a deep sea submersible once collected a spatangoid urchin 3km down that was wearing a cloak of over 200 Xenophyophores. It is unknown if the urchin was specifically collecting them, or the Xenophyophores specifically sought out the urchin to grow on.
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In response to this postthey're the dominant organism in parts of the ocean floor. It's been theorized that they are "ecosystem engineers": a creature that significantly impacts a habitat, such as how beavers significantly impact the flow of rivers with their dams.
I'm not SAYING there's an alien macroscopic single-celled radiation-powered thing xenoforming the earth's abyssal plain, but that you could look at the current state of the science and definitely make an argument.
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