Speckled Spinderorm

Speckled Spinderorm
(Nothoclupea speckli)
Information
Creator	Nergali Other
Week/Generation	22/143
Habitat	Jujubee Polar Sea, Global Glacier
Size	12 cm Long
Primary Mobility	Unknown
Support	Unknown
Diet	Filter-Feeder (Mini Swarmer larvae, Seascooter larvae, Marine Gilltail larvae, Marine Krillpede larvae, Probing Gilltail larvae, Bubbleweed Muckraker larvae, Sandhopper larvae, Surge Gilltail larvae, Globe Gilltail larvae, Gilgantic larvae, Gilgan Waterworm larvae, Blue Gillfin larvae, Zoister larvae, Ebony Pump Gilltail larvae, Fuzzy Krillpede larvae, Aqua Swarmer larvae, Bleedin Waterworm larvae, Gillossus larvae, Gray Muckraker larvae, Chunky Zoister larvae, Polagafin larvae, Charybdis larvae)
Respiration	Passive (Transcutaneous)
Thermoregulation	Ectotherm
Reproduction	Asexual, Budding
Taxonomy
Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species	Eukaryota Cilliognathiozoa Siphonoverma Koskinogastria Belopterigii Nothoclupeidae Nothoclupea Nothoclupea speckli

Ancestor:	Descendants:
Spinderorm	Metamorph Spinderorm Shoalrorm Quralrorm Mucurorm

The speckled spinderorm split from its ancestor. While similar to it in many ways, it instead prefers to shoal along the shallower coasts of the Jujubee Polar Sea and under the ice of the Global Glacier, filtering zooplankton as it goes. Both slightly longer and more streamlined than its ancestor, its "spiny" fins can be folded up against its body in order to reduce drag, though it only performs this if being chased as it reduces its maneuverability. They are known to form shoals of nearly a thousand individuals. Its skin is covered in tiny speckles that glint in the sunlight, breaking up the outline of individuals in a shoal and thus providing some protection from predators.