Wheelcytus

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Wheelcytus
(Marincytus wheelcytus)
Artwork of Wheelcytus
Species is extinct.
23/148, Integrated into Chlorocytuses
Creator Hydromancerx Other
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Chlorocytobiota
Euglenamimia
Chlorocytophyceae
Chlorocytales
Bimarincytaceae
Marincytus
Marincytus wheelcytus
Week/Generation 23/146
Habitat Jujubee Temperate Ocean (Sunlight Zone), North Jujubee Polar Ocean (Sunlight Zone), South Jujubee Polar Ocean (Sunlight Zone), Nergali Polar Coast, Oz Temperate Coast, Wolfgang Temperate Coast, Scifi Polar Shallows, Arctic Polar Sea, Raq Temperate Bay, Colddigger Polar Bay, Elerd Temperate Coast, Darkov Temperate Coast, Bumpy Polar Coast, Anguan Temperate Coast, Blitz Polar Coast, Cola Polar Shallows, North LadyM Polar Ocean (Sunlight Zone), LadyM Temperate Ocean (Sunlight Zone), Wind Polar Sea, Dass-Clarke Temperate Sea, Ramul Temperate Coast, Artir Polar Coast
Size Microscopic
Primary Mobility Unknown
Support Unknown
Diet Photosynthesis
Respiration Passive Diffusion
Thermoregulation Ectotherm
Reproduction Mitosis


The wheelcytus split from its ancestor the bimarincytus. It has spread across the surface of the Sagan 4's oceans and coastlines. Rather than a single cell it grows in wheel shaped clusters. The flagellum have fused into hard spokes that give it a ridged shape. They grow in large numbers where nutrients are brought up from the deep oceans or near river deltas. During most in the autumn when conditions are right and create large "blooms" which tint the water a green hue. While they cannot move on their own they are spread through the vast network of sea currents. They still reproduce via mitosis. They are extremely small and are only around 50 micrometers across.

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.