Diastoga brevivilla

Diastoga brevivilla
Creator	Aldank Memestein
Information
Status	Extant
Zones	5, 12
Roles	Decomposer, Detritivore
Classification
Genus	Diastoga
Species	Diastoga brevivilla
Evolution
Date	February 24th, 2019
Ancestor	Sidocoga flagellata
Descendants	Diastoga crustalar Diastoga insula Diastoga malignacus

Members of S. flagellata in zone 5 had little to no trouble finding detritus to consume and eventually adapted to this abundance of food. Their microvilli began grow more dispersed over the cell to pull food in from multiple directions, the microvilli also began to grow shorter as they did not need to grow as long to collect food because of the abundance of detritus, finally they began growing much smaller which facilitated more rapid reproduction. These members of S. flagellate led to S. brevivilla.

S. brevivilla only reaches 1μm typically and have much shorter microvilli emerging in an evenly dispersed pattern over the cell membrane. They no longer gather nutrients by swimming instead they gather nutrients by living in the dead bodies of Synkrobiotans and uses its microvilli to deliver enzymes into the environment and then retrieve the broken down matter. They retain the flagella for whenever the dead Synkrobiotan material becomes low in an area they can swim until they find another detritus rich area. They also continue to reproduce by mitosis. It can reproduce quicker than S. flagellata because less nutrients are required to produce the smaller cells.