Ottoia

Ottoia prolifica

Ottoia prolifica

“ They're worms, they're just a little less friendly than the ones in your garden! ”

– Nick Cutter, from BBC's Primeval

Information

Domain: Eukaryota

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Annelida

Class: Clitellata

Family: †Ottoiidae

Subfamily: Macrobdellinae

Genus: Sanguinaophilos

Species: Sanguinaophilos carolinica

Descendant: leech

Named by: ???

Year Published: ???

Size: 5.9 meters tall in height, 700 kilograms in weight, 34.6 meters in length

Lifespan: ???

Activity: Diurnal

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Pantheon: 

Time Period: Cambrian–Ordovician 508–485.4 (Miaolingian–Furongian or Tremadocian?)

Alignment: Good

Threat Level: ★

Diet: Carnivorous

Elements: Water, dark

Inflicts: Lifebreak

Weaknesses: Fire, electric, leaf, light, swarm, fae, combat, chaos

Casualties: ???

Based On: itself

Conservation Status: Extinct (EX) – IUCN Red List

Ottoia prolifica is the extinct species of worm known from Cambrian fossils.

Etymology

Ottoia is from Otto Pass (2,106 m), a few kilometres north-west of the Burgess Shale. The pass was named after Otto Klotz, an astronomer working for the Department of the Interior along the Canadian Pacific Railroad (read about Otto Klotz in the section “First Discoveries”). And the scientific name is prolifica – from the Latin proles, “offspring,” and ferax, “rich, fruitful,” in reference to the great number of specimens discovered

Physical Appearance

Ottoia is a primordial worm. From the head and eyeless animal with thorns on the head to the proboscis, this mouth section was less spiky, with rough skin to the end of the anus and fewer spikes at the tip. They had a retractable proboscis at the front of their body, which housed a tongue coated with sharp fangs. Their bodies were unknown; either the dispute over Ottoia was transparent or completely opaque. This animal's blood color is unknown; however, it could be cyan or unknown, similar to some worms.

Abilities

Ottoia's thorny mouthparts were used to seize small prey and even members of its own species. Ottoia can dig in U-shaped holes to poke enemies; the enemy didn't notice it underneath.

Ecology

Ottoia was a burrower that hunted prey with its eversible proboscis. It also appears to have scavenged on dead organisms such as the arthropod Sidneyia.

Behavior

Coming soon

Distribution and Habitat

Tlanusi was located in Earth's North Carolina and the Reinachos's Hybornia countries, where lakes or ponds are available to Tlanusi. In the Sawintir realm, this leech is always in the caverns underwater.


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