Traha pulmenta

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Extinct (March 26th, 2020): loss of habitat, loss of prey (P. siojika)

This Stomateria species lives exclusively in the fluids of Prolixa metriapatros. This microbe reaches 100-150 μm. Their diet consists of Pitcarus siojika and any other microbes smaller than 20 μm that may end up in the fluids of P. metriapatros. They have a nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum, ribosomes, mitochondria, foo vacuoles, a reproductive vacuoles, a ciliated gullet, three pairs of flagella around the gullet, multiple flagella at the back, and a pair of light sensitive apparatus.

They eat their prey using three pairs of flagella that push prey into the gullet which is lined with cilia to carry food done the gullet to the cell where they are phagocytized and carried to a food vacuole for digestion. It uses the flagella at the back to move with the fluids it resides in. The inconsistency of food sources causes there to be times when no food is available because of this T. pulmenta will go into a dormant stage where it stops all reproductive processes and slows metabolism extremely. They will become active again when prey is detected. They also use this dormancy to disperse between P. metriapatros organisms when they get stuck to Moraldubious patrawermis. The light sensitive apparatus are used to detect when the cell has left P. metriapatros to begin dormancy.

They reproduce by making simple cells that are stored in the reproductive vacuole. The cells will develop the features of the parent and will be released in mass once they are around 7 μm. T. pulmenta reproduces once everyday releasing up to 20 clones.