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Name: Ferrogrex (Carcinolimax ferrex)
Creator: HethrJarrod
Ancestor: Litusgrexes, Ferrumcarcer
Habitat: Barlowe-Northern Polar Watershed, Barlowe-LadyM Polar Watershed
Ovi-LadyM Polar Watershed, Horror Polar Watershed, Coolsteph-Elerd Polar Watershed
Drake Northern Polar Watershed, North Barlowe Polar Coast, Barlowe-Northern Polar Watershed, East Barlowe Temperate Coast, Drake-Ovi Polar Coast
Size: 100 µm long individual cells, 10-15 cm long colonies
Diet: Detritivore, Lithotroph (Iron, Nickel, Cobalt, Copper, Manganese, and Vanadium oxides)
Respiration: Passive
Thermoregulation: Ectotherm
Reproduction: Asexual (Binary fission, fragmentation, Auxospores)

The ferrogrex evolved from a hybridization of litusgrex and ferrumcarcer . The litusgrex was unable to consume the ferrumcarcer, which was then replicated in mitosis. The ferrumcarcer has become an endosymbiotic cell that helps to attract metallic particles in the water as these particles drift by. Ferrogrex stores excess iron in their bodies, turning a red hue. They anchor themselves to the seabed and just sway along in the current.

If it is bitten by a predator, the entire stalk of ferrogrex explodes into a rust-colored cloud made up of thousands of tiny cells that resemble reddish lituslugs. These cells disperse, only to meet up once more, divide, and create more ferrogrex colonies elsewhere.

This post has been edited by HethrJarrod: May 3 2023, 03:53 AM

How did the hybridize?

Elaborated more on it.
Hopefully that answers the question.