Lureflab
| Lureflab | ||
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| (Captinasum serpereharenae) | ||
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| Information | ||
| Creator | Nergali Other | |
| Week/Generation | 26/162 | |
| Habitat | Soma Temperate Coast, North LadyM Ocean Twilight Zone, North Jujubee Ocean Twilight Zone, Drake Twilight Floor, Drake Twilight Slope, Dixon-Darwin Twilight Floor, Dixon-Darwin Twilight Slope, Flisch Twilight Sea Mount, Russ Twilight Sea Mount, Sparks Twilight Sea Mount, North LadyM Temperate Ocean Sunlight Zone, North Jujubee Temperate Ocean Sunlight Zone | |
| Size | 30 cm Long | |
| Primary Mobility | Unknown | |
| Support | Unknown | |
| Diet | Adult: Carnivore (Miniswarmers, Scuttlers, Krillpedes, Frabukis, Flat Swarmer, Flabnose, Bloister, Shoalrorm, Rojula, South Polar Shardgill, Deep Ribbon Gilltail); Larvae: Planktivore | |
| Respiration | Unknown | |
| Thermoregulation | Ectotherm | |
| Reproduction | Sexual, Spawning, 2 Sexes | |
| Taxonomy | ||
| Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Suborder Family Genus Species | Eukaryota Mancerxa Phylloichthyia Cycloptifabae Puerplentiformes Neopuerplentiformes Captinasidae Captinasum Captinasum serpereharenae | |
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Splitting from its ancestor, the Lureflab has since spread throughout the seafloor along the coastlines of both Drake and northern edge of Dixon-Darwin. Like the Flabnose, it is an ambush predator, waiting upon the seafloor until something small enough approaches, upon which it can be swallowed whole. However, while its kin utilized the flitting of its tiny, nose-like protrusion to lure in potential prey, the Lureflab has evolved a much more pronounced, complicated structure to aid it in hunting, which has greatly improved its success. Adorned with multiple fleshy, colorful bits which it shakes with sharp bobs of its "nose", the sudden movements attract a wide variety of tiny prey items, such as curious Miniswarmers and Gilltails. Lacking teeth, the Lureflab must rely instead upon the flexing of its five tail-tentacles to launch it forward, an action that is so quick that most prey never even realize what has happened until it is too late.
Blending into the seafloor with its sand-colored skin, has evolved a few adaptations that help to aid it in its environment. The fins and tail-tentacles have become larger, thicker, and overall much more muscular. So much so, in fact, that they spend the majority of their lives upon the seafloor, only making brief forays into the open water when in need of finding new hunting grounds or mates. Otherwise, they crawl slowly along the bottom, ever watchful of potential predators. If they are spotted, though, they will vomit up a foul-smelling, black substance composed mostly of a half-digested food and stomach acids in an attempt to distract and/or disorientate the threat while they awkwardly swim away.
Spawning occurs during the full moon, during which numerous individuals will rise up off the seafloor and into the water column. As they flit about, dancing almost with one another as they release their gametes as they do so, they are ever wary of Scylarians and other large predators. The resulting fertilized eggs will float to the surface, where they will then hatch within a few days. The larval offspring will remain within the plankton, feeding on other, even smaller organisms, until they large enough - typically 1 to 2 cm long - to descend to the seafloor and begin hunting as the fully grown adults do.