{"id":4325,"date":"2026-03-17T05:44:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T05:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/?page_id=4325"},"modified":"2026-03-21T23:44:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T23:44:48","slug":"tempotortus-sphyraena","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.horg.com\/horg\/?page_id=4325","title":{"rendered":"Tempotortus sphyraena"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Tempotortus sphyraena<\/h1>\n
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\u201cBarracuda twister\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Kingdom<\/dt>\n
Microsynthera<\/dd>\n
Phylum<\/dt>\n
Plasticae<\/dd>\n
Class<\/dt>\n
Lepistomella<\/dd>\n
Order<\/dt>\n
Chronovora<\/dd>\n
Family<\/dt>\n
Tempotortidae<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
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Genus<\/dt>\n
Tempotortus<\/em><\/dd>\n
Species<\/dt>\n
T. sphyraena<\/em><\/dd>\n
External morphology<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n

Very small but also long. Size 7.7 mm x 4 mm. Feisty lateral palps.<\/p>\n

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Species discovered by occlupanologist N. Juju.\u00a0 Despite its minute size, T. sphyraena<\/em> is known to travel in small predatory schools once they have detached from their watch-dial host. it is unknown if they are seeking out smaller chronovorans to devour, or are merely passing the time until\u00a0 another host can be found. Their ability to slip through a researcher’s grasp is infamous, as HORG’s only holotype specimen managed to leap off a research table and swiftly swim into the office carpet below. All janitorial work, and especially vacuuming, was summarily delayed until staff had thoroughly searched the facility. A full two weeks later it was finally discovered, skulking amongst a pile of mislaid binder clips in a corner of the study.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tempotortus sphyraena \u201cBarracuda twister\u201d Kingdom Microsynthera Phylum Plasticae Class Lepistomella Order Chronovora Family Tempotortidae Genus Tempotortus Species T. sphyraena External morphology Very small but also long. Size 7.7 mm x 4 mm. Feisty lateral palps. Species discovered by occlupanologist N. Juju.\u00a0 Despite its minute size, T. sphyraena is known to travel in small predatory schools […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4307,"parent":4124,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4325","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t