Pioneer Raftballs

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Pioneer Raftballs
(Polypleustosphera panmare)
Main image of Pioneer Raftballs
Species is extant.
Information
CreatorMaineiac Other
Week/Generation25/158
HabitatSouth Jujubee Temperate Ocean (Sunlight Zone) , Jujubee Tropical Ocean (Sunlight Zone), North Jujubee Temperate Ocean (Sunlight Zone), Elerd Temperate Coast, Sparks Temperate Shallows, Soma Temperate Coast, Ramul Temperate Coast, Darkov Temperate Coast, Russ Temperate Shallows, Maineiac Temperate Coast, Abello Temperate Shallows, Nuke Temperate Shallows, Time Temperate Shallows, Ittiz Temperate Shallows, Oz Temperate Coast, Hydro Tropical Sea, Ovi Tropical Shallows, Putspooza Tropical Shallows, Penumbra Tropical Shallows, Solpimir Tropical Shallows, Negative Tropical Shallows, Jaydoh Temperate Shallows, Fermi Temperate Coast, Jlindy Tropical Coast, Dass Temperate Coast, South LadyM Temperate Ocean (Sunlight Zone), LadyM Tropical Ocean (Sunlight Zone), North LadyM Temperate Ocean (Sunlight Zone), Clarke Temperate Coast, King Tropical Coast, Flisch Temperate Shallows, BigL Tropical Coast, Chum Tropical Coast
Size20 cm Wide
Primary MobilitySessile, Pleustonic
SupportUnknown
DietPhotosynthesis
RespirationPassive (Stomata)
ThermoregulationEctotherm
ReproductionSuper Fast Asexual Budding
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Division
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Phoenoplastida
Phoenophyta (info)
Spherophyta (info)
Euspherophyta
Collospherales
Coloniaphytaceae
Polypleustosphera
Polypleustosphera panmare
Ancestor:Descendants:


The Pioneer Raftballs has split from the Colonialballs genus and has spread across immense parts of the global oceans and seas of Sagan 4. Like it's distant ancestor the Island Colonialball members of this species clump together in immense rafts as large as small islands. They provide a massive source of nutrients for seaworthy herbivores – as well as providing nests, shelter and even small ecosystems for various fauna (flying or amphibious).

As members of this species bud off repeatedly within the colony, some drift away to begin new colonies whilst others continue to clump onto the existing colony increasing it in size. Each globe grows roots to collect nitrogen, which fuse with other individual roots over time whilst distributing nutrients throughout the colony equally. Pioneer Raftballs are also known to form symbiosis with Diaminets, and often compete on the open waters with the Colonial Bobiiro for nutrients.