Purpletop

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Purpletop
(Purpureumapex sphaera)
Artwork of Purpletop
Species is extinct.
19/125, sinking of Huggs Island
Creator Vivus Other
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Subfamily
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Phoenoplastida
Phoenophyta
Spherophyta
Euspherophyta
Collospherales
Collospheraceae
Purpureapicoideae
Purpureumapex
Purpureumapex sphaera
Week/Generation 17/115
Habitat Huggs Island
Size 1 cm Wide
Primary Mobility Unknown
Support Unknown
Diet Photosynthesis
Respiration Passive (Stomata)
Thermoregulation Ectotherm
Reproduction Super Fast Asexual Budding. Very Resistant Spores
Descendant of Ancestor of


The purpletop has split from stickyballs. It is very similar to its ancestor but forms a hollow sphere rather than a solid one. The purpletop cells have differentiated into two types. Those that no longer function photosynthetically (dark violet colored) but continue to excrete the sticky fluid. They operate as a pseudo-foot, sticking to anything like its ancestor but with more potent adhesion, making it very difficult to forcibly detach. The remaining cells (purple colored) have become super efficient photosynthesis.

The purpletop's hollow interior serves no purpose at the moment but it could evolve to use this space as storage (e.g. water during dry periods). This enables it to survive under arid desert conditions.

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)
  • Sanguine o' Spheres (order Collospherales)
  • Cloudgrass (class Euspherophyta)