Ogawa Crystal
| Ogawa Crystal | ||
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| (Ogawacrystallus bonoi) | ||
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| Information | ||
| Creator | Mnidjm Other | |
| Week/Generation | 27/167 | |
| Habitat | Bono Flood Caves (Photic), Yokto Subpolar Riparian, Yokto Subpolar Stream | |
| Size | 45 cm Tall | |
| Primary Mobility | Sessile | |
| Support | Unknown | |
| Diet | Detritivore, Photosynthesis | |
| Respiration | Passive (Lenticels) | |
| Thermoregulation | Ectotherm | |
| Reproduction | Sexual, Spores | |
| Taxonomy | ||
| Domain Kingdom Subkingdom Division Class Order Family Genus Species | Eukaryota Binucleozoa Crystallozoa (info) Eucrystalita Eucrystalla Crystallales Marecrystallaceae Ogawacrystallus Ogawacrystallus bonoi | |
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The ogawa crystals split from their ancestors and adapted to the intermittent waters of the lowland Yokto stream system, that have replaced the once much larger river system. As the waterway in the Huckian period is no longer permanently wet, these crystals have adapted to be capable of surviving extended periods without water. When the drier seasons approach, they store water in densely hygroscopic red fungal tissue and drop their green crystals. The roots will persist on their own, feeding on any organic material it can find (including their own dropped crystals) until they are submerged again, at which time they will regrow their crystals and begin photosynthesizing and producing reproductive spores. The crystals have microscopic pores which help with gas an nutrient exchange, as well as being the orifices that spores are released from. They are also a common sight in the Bono caves, which provide a more consistent source of year-round water with which to survive in as well as the abundant silt that builds up in the caves being a bountiful source of organic nutrients. Like their ancestors they are mildly poisonous, which is used to deter any herbivores who are not immune against it from eating it.