Southern Rustcell
(Mainovisis flumenunis)

23/?, unknown cause
Creator Clarke Other
Taxonomy
Domain
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Mainovisis
Mainovisis flumenunis
Epoch/Generation 1/142
Habitat South Mason Taiga
Size Microscopic
Support Unknown
Diet Lithotroph (Iron)
Respiration Unknown
Thermoregulation Unknown
Reproduction Binary Fission
Descendant of Ancestor of
Thermo Mold



The southern rustcell replaced its ancestor, the thermo mold. Its most successful trait is it unicellularity, allowing each cell to collect the maximum amount of minerals possible. It no longer invests energy into plasmoidal reproduction, opting instead to simply let the wind and elements spread its species far and wide. If it does not land in an area moist enough, it will slow down metabolism, only resuming in more favorable conditions. It is most often underground, and so has lost its ancestor's "thermosynthesis".