Northern Gildring

Northern Gildring (Orbis capitisurum)
Creator	Clarke Other
Taxonomy
Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species	Eukaryota Crocusiophyta Aaurumphyta Gilduorba Simplemulticytae Annulcae Orbis Orbis capitisurum
Epoch/Generation	1/141
Habitat	North Mason Taiga, Mason Polar Beach
Size	Microscopic
Support	Unknown
Diet	Photosynthesis
Respiration	Unknown
Thermoregulation	Unknown
Reproduction	Asexual, Spores

Descendant of	Ancestor of
Gildring

The northern gildring split from its ancestor, the gildring, though replacing it in the northern sections of Mason Polar Beach. Like its ancestor, it grows in round, flat colonies that continually grow outward. Its photosynthesizing "leaves" are wide enough to enclose the insides of the colony, the top enclosing water that fills the colony between cells, heated by the sun. Scattered at uneven intervals between the cells, hitchhiker nitroids and their decedents are cultured to provide fixed nitrogen for the colony. Its ring shaped is cause by its method of reproductive methods. As the cells near the center of the colony use up the available nutrients in the soil, they will release their grip on the soil and float away, starting new colonies elsewhere. This gives them a unique ring shape, although the individual pictured is too young to have formed the ring shape. While individual cells are microscopic, colonies can grow meters wide.