Lattachus multibranchus
A sexually reproducing unicellular organism living on the seabed and in soil that can temporarily arrange themselves as a tube-like network. Each cell has a digestive tract-like passage separated from its cytoplasm by a membrane and a complex of proteins derived and split off from its ancestor's cell wall. However, it can have digestive properties it is more likely used for transport and swapping between neighbors of nutrients, genetic material, gametes and signals. Digestive components are excreted into the environment to soften food before absorption into the cells. They avoid direct exposure to the open water and grow under detritus, biofilms, and other forms of shelter, near the surface layer of soil. The purposes of their net-like arrangement include exchanging signals throughout the colony, exchanging pieces of genetic information, and sharing a common food source. They also sexually reproduce by swapping gametes. Fertilized zygotes are very small, transmitted through the network from one adult cell to the next, until they reach the outer edges of the colony. This is one of the few times they will expose themselves to open water, some zygotes will not end up in sea currents and settle on the nearby seafloor instead. Zygotes usually spawn new colonies, but single adults separated from their colony can also start a new one. This is why they are unicellular and not multicellular, that and they have no tissue differentiation. Every cell is capable of all roles. Unicellular members of an existing colony can undergo asexual mitosis to maintain the colony; this is regulated based on population concentration and food availability. They flagellate to move and have developed more flagella, but have lost their microvilli due to the more passive absorption of their food compared with their ancestor. A mesh wall giving the membrane some exposure to sensory input but still giving it strength and structure surrounds their outer membrane.