Bristle-Legged Tess

Bristle-Legged Tess
Creator	Aldank Memestein
Information
Status	Extant
Common Name(s)	Bristle-Legged Tess
Zones	1
Roles	Base-consumer
Classification
Genus	Tesseromima
Species	Tesseromima algeatrogon
Evolution
Date	January 1st, 2019
Ancestor	Hairy Tess
Descendants	Tesseromima hamocapillum

Descended from population of Tesseromima pilosa that were blown northward by currents and adapted to feed on and live in Algearous cyanoensis. Members of T. pilosa popoulations would get stuck in A. cyanoensis. They developed stiffer hairs on their hind appendages for holding onto A. cyanoensis, they also lost hair on most of their hind appendages except toward the end of the appendage. Their second segment has shortened a little bit to allow the front legs to more effectively scrape food into their mouth. They reproduce by releasing gametes that also get caught in A. cyanoensis and will fertilize. Once fertilized the zygote develops into a larvae with only the front two segments and a few stiff hairs on the back of the second segment for holding onto A. cyanoensis, the hairs are lost once the third segment develops. They reach about 4mm at maturity.