Waterwart
C. barujikolis is a colonial organism descended from C. bromkolis, adapted for life in a freshwater environment.
Like its ancestor, barujikolis is composed of single-celled individuals that change in shape and function as the organism develops. "Spheric cells", spherical in shape, form new spheric cells that are attached to the parent cell. Once three cells have formed, the parent cell will transform into a "tube cell," a three-way junction through which nutrients will be transferred to the connected cells. At this point, the cell stops forming additional neighbors.
Bromkolis, as a marine organism, has a higher salt content in its cells compared to a freshwater organism. In order to survive in freshwater, barujikolis has a means of maintaining the same concentration of salt in its cells by disposing of excess water it absorbs through osmosis. Water is transferred to the outermost spheric cells, which bloat and eventually burst. Barujikolis grows in a layered fashion, each new layer wrapping around the last. Because about half the spheric cells burst, it grows at approximately half the rate of its ancestor.
The organism feeds by releasing enzymes that break down the detritus and biofilm in which it grows.
Reproduction occurs through fragmentation, generally through fragmented tube cells that already have spheric cells attached to them.