Symbiont
- Appearance: Vermiform
- Thin teardrop-shaped body
- Red-tinted front portion, length studded with blue spots
- Lifespan: Indeterminate
- Homeworld: Trillius Prime
- Specifically originally native to the Caves of Mak'ala (DS9: "Equilibrium")
- Biological notes
- Biochemically compatible with Trill, humanoid species also native to Trillius Prime
- See Trill for symbiosis notes
- Able to generate mild electrical pulses (DS9: "Equilibrium")
- Interspecies communication engaged via direct electrical stimulation (DS9: "Equilibrium")
- Ancestor species of bluegill parasites
- Biochemically compatible with Trill, humanoid species also native to Trillius Prime
History
- c.23000 BCE: First joining between a symbiont and the species that would later become Trill (DS9 Novel: Trill: Unjoined)