Duplorbis boforna
Evolved from T. bonsanicus
This new species of taxonomum has specifically evolved to fill the area left empty by all other polyphs surrounding zone 23; the edge of the pond. This species is half-aquatic, half-terrestrial, growing along the shores of zone 23 with a 50/50 split, 1 foot of the polyph being underwater and the other foot being above water. It has done this since none of the aquatic taxonomum species are able to tolerate being out of the water, and T. florus and its terrestrial descendents are not able to be so submerged in the water. Thus, the area it inhabits was simply free real estate.
Some physical changes include seed pods that grow only in the middle section of the polyph and long, aquatic roots. The seed pods are specifically grown in the middle of the polpyh so that the offspring have a much higher chance of growing exactly on the shore, not too far out of water or too far in the water. The longer roots help supply water to the polyph, as while the polyph has greater tolerance for being out of the water, it still is not very far derived and requires extra water uptake so as not to become dehydrated. The polyph also has extra, multicellular water storage areas, mostly in the terrestrial area. This water storage is just further assurance that the polyph will not dry out. The new roots grow deeper into the water to gather as much water as possible, and then using osmosis the water is brought through specialized tissues into the water reservoirs. It takes roughly a week for the polyph to reach the water after sprouting. Once it does this, water begins being absorbed. The specialized cells get their osmosis gradient at this point, as the minerals taken up by the surrounding cells are deposited into this area. It then takes a month after sprouting for the water reservoirs to develop, and 2 months to begin growing. Each reservoir can only hold a few mL of water, however each polyph may have around a dozen of them.