Paudicus captus

Paudicus captus
Creator	Aldank Memestein
Information
Status	Extant
Zones	27
Roles	Parasite
Classification
Genus	Paudicus
Species	Paudicus captus
Evolution
Date	April 20th, 2019
Ancestor	Unknown
Descendants	Paudicus sawtus

A 1μm synaplot living in zone 27. It only has a parasitic zoospore stage. It has a cell wall, ribosomes, and DNA loose in the cytoplasm. It produces a short calcareous spicule at the front which it uses to forcibly enter the net cells of Retus duoformus and to rupture their nucleus. Once the nucleus is ruptured Paudicus captus will begin taking in the exposed DNA of R. duoformus and metabolizing it. It will use the nutrients gained from its host cell to copy its own DNA and releases the copy into the ruptured nucleus. Once it has done this the P. captus will forcibly exit the cell using its spicule in search of a new host.

The parasitized R. duoformus cell will repair the damages caused by P. captus. If the cell survives the ordeal it now has the DNA of P. captus in its nucleus which will cause it to begin using all nutrients it absorbs or receives to produce a new P. captus cell once every 12 hours. It produces new P. captus cells through a form of mitosis wherein it copies the DNA and packages it in a smaller cell that splits from it.