[[Image:cytoplasmic.jpg|thumb|A [[Delta Quadrant]] cytoplasmic lifeform.]]
A classification of non-[[humanoid]] lifeforms, these were also referred to as cytoplasmic pseudo-parasites. In [[2375]], [[USS Voyager]] encountered a damaged starship, carrying a previously unknown type of sentient '''cytoplasmic lifeform'''. The lifeform was able to control its vessel by means of biochemical secretions, and its language, which consisted of a series of high pitched shrieks, was indecipherable to Voyager's universal translator.
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