A Neotenic Niebuk

#30, a creepy creature, that's for sure!
This is a species of dark spirit creature in my spirit lands. Niebuks (NEE-book) are organisms that are similar to both plants and animals. They start as a seed, hatch into a larval seedworm, use their hardened husk as a cocoon, and emerge as an adult. Adults have an appearance like microorganisms on Earth, but some can be nearly 10 feet long. A few species are neotenic, meaning they retain juvenile characteristics as adults (like an axolotl), and stick to living in their husks. Most just end up being stationary and catching prey that walks by, but this guy has grown legs for nightmare-fueling movement.

even everything (and odd nothings)