hunched Glasstower), Filter-Feeder (Cryodome Hydroutine), 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
Triscelimancerxidae
Pectinarmilla
Pectinarmilla megahunchus
Ancestor:Descendants:


The hunchskunik replaced its ancestor, the hunched diveskunik. It has doubled in size so much that it has to hunch down to pollinate the hunched glasstower. Its fuzzy arms catch the glasstower's sticky pollen and help spread it to other glasstowers. In return it gets to eat the fertilized fruit inside. In addition the seeds it spits out from the fruit also help grow more glasstowers.

Like its ancestor, the hunchskunik spawns inside where the pools grow cryodome hydroutine. The offspring feed on the microbes and sugary water. Eventually they make their way out of the tube before they get too big. When the female is ready, she will spit her genetic material into the inner pool of the glasstower. This scent is then picked up by males who come by to find fruit. Thus sensing her genetic material they too fertilize it with theirs.

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)
  • Scaled Diveskunik (superorder Skunikia)