Reumaplasmus

## Reumaplasmus vadum

Temporal Range: R.98 - R.114 (Cinisian to Novaglacian Stage of the Atroxian)

Habitat: Temperate Shallows, Temperate Upper Ocean

Distribution: Cosmopolitan

Niche: Sessile Filter-Feeder

Size: 10cm

Nutritional Worth:

Predecessor: Reumaplasmus altumi

Classification: Reumaplasmusae, Reumaplasmusea, Picta, Ciliada, Foramina

Perception: N/A

Latest Mutations: Blue Pigment, Quite High Salinity Tolerance

Info: This sponge-like species was a very common sight in the temperate shallows, attached to hard surfaces and filtering microbes from the water.
It was eventually outcompeted by its descendant, Reumaplasmus williamsi. Anatomy: It has a blue body crisscrossed by tunnels, and the body is supported by mesoglea. On the inside is a hollow that contains cilia, that beat the water to draw more food in.

Behaviour: N/A

Cause of Extinction: Outcompeted

Discovered by: StealthStyle

## Reumaplasmus williamsii

Status: EN

Temporal Range: R.114 - Present (Novaglacian)

Habitat: Temperate Shallows

Distribution: Southern Hemisphere

Niche: Sessile Filter-Feeder

Size: 10cm (height)

Nutritional Worth:

Predecessor: Reumaplasmus vadum

Classification: Reumaplasmusae, Reumaplasmusea, Picta, Ciliada, Foramina

Perception: N/A

Latest Mutations: Archaeocytes

Info: This sponge ekes out a sessile living in the shallow seas of the Southern Hemisphere. It appeared around the time of a disease epidemic, and so has evolved a symbiotic relationship with an amoeba called an archaeocyte. This is capable of patrolling the host's body for pathogens, but is also totipotent, allowing it to turn into any other cell of the sponge and replace them if needed.

Anatomy: It has a blue body crisscrossed by tunnels, and the body is supported by mesoglea. On the inside is a hollow that contains cilia, that beat the water to draw more food in. It contains archaeocytes.

Behaviour: N/A

Discovered by: StealthStyle

## Reumaplasmus amundsensii

Temporal Range: R.124 - R.126 (Novaglacian to Untrustolithic Stage of the Atroxian)

Habitat: Polar Upper Ocean

Distribution: Southern Hemisphere

Niche: Sessile Filter-Feeder

Size: 10cm (height)

Nutritional Worth: 13/10 X 10 = 13NP

Predecessor: Reumaplasmus williamsi

Classification: Reumaplasmusae, Reumaplasmusea, Picta, Ciliada, Foramina

Perception: N/A

Latest Mutations: Low Salinity Tolerance, Lysozymes

Info: This soft sponge, lasting for a relatively short 500,000 years, grew haphazardly on hard surfaces like rocks in the southern polar ocean.
Like all other polar specialists, it went extinct when the climate warmed.

Anatomy: It has a blue, shapeless body crisscrossed by tunnels, and the body is supported by mesoglea. On the inside is a hollow that contains cilia, that beat the water to draw more food in. It contains archaeocytes and lysozymes that operate in polar temperatures.
Behaviour: N/A

Cause of Extinction: Global Warming

Discovered by: StealthStyle

## Reumaplasmus microtus

Status: NT

Temporal Range: R.140 - Present (Gammavian Stage of the Atroxian)

Habitat: Lower Ocean

Distribution: Cosmopolitan

Niche: Sessile Filter-Feeder

Size: 3cm

Nutritional Worth:

Predecessor: Reumaplasmus abyssi

Classification: Reumapalsmusinae (sf), Reumaplasmusidae (f), Ciliaphora (o), Poriferia (c), Porifera (p)

Perception: N/A

Latest Mutations: Smaller

Info: This is a very simple, small sponge.

Intelligence / Behaviour: N/A

External Features: The amorphous body is punctuated by numerous pores.

Internal Features: The body is supported by a layer of mesoglea. A hollow in the middle is lined with cilia.

Discoverer: StealthStyle