Slithering Centiworm

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Slithering Centiworm
(Snacocauda primus)
Main image of Slithering Centiworm
Species is extinct.
18/123, replaced by descendant
Information
CreatorMaineiac Other
Week/Generation17/117
HabitatWright Rainforest, Nuke River
Size40 cm Long
Primary MobilityUnknown
SupportUnknown
DietHaemophagic (Rummaging Jawhog, Cunning Lizardworm, Brumgo, young Orbitree Neckeye) Detritivore
RespirationUnknown
ThermoregulationEctotherm
ReproductionSexual, soft eggs in the water, 3 sexes
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Phylum
Class
Subclass
Superorder
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Phoenoplastida
Pansegmentocaudazoa
Segmentocaudazoa
Pluriptera
Anopterigia
Ophiobdelloi
Snacocaudiformes
Snacocaudidae
Snacocauda
Snacocauda primus
Ancestor:Descendants:

The slithering centiworm split from it's ancestor, and has spread it's range to the Nuke river. It hasn't changed much, other than having it's bristles have develop into teeth as well as having gone parasitic. To catch a host to feed blood from, it waits for any animal between 40 cm and 3 m long, (the bigger, the better) and attacks, sucking blood out of it's host until it has had it's fill. Afterwards it just slithers down to the ground. Smaller animals would be too small for a blood meal. It has developed 3 primitive eyes so it can detect prey.

Every year, slithering centiworms gather in mass by the side of Nuke river to breed. To mate, the 3 sexes mount on each other, and expels it's reproduction process. They still require 1 Sperm, 1 Egg, and 1 Hormone Cell. Instead of releasing spores into the soil, it lays thousands of soft eggs in the water. They each live about 15 years excepting predation.

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)
  • Swarmeater (superorder Ophiobdelloi)
  • Giant Spiny Wrigum (subclass Anopterigia)