Silvaconrepo culcitae is a quadrachordate which slithers around the Tuaisceartan TDTLF biomes. It is part of a forest-dwelling quadrachordates who have adapted their locomotion to slither across the forest floor. This particular species eat up dead leaf litter exclusively. It is around 40 mm long . They are hunted by bigger organisms, such as articulusids and mollisids which traverse the forest floor for food.
 |
| A loose illustration of a specimen traversing |
A quadrachordate is a phylum of apothemaites who have evolved from slow-moving organisms which inhabited tidal areas of the Eilen coasts. They can be compared to echinodermata of Earth, but they have many differences.
Quadrachordates are both sea-dwelling and land-dwelling apothemaites. Originally possessing radial symmetry, they were sessile organisms who had a mutation which caused them to store calcium deposit in four so-called "spinochords" . The spinochords would eventually get segmented and flexible as the organisms of the phylum got more motile. Developing complex structures in order to aid in faster locomotion(as to invade larger sea predators) and developing their visual senses, (developing compound eyes, for examples ) . They would use the unpredictable tidal zone areas for the safety. This would cause many quadrachordates to get dried on the beaches of Eile or stuck in smaller pools. Eventually, this hard-wires the quadrachordates to last longer on land.
They would develop spiracles and small pseudo-lungs lined under the layer of their skin in the center disk part of the body to process oxygen from the fresh Eilen air. They would invade the lands and establish their own niches like everyone else on Eile.
Silvaconrepo culcitae and members of the clade it is part of have structures under the lower quarter of their "legs", these are loose, small fibrous which allow to sense vibrations around it and can stiffen to aid in traversing rougher terrain in the forest floor.
Thanks for reading.
No comments:
Post a Comment