黏菌

A blanket term for any group of amoeba-like single cells working in concert. Can be found in two varieties — syncytial (a single enormous cell with many nuclei) or cellular (many individual cells working together). The first sponges may have evolved from slime molds.

—Complex problem solving: slime molds are capable of solving complex mathematical problems through emergent behavior.

Earth analog: slime molds. Slimes occur on nearly every world with cellular life.