Traha panevora

Traha panevora
Creator	HorrortheTerror
Information
Status	Extant
Zones	M
Roles	Parasite
Classification
Genus	Traha
Species	Traha panevora
Evolution
Date	April 17th, 2020
Ancestor	Traha pulmenta
Descendants	No results

Ancestor: Traha pulmenta
Dimensions: 100-150 μm, 7μm as simple reproductive cells

Due to the decline and eventual extinction of Traha pulmenta's host symbiont, Prolixa metriapatros, it had to find a new habitat to live among. Fortunately, T. pulmenta had means of dispersal through the Moraldubious spp. that would frequent false cockti, or Capiliarmus spp. that would scavenge dead cockti and the fluids that T. pulmenta inhabited. This led them to inhabiting bread(Spherum panensis) and its relatives as their vascular tissue have cells that they could feed on while protecting them from the outside cold. This new niche lead to them speciating into Traha panevora.

Traha panevora would make its way into bread through a cut or opening such as the pores that it uses to release its offspring. Once in, they begin feeding on the flagellated cells of bread's fluid network. Like their ancestor, they use the 3 pairs of flagella and ciliated gullet to force their prey into the cell, where they are ensnared by a food vacuole and digested. They reproduce daily like their ancestor, using a reproductive vacuole where simple 7 micrometer wide reproductive cells will form. 20 of these will be released per day and most will develop into their adult forms. Some reproductive cells may also attach themselves to bread's reproductive units or simply drift outside of bread through the their pores. If needed, the reproductive cells can also enter a state where development stops and cold resistance is prioritize, dormant until favorable conditions arise, which evolved as a result of the higher fatal exposure that this species experiences. This allows for any lone reproductive cells to be caught on muscal species and dispersed to areas where bread is present. Adults have also retained their own form of dormancy from the ancestor that also allows them to disperse on muscals, although these lack the cold resistance of the immature stage, making them more vulnerable.