Squat Gigarystal

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Squat Gigarystal
(Gigacrystalis squattus)
Main image of Squat Gigarystal
Species is extant.
Information
CreatorMorokar Other
Week/Generation23/148
HabitatJeluki Temperate River
Size2 m wide
Primary MobilitySessile
SupportUnknown
DietDetritivore, Filter-Feeder (Ashkalatongrass spores, Phoenix Grass spores)
RespirationPassive (Lenticels)
ThermoregulationEctotherm
ReproductionAsexual Budding, Spores
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Binucleozoa
Crystallozoa
Oracrystalita
Corallicrystalla
Koralcrystallales
Vortificilitaceae
Gigacrystalis
Gigacrystalis squattus
Ancestor:Descendants:



The squat gigarystal split from the giga korystal and became half a meter shorter, but it's width has increased from 1.5 to 2 meters. It's spores rarely ever stray far, so many squat gigarystals cluster together to form "reefs" of the organisms. Scince they are now smaller, their lifespan has decreased to only about five years; after this time they disintigrate in a huge swarm of spores. Their reproductive abilities become more defined as they age, making the reefs taller in the center; but after a few hundred years, a reef's central structures will disintegrate.