Vent Urchip

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Vent Urchip
(Globiconchouksip geothermus)
Artwork of Vent Urchip
Species is extant.
Creator Hydromancerx Other
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Subclass
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Mancerxa
Konydonta
Echinopoda
Euechinopoda
Myzoechines
Kokkinospeiridae
Globiconchouksip
Globiconchouksip geothermus
Week/Generation 21/135
Habitat Otter Vents
Size 5 cm Long
Primary Mobility Unknown
Support Unknown
Diet Herbivore (Vent Shrubite)
Respiration Unknown
Thermoregulation Ectotherm
Reproduction Sexual, Eggs into the Water, Two Sexes
Descendant of Ancestor of

The vent urchip split from its ancestor, the deep urchip and moved to Otter Vents. Like its ancestor its specializes in eating shrubites, in this case the vent shrubite. They use their sharp hollow tooth and acid mucus to pierce a hole into the shell of the shrubite and suck out its insides. Its shell sort of mimics the vent shrubite's. Since the vents are in the pitch black darkness, their eyes are now useless and they are completely blind. They must rely upon only touch and taste.