Phlebinostra

Phlebinostra, also known as "Vampire Veins" are colonies of carnivorous worm-like predators that can be found all over Petriva, though larger colonies are most common in the surface forests at the equator. The phlebinostra are a genetic offshoot of a sample of dendrox vein webbing that was inadvertently introduced into the wild during the Subsumption. Their population since exploded and they are classified by the Neurocracy as a global biological threat. Transporting samples of phlebinostra off-world is highly illegal, and is punishable by permanent demotion, the siezure of one's ship or property, or execution.