Migrating Finworm

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Migrating Finworm
(Salmohelminthus salmonmimus)
Artwork of Migrating Finworm
Species is extinct.
19/129, replaced by descendant
Creator Hydromancerx Other
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Binucleozoa
Symbiovermes
Thoracocephalia
Optidorsalia
Naiadoptera
Sagittavermidae
Salmohelminthus
Salmohelminthus salmonmimus
Week/Generation 18/120
Habitat Huggs Coast, Huggs River, Huggs Swamp, Bone River, Bone Swamp, Huggs Lakes
Size 40 cm Long
Primary Mobility Unknown
Support Exoskeleton (Chitin)
Diet Herbivore (River Flashbud, Flash Bud)
Respiration Unknown
Thermoregulation Ectotherm
Reproduction Hermaphodite, Migrate from the Sea to Fresh Water Lakes, Eggs in Mud


The migrating finworm split from its ancestor the bubbleweed sea finworm. It now migrates from the Huggs Coast all the way up the Huggs and Bone Rivers to Huggs Lakes where it spawns its eggs in the mud and dies. Once the eggs hatch they will eat the river flashbud until they are adults. Once adults they will migrate to the Huggs Coast where they will eat the flash bud. Its camouflage and 12 eyes give it an advantage over the moss-eating sea finworm in Huggs Coast and thus replaced them there. However the moss-eating sea finworm still survive on Huggs Island Coast.

Like its ancestor its body very hydrodynamic. To swim fast, it will do fish-like movements and put its wings close to the body and joined over its back, moving them backward, and thus cutting the water like a blade. The wings are partially fused, improving the movement. When feeling threatened, they can swim really fast and go to surface, doing short glides over the water, opening the wings. This also helps them when they are migrating upstream against the strong river currents and waterfalls. The flight ability was lost, since their wings are thinker and heavier than before.

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)
  • Sardchovy (order Naiadoptera)
  • Uniwingworms (class Optidorsalia)