Palmshrub Worm

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Palmshrub Worm
(Flamelle chemitus)
Artwork of Palmshrub Worm
Species is extinct.
19/125, loss of food due to the ice comet impact event
Creator Russ1 Other
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Binucleozoa
Symbiovermes
Thoracocephalia
Optidorsalia
Criniptera
Flamellidae
Flamelle
Flamelle chemitus
Week/Generation 16/109
Habitat Flisch Temperate Forest, Flisch-Krakow Rainforest, Flisch Marsh
Size 12 cm Long
Primary Mobility Unknown
Support Exoskeleton (Chitin)
Diet Granivore (Seeds of the Leafy Palmshrub and the Marshrub)
Respiration Semi-Active (Unidirectional Tracheae)
Thermoregulation Heterotherm (Basking, Muscle-Generated Heat)
Reproduction Hermaphrodite (eggs)


The palmshrub worm has split from its ancestor. With the evolution of the leafy palmshrub, the pyroworm now had a new food source in the forest. Much like its ancestor, it feeds on seeds. The chemoreceptors of the pyroworm are still used by its descendant, as the palmshrub worm locates food using them. Once it has found food it will use its two pincers to cut open the "trunks" of the palmshrub or marshrub and then it eats the seeds inside. It can watch for danger while it does this with its eyes on its back. The wings work in opposite to each other, with one pair going down when the other rises. Its wings are always working whilst the worm is in the air.


The worms will spend their whole lives around either the leafy palmshrub or marshrub. Its wings have evolved to look just like the leaves of the leafy palmshrub. Those worms in the marsh have wings that look like the marshrub.

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)
  • Cloudbubble Tropoworm (order Criniptera)
  • Dragonworms (class Optidorsalia)