ClassificationKingdom: MicrosyntheraPhylum: Plasticae Class: Occlupania Order: Toxodenta Family: Genus: Uniporus Species: vaportubis |
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Distinguishing Characteristics:
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.