Living in the Underground

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Oh so the one with a stalk above itself?

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

Yeah, the stalky one.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Also I see I’m the most divergent lineage now…

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

That was an example of SeaView being stupid, though I geuss it being the most divergent is plausible…

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Since it’s the sole one that abandoned the freefloating stage.

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

No medusa?

(Yes I’m referencing that Megamind meme)

[AnthropocenianAge (𝒜𝓇𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒𝓊𝓇𝒶 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝑔𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒶 𝒽𝓊𝑔!)]

Scientific Name: Geomedusa ctenophorae
Common Name: Rock Comber
G. ctenophorae has developed another primitive Colloblast, or set of cells that act as a primordial tentacle used for sticking to prey (rather than stinging prey). Like the previous Colloblast, it surface is made of a cap cell that secretes eosinophilic granules for adhesion, as well as making cap cell red. This second primitive Colloblast structure is also three cells long, including the cap cell at the end, starting from the bottom blue body cell. To accommodate the second Colloblast, the main body has become slightly larger. Now, the front cell has divided into three cells. These two extra front cells just have cilia for better movement.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

At what size do we become macroscopic? 100 cells?

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

Yeah, 100 cells like in Choanozoa.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Also will there be prey lineages developing alongside us?

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

Yes, there will. Also, your polyp can grow to 100 cells if living long enough, because it just keep adding more would-be medusas… I’ll count cell count as 7, because G. protea’s medusa had 5 cells, and the polyp had 2.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

I suppose so. What do you think it’s max size is then?

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

Around 50 cells is already a rare size for G. polypia…

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

What colour will the macroscopic background be?

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

Dark blue, because of the fact we are currently in a cave.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

An icy cave to be exact?

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

Yes, albeit only semi-icy, due to how deep we are in the crust.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Are we at like hydrovents level?

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

Around 4km deep in the crust, so yeah, pretty much hydrothermal vents.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

What other biomes do we have access to atm?