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 (DS9 Short Story: "Sins of the Mother")

History

• c.23000 BCE: First joining between a symbiont and the species that would later become Trill (DS9 Novel: Trill: Unjoined)