Plantentacle

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Plantentacle
(Plantentacus primus)
Artwork of Plantentacle
Species is extinct.
21/?, unknown cause
Creator Hydromancerx Other
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Phaiobiota
Phaiophyca
Puterlibetopsida
Puterlibetales
Puterlibetaceae
Plantentacus
Plantentacus primus
Week/Generation 19/129
Habitat Blood Lava Tube Sea Caves
Size 20 cm Tall
Primary Mobility Sessile
Support Unknown
Diet Photosynthesis
Respiration Unknown
Thermoregulation Ectotherm
Reproduction Asexual Budding
Descendant of Ancestor of


The plantentacle split from its ancestor the droopgea. It now lives in Blood Lava Tube Sea Caves. It grows in crevasses at the mouth of the cave where there is sunlight. Its branching tentacles have become more mobile and can curl up at night and uncurl during the day. It also has developed a more advance reproduction method, asexual budding. The child flora typically bud off the tentacles but sometimes bud off the trunk. They tend to be darker gray since the waters are cooler and it can blend in with the dark volcanic lava tubes.

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)
  • Greater Droopgea (phylum Phaiophyca)