Phytoid

A Phytoid, or plantoid, is a creature that exhibits characteristics similar to general plant life, fungus, or Terran phyto-plankton.

• It is a classification of creature type.
• Please also see Zoophytoid.
• It is a type of lifeform, a typoid.

Library Data Referral Tree

Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information:
Life Sciences:

Biotechnology

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• B: Biology
  • Astrobiology
  • Biochemistry
  • Conventional Biology
  • Exobiology
  • Sophontology
  • Xenobiology

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• B: Biotechnology
  • Artificial Womb
  • Biochip
  • Bio-Identenoid
  • Biotechnology
  • Cybertechnology
  • Metabolic Chamber
  • Personality Recording
  • Relict Regeneration
  • Replacement Body Part

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• G: Genetic Engineering
  • Chimera Species
  • Clone
  • Human Chimera
  • Relict
  • Supra-Species
  • Synthetic
  • Terragen
  • Uplift
  • Variant Race
  • Variant Human Race
  • Variant Non-Human Race

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• S: Sophonce
  • Sophont
    • Extilligence
    • Intelligence
    • Sapient
    • Sentient
    • Stimulus

Description (Specifications)

A phytoid creature is distinguished by a number of characteristics:

• Plant characteristics
• Fungus characteristics
• Photosynthesis & primary producer
• Motile or static plants
• Has leaves or other vegetation

Specific Species Examples

1. Ahetaowa
2. Hresh, native to Shashwas, a secondary world in the Dingir system.
3. Llellewyloly
4. Loon
5. Tethmari
6. Treasil
7. Tredhili
8. Vapethi
9. Xapoqi
10. Yslai

History & Background (Dossier)

It is relatively common for a creature to meet sufficient criteria to qualify as more than one classification of animal.

References & Contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science