Pooklookai

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Pooklookai
(Choanotremus funnellidae)
Main image of Pooklookai
Species is extant.
Information
CreatorJlind11 Other
Week/Generation25/159
HabitatJujubee Ocean (Midnight Slope), Wind Temperate Coast, Krakow Temperate Coast, Krakow Polar Coast, Coldigger Polar Coast, Fermi Polar Coast, Fermi Temperate Coast, Arctic Midnight Sea Mount, Arctic Twilight Sea Mount
Size4 cm Tall
Primary MobilityUnknown
SupportExoskeleton (Keratin)
DietPlanktivore (plankton size: <1.2)
RespirationPassive (Transcutaneous)
ThermoregulationEctotherm
ReproductionAsexual, Mass Spores
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Subclass
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Ciliognathiozoa
Siphonoverma (info)
Placohelminthes
Euplacohelminthes
Charybdophorae
Charybdosyringidae
Choanotremus
Choanotremus funnellidae
Ancestor:Descendants:

The Pooklookai replaced its ancestor in the maritime biomes of southern Sagan 4. As a juvenile, it lives on the surface of the water, just as its ancestor did. However, after a year of this lifestyle the individual loses its buoyancy and sinks to the bottom. It them submerges itself halfway in the muck and remains there for the rest of its life (up to a decade if undisturbed). As it grows, its mouth distends into a larger and larger funnel, making it a more successful stationary filter-feeder. It still injects is waste through its tail. As pressure builds up around the individual from the detritus, some deep-sea soil is ejected from around the individual in small "halo clouds". It has spread to all darker slopes of the ocean, forming colony-like beds of hundreds of individuals.