Toxodenta:

Uniporus vaportubis

 

Classification

Kingdom: Microsynthera
Phylum: Plasticae
Class: Occlupania
Order: Toxodenta
Family:
Genus: Uniporus
Species: vaportubis

Distinguishing Characteristics:


Dentitial Processes: two inwardly curved processes on sides of oral groove.
External Processes: none.

Other Stuctures: U. vaportubis has a second, enclosed hole in the upper soma.


Size:
Colors: dark brown, white.
Markings: none.
Other: U. vaportubis appears to be composed of a different type of plastic than other occlupanids.

Host Organisms: Bagged Vent Dryer Tube Sections.
Life and Habits: U. vaportubis is a species that is only found in hardware stores, clutched on bags of dryer vent tubes. It is this species that led to the discovery that occlupanids do not take organic nourshment from the contents of the plastic bag, but from the bags themselves. The circular hole's function is unknown.
Specimens: 3, collected at Ace Hardware.