Noplanktoid

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Noplanktoid
(Protoculicaliginis nare)
Artwork of Noplanktoid
Species is extant.
Creator Nergali Other
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Mancerxa
Phylloichthyia
Cycloptifabae
Puerplentiformes
Oculicaliginidae
Protoculicaliginis
Protoculicaliginis nare
Week/Generation 23/146
Habitat Jujubee Temperate Ocean (Sunlight Zone), North Jujubee Polar Ocean (Sunlight Zone), South Jujubee Polar Ocean (Sunlight Zone), Nergali Polar Coast, Oz Temperate Coast, Wolfgang Temperate Coast, Scifi Polar Shallows, Arctic Polar Sea, Raq Temperate Bay, Colddigger Polar Bay, Elerd Temperate Coast, Darkov Temperate Coast, Bumpy Polar Coast, Anguan Temperate Coast, Blitz Polar Coast, Cola Polar Shallows, North LadyM Polar Ocean (Sunlight Zone), LadyM Temperate Ocean (Sunlight Zone), Wind Polar Sea, Dass-Clarke Temperate Sea, Ramul Temperate Coast, Artir Polar Coast
Size Microscopic
Primary Mobility Unknown
Support Unknown
Diet Photosynthesis
Respiration Unknown
Thermoregulation Ectotherm
Reproduction Sexual, Spawning, Hermaphrodite

The noplanktoid has split from its ancestor and spread throughout the oceans of Sagan IV. An evolutionary adaption to stay near the top of the water column is the transformation of two of their tail tentacles into air vesicles. This makes them naturally buoyant as they lazily float near the surface, converting the rays of the sun into nutrients via photosynthesis as they do so. They also have an interesting defensive feature. Their internal fluids induce blistering, and the noplanktoid can scar the digestive tracts of creatures that eat them. They do not breed as quickly as their cousins because of the energy they spend on this defense, but they have a higher survival rate nonetheless.