Polysomus snealensis
The east coast of zone j's northwestern peninsula happens to be parallel the direction of westerlies(winds). As a result, coastal upwelling is occurring at the east coast, causing nutrients to be uplifted from the depth of the ocean, with one rather unique synaplot taking advantage of it.
Polysomus snealensis is copedispan living in zone 26. It has the ability to create freeswiming
cells that relatively independent of the main body. However, the cells and the main body cannot survive without eachother as the free swimming cells provides the main body with food via photosynthesis while main body deals with nutrient capture and storage.
There are 2 types of free swimming cells: photosynthetic ones and nutrient exchanging ones, both of which are about 10micronmeters long. The photosynthetic cells will gather at the water’s surface to photosynthetisize(duh). They will only leave the surface of the water to exchange nutrients with the other free swimming cells. Unlike the other cells, they possess an organelle that are used for photosynthesis
Nutrient exchanging cells travel between the main body and photosynthetic cells to exchange nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and other nutrients for glucose produced by the photosynthetic cells. Exchange occurs the nutrient exchanging cell and another cell meets. Receptors on their cell walls signal for the membranes of both cells to temporarily open up. Nutrients are then exchanged through vesicles from both cells. The membranes then closes and both cells resume their normal tasks. Both free swimming cells create more of themselves via mitosis, however, if the main body experience a lack of food, it will produce more free swimming cells by itself.
The main body is benthic; most of it is a lump that is hidden within the substrate with protrusions that stick out. These protrusions are used to produce and exchange nutrients with free swimming cells and capture nutrients from the surrounding water and sediments while rest of the body is dedicated to storage nutrients for later uses. Overall, of the main body has very little cell differentiation. Most main bodies have a diameter of 1–1.5 meters.
P. snealensis reproduces asexually, either via fragmentation or sporing. When a fragment is separated from the main body, it starts producing its own free swimming cell and settles down onto the seafloor, where it grows into the substarte. Sporing happens similarly with a spore Landing on the seafloor, forming a body and releasing its own free swimming cells to feed it. A new body will usually receive help from other individuals via exchanging nutrients with them to encourage their growth.
This synaplot usually lives in colonies with other bodies that exchange nutrients, not only with themselves, but eachother. The movement of free swimming cells can create massive convection currents that keeps the photosynthetic cells from being blown away as well as help the nutrients exchanging cells travel faster.
P. snealensis only occurs at areas with a depth that’s no greater than 100m. Named after <@186826124968329216> for giving me the idea.
