Ramkel

Ramkels (ram-kel) are entirely- or mostly-sessile exoanimals belonging to the class tsafusanmus.

These species attach themselves to large exoanimals or more static organisms and release digestive acids and enzymes onto their surface in order to digest them, or pierce them to reach vessels beneath the skin.

Etymology
The term 'ramkel' orginates from the Ponutugiki word 'remicailr'. The scientific name for the phylum, 'tsafusanmnus', is a conglomeration of the Nical words 'tsafusa nmus' which roughly means 'like fusa nmus'. Fusa nmus, in turn, translates to 'hard wart' and refers to limpetwarts, a type of ramkel.

Description
Ramkels are soft-bodies organisms which live in small, often rounded shells and spend much of their lives attached to other organisms. They rely on touch and basic chemosensing (similar to taste and smell) for navigation. They move using a foot on their undersides which undulates in a fashion similar to a snail's but confined to an area around the foot's perimeter. Here, the ramkel's waste is excreted and used as a lubricant.

Taxonomy
Tsafusanmus is divided into 7 orders:

Fusanmusia
The limpetwarts. Small, rounded with fine grainy or serrated edges on the underside. These have the largest undulating foot surface and are amongst the most mobile of ramkels. They also have the most well-developed chemosensing equipment, with a ring of vents around a third of the way from the top of the shell allowing in air for 'smelling', as well as gas exchange. They feed by the release of acids and enzymes. Limpetwarts

Nmatsaserrii
The limpires. These feature specialised mouthparts for piercing the surface and extracting sap or blood. There are several anchoring spines surrounding a single larger piercing spine through which runs the ling proboscis.

Raalanmasutlaa
Threespines are named for the three large spines surrounding the proboscis which act both as piercing and anchoring spines. There are few or no smaller anchoring spines.

Riayuselia
The scientific name for this order means 'nostril' in reference to the living habits of these ramkels. They are also called mouthdots and live near the entrance of or just inside body cavities such as the nostrils and ear canals where the skin is thinner and vessels are nearer the surface.

Airrutaria
Though the scientific name meaning 'no shell' is a misnomer, these ramkels have very thin, often reduced shells. They take the habits of the mouthdots to the extreme, living inside respiratory and digestive body cavities in their host where the skin is very thin and vessels are very accessible. Some also feed from matter ingested by the host, though they are not able to survive in the acidic conditions of the stomach. These ramkels usually lack anchoring spines. They are also unique in that their breathing sphincters can be opened and closed independently.