Rolling Teproutine

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Rolling Teproutine
(Teproutine rokenrol)
Artwork of Rolling Teproutine
Species is extinct.
22/140, Habitat loss (Snowball)
Creator Hydromancerx Other
Taxonomy
Domain
Kindgom
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Teproutinia
Teproutine
Teproutine rokenrol
Week/Generation 21/135
Habitat Barlowe Desert, Barlowe High Desert, Barlowe Plains, Barlowe High Grasslands, Barlowe Chaparral, Barlowe Rocky, Oz Temperate Beach, Wolfgang Temperate Beach, Raq Temperate Beach
Size Microscopic
Primary Mobility Unknown
Support Unknown
Diet Chemosynthesis (Phosphorus)
Respiration Passive Diffusion
Thermoregulation Ectotherm
Reproduction Mitosis
Descendant of Ancestor of


The rolling teproutine split from its ancestor, the teproutine. It has specialized in consuming phosphorus. Two cells have fused together to make it. Due to this odd configuration it now rolls around absorbing phosphorus when it touches surfaces with it present. It has an absorbing organelle with many holes all the way around it. The rest of its body has developed a thicker cell membrane to help protect it from other microbes. They still reproduce via mitosis.

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)

None found. Note that this does not necessarily mean it has no living relatives at all, but that, assuming all taxonomy is filled in, its entire phylum is extinct; any relatives it does have likely do not resemble it.