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Name: Aquaoozea

Integrated Species: Phamtophotus (135), Oogneerg (135), Spiroblast (135)
Ghostly Lumin (142), Crawling Luminuseven (122), Spherischla (135)

Habitat: Global (Sagan 4)
Size: Microscopic
Diet: Photosynthesis, Detrivore, Lithovore (Calcium, Calcite, Lime)
Respiration: Unknown
Support: Unknown
Thermoregulation: Unknown
Reproduction: Binary Fission

The Aquaoozea all descend from Luminuseven. They all inhabit aquatic environments such as rivers. The main characteristics of Aquaoozea are:

• Photosynthesis- all members of Aquaoozea photosynthesize
• Characteristic pseudopods that aid in movement
• A general amorphous shape

Some Aquaoozea favor heavily on the amorphous shape while others focus on pseudopods. While all Aquaoozea photosynthesize, many of them are also detritivores, playing a part in the breakdown of calcium in the ecosystem. When they die, they release the calcium back into the environment.

Aquaoozeans also have a high number of instances of horizontal gene transfer, easily forming hybrid organisms.

This post has been edited by HethrJarrod: Oct 3 2022, 01:56 PM

Aren't these already integrated into a genus group? And what justification is there to make them a keystone as you implied?

As far as I know, up to Gen 145, these had not been integrated into other genuses.

While the calcium cycle is a major part of the ecosystem, I am not qualified enough to have it warrant a keystone status, unless another person wants to comment on it.

Graveyarding on author request.