Recursoslontus brevisoma

Recursoslontus brevisoma
Creator	oofle
Information
Status	Extant
Zones	4A
Roles	Base-Consumer
Classification
Genus	Recursoslontus
Species	Recursoslontus brevisoma
Evolution
Date	February 1st, 2022
Ancestor	Recursoslontus phalangus
Descendants	No results

Length: 2.7 inches

Description: Recursoslontus brevisoma have reduced reproduction, laying only 5 large eggs. The large eggs allow the young to develop further before hatching. Without predators ensuring young survive is more valuable than producing many young, however due to resource dedication the females lack bright cyan pigments, appearing whitish purple. The males retain this pigment and use it to attract females, richer cyans are more attractive and unusual color variations are more attractive, leading to males with melanism being more successful as mating. Females find colors, particularly strange ones, attractive because males that are better at foraging are more vibrant than others indicating fitness. Some colors like black may pose risks of overheating, so any male able to survive displays much greater fitness.

Their eggs are thicker shelled to survive in terrestrial habitats, this creates an issue for respiration. One side of the egg, that opposite to the embryo, has a far thinner shell through which Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide can diffuse which is an affordable weak spot as they are the only fauna in the region. Eggs are laid in a hole messily dug 6-8 cm under a Coronam envolvarius polyph with the forefins. The young will crawl out of the hole, which is not covered up after laying because the lack of threats and because the young are weak diggers. The hole mostly serves to conserve moisture for the developing eggs so they can breathe well, eggs can be reared in drier environments with a longer developmental time due to the slowed diffusion of gases. In situ, these eggs only take around 3-4 weeks to hatch, though in drier conditions this can more than double to 6-10 weeks.

R. brevisoma feeds on C. envolvarious they feed by latching onto it with their mouths and thrashing side to side, tearing off chunks of leaf and root, this messy feeding strategy ultimately promotes the reproduction of their food via fragmentation creating burgeoning monocultures of the polyph.

They have thicker skin, allowing them to remain on land away from water for longer. They live in the more humid southern wetlands and are absent in the northern mountainous terrain.