The Occuplanids

[ffutures]

This is interestingly strange, a very well-done scientific joke:

The Occuplanids are a class of fairly ubiquitous, essentially 2-dimensional parasitic (but possibly symbiotic) macroscopic forms which vary widely in dentition and colouration leading to easy identification and classification.

A detailed taxonomy is here:
www.horg.com/horg/?page_id=2

Comments

[nelc.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think their niche in my local ecosystem is occupied by the more primitive and less robust tapeiforms. I can't remember when I last saw an occuplanid.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I tend to see a mixture but I'd agree, the tepeiforms are becoming more common.

[eledonecirrhosa.livejournal.com]

Oh that's priceless! I have passed the link on to biologist friends who will appreciate it.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Definitely.