Gelatus

Gelatus (Gelatus gelatus)
24/?, unknown cause
Creator	Clarke Other
Taxonomy
Domain Kingdom Subkingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species	Eukaryota Trinucleata Maciotrinucleozoa Haplomaciosporia Maciophoromorpha Maciogelatida Maciogelatidae Gelatus Gelatus gelatus
Epoch/Generation	1/142
Habitat	Mason Polar Sea , Penumbra Bog , Negative Bog , Putspooza Bog
Size	Microscopic
Support	Unknown
Diet	Filter-Feeder (Herbivorous Trisphourous, Toxic Gildling, Detrivorous Trisphorous, Ocean Gildling, Striated Gildron, Polar Gildron, Floating Gildron), Detritivore, Coprophagic
Respiration	Unknown
Thermoregulation	Unknown
Reproduction	Asexual, Budding

Descendant of	Ancestor of
Herbivorous Trisphourous	Pukgam Layered Gelatus

The gelatus split from its ancestor, the herbivorous trisphourous. Approximately a quarter of a centimeter wide, these colonial organisms arose from a gene that caused the herbivorous trisphorous to clump together. While this meant less surface area, it also meant that they couldn't fit inside of the mouths of feeders. It is now a common sight in Mason Polar Sea and the surrounding bogs, floating near the surface releasing its ancestor's enzymes and re-absorbing the nutrient-rich broth formed. Once it reaches a quarter of a centimeter in length, groups of cells will clump off of the original, continuing the species.