POTW
R.107 - P.2
@Biologicah
Xirnikrozz Ikrkinkarnikirkn (CR)
SAYAMYANARIK GULF (Temperate Shallows)
Late Spring, Dusk
You hatch out into warm, but quite murky water and dim light from the dusk. You cannot see a lot around but you can sense the presence of dozens of your siblings, as well as a large adult hovering above. You cannot sense the surface. (4)
Status
Maturity: 5% (Hatchling)
Current Size: 1.7cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 8.7/11.6 (75%)
Stamina: 100%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: Metabolism X 1.25
Xirnikrozz invalidus
Status: CR
Timespan: R.107 - Present
Habitat: Temperate Shallows, Temperate Open Ocean
Distribution: Southern Uteenessa
Niche: Apex Predator
Size: 31cm
Predecessor: Xirnikrozz uysaisiroai
Classification: Peragapodusae, Makouridea, Caudaria
Latest Mutations: Olfactory Receptors = 2, Sharper Teeth = 5, Muscles = 1
Info: Emerging in the shadow of its stronger ancestor, Xirnikrozz invalidus is not a very succesful species, and retains only a small population. Although it has sharp serrated teeth, none of its prey species require particularly sharp teeth to handle and so this advantage is limited. The worst things are that it has olfactory receptors on the face which are not connected to the nervous system and simply waste energy, whilst they have incredibly weak, sparse muscles.
Description: This species has a long, blue body that tapers into a whip-like tail, armed with two toxic spikes. It’s jaw is made of cartilage and it has serrated teeth here. On each side of the head is a pinhole eye, that is able to swivel slightly. Behind the retina is a layer of cells containing reflective crystals called a choroidal tapetum cellulosum. Olfactory receptors on the face are uselessly disconnected from the nervous system. Along the side of the body, are three gill slits near the front, and line of electroreceptors. There are four paddle-like limbs of flesh, cartilage and muscle. Inside, they have a gut with a stomach containing carnivorous digestive enzymes, and connected to the gut is a swim bladder. It’s brain is not quite as small as most other contemporary species. The muscles are stretched thin throughout the body and are weak. Finally, supporting the entire body is a spine of cartilage vertebrae.
Behaviour Traits
- Be vigilant.
- Do not eat own species.
- Remain near to capsules after they are laid.
@svrangite
Thalakelphus narefaciemis (VU)
SOUTHWESTERN UTEENESSA OCEAN (Temperate Deep Ocean, About 600m deep)
Late Spring, Dusk
It is cold and dark, but plenty of marine detritus rushes past in the upwelling current. You feed decently on this supply of food. You can smell what must be a brine pool nearby. You can hear movement and smell a few other Thalakelphus hanging around. (3 + 1)
Status
Maturity: 20% (Hatchling)
Current Size: 1.7cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 11.1/11.1 (100%) (+15% left over for growth)
Stamina: 80%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: High Immunity
Thalakelphus narefaciemis
Status: VU
Timespan: R.98 - Present
Habitat: Temperate & Tropical Deep Ocean (Below Thermocline, Above 800m)
Distribution: Cosmopolitan
Niche: Pelagic Filter-Feeder
Size: 8.5cm (length)
Predecessor: Thalakelphus asperacuta
Classification: Zestoskulusidae, Kardiaskulusidea, Kardiarchia
Latest Mutations: Nostrils
Info: With a pair of nostrils on the face above the mouth, Thalakelphus narefaciem has a much greater chance of finding some food floating in the great, empty abyss. The nostrils provide olfaction and also help with locating the direction in which the smell comes from. They slowly drift through the deep ocean, filtering passing marine snow, and have no regular predators with their shell and poisonous skin.
Description: It has a smooth, straight shell made of calcium carbonate with several medium-length tentacles sticking out the front covered in poison glands. On the face is a couple areas where minuscule cilia which act as mechanoreceptors, picking up underwater noises and inputting this information into the nerve network and a pair of nostrils linked to sensory pads. On the head that just protrudes from the rest of the shell, two large pinhole eyes with lenses face upwards, while another one faces forwards above the circular, toothless mouth. The skin that is uncovered is layered with heat-proof scales. At the rear, a muscular hyponome drags in water and uses it to propel itself quickly. This tube leads into the siphuncle, which manages water content inside the shell, creating buoyancy. This also delivers water to the gills and gill frills inside the shell. A simple gut, behind the pharynx, leads through the body, which is circulated by a semi-open circulatory system; capillaries cover the muscles, which also have special vacuoles, but the rest of the organs were bathed in a chamber. The circulatory system is pumped by a tubular heart. A tiny brain and two nerve cords control the body. The body has vertebrae made of cartilage.
Previous Mutations
Extra-Efficient Muscles, Open Circulatory System, Tubular Heart, Web of Capillaries Over Muscles, Axochord, Notochord, Four Gill Slits, Two Gill Frills, Pharynx, Large Pinhole Eyes With Lenses (2 on top of head, one on front), Heat-Proof Scales, Cartilage Vertebrae, Calcium Carbonate Shell, Heat Resistance, Tentacles, Hyponome, Shell, Hearing, Pigmentation, Poison Glands, Lower Metabolic Rate
@jellyfishmon
Pensaspidus jellyfishmonii (NT)
SAYAMYANARIK GULF (Temperate Shallows)
Late Spring, Midday
The water is war and quite murky although the sky beyond is blue and clear. You are hiding in a forest of seaweed, and you seek out the soft, nutritious eggs that have been deposited by Esoteralimnus in the forest. You manage to eat a decent amount, but you are not the only predator eating the eggs and the supply soon runs out, as the Esoteralimnus group move on. Masticephalus still dot close to the surface but there numbers are also decreasing. The upwelling is failing. However, benthic animals like Ostracoderma and Schedocavoura still remain, filtering amongst the seaweed and they are hunted by small predators such as Asteridermus luminaria and Euskulus wickhami, all of which can be found nearby. (2 + 1 + 1)
Status
Maturity: 20% (Hatchling)
Current Size: 1.5cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 15/15 (100%) (+15% left over for growth)
Stamina: 80%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: None
Pensaspidus jellyfishmonii
Status: NT
Timespan: R.106 - Present
Habitat: Temperate Shallows, Polar Shallows, Temperate Open Ocean, Polar Open Ocean
Distribution: Southern Hemisphere
Niche: Predator
Size: 7.5cm (length)
Predecessor: Arthroskulus pelagus
Classification: Pensaspidusidae, Pincerata, Manucephala
Latest Mutations: Mandibles = 4, Legs = 3, True Muscles = 4
Info: Swapping a razor-sharp beak for a pair of chitinous mandibles, these species can eat more efficiently than its ancestors as the mandibles allow them to grip prey and also bite in comparison with the inefficient stabbing motion of its forefathers. The mandibles are not particularly sharp or cutting, but it does not need to be for their soft-skinned prey. One advantage that the beaked species have is the actual method of killing, which is generally much easier than the grip and cut method that this species must employ. In a case of unexpected convergent evolution, the circular, hydrostatic muscles that made the lineage so worm-like have developed into traditionally, both in structure and in placement. When their body moves, it goes from side to side, like other animals with similar muscles, although internally they have fundamental differences. It lives alongside Arthroskulus, and both compete for the same food.
Description: The top of the blue, cylindrical body is protected by a tough exoskeleton made out of chitin, which has extended to form a pair of mandibles around the mouth at the end of a proboscis. Some of the armour has also formed a fan-shaped tail protruding from the rear, which can be moved up and down by muscle and a muscular siphon at the rear propels out water. The armour behind the head contains a spiracle on each side, allowing oxygen through it. There are four pinhole eyes below the armour, but none of them look up; two are at the front, and two are on the sides. Inside their body, they have a simple gut leading to an anus, a stomach containing digestive carnivorous bacteria, a nerve network and small bunch of ganglia, and an open circulatory system filled with blue-green hemacoel. There is also a swim bladder, unconnected to the gut. Anti-freeze proteins flow through the hemacoel. The body is adapted to only low to quite high salinities.
@PositiveTower
Ostracoderma densissima (NT) - Male
SOUTHWESTERN UTEENESSA OCEAN (Temperate Deep Ocean, About 3500m deep)
Late Spring, Dusk
You hatch out on soft, oozy sand and it is pitch black and cold. You can detect the presence of dozens of siblings. Small amounts of food float through the water around you. (4)
Status
Maturity: 5% (Hatchling)
Current Size: 0.2cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 0.8/1 (75%)
Stamina: 100%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: Metabolism x 0.5
"Ostracoderma densissima
Status: NT
Timespan: R.97 - Present
Habitat: Deep Ocean
Distribution: Cosmopolitan
Niche: Benthic Filter-Feeder
Size: 3cm
Predecessor: Almoskulus caecorum
Classification: Ostracadermae, Almoskulisidea, Tunicoidea, Membrania
Latest Mutations: Shell = 5, Improve Nervous System = 1, Longer Tentacles = 3, Phragmocone = 2
Info: Proliferating through the deep seas, the thick, calcium carbonate cap-shaped shell of this species is impenetrable by any contemporary predators, making it difficult to be preyed upon. This is a good thing, because it has a very slow, inefficient nervous system composed of only one nerve cord, and the heavy, thick shell slows it down ever further. To move, it must drag itself across soft sediments using its fins, which is very ungainly and slow. The gliding membranes of its predecessors have completely disappeared. Once it finds a good spot, it filters in microbial matter with its short tentacles. It can only live below the thermocline because of the acidic surface waters and above 4,000 metres because calcium carbonate is not useable at this depth.
Description: The tubular body is hidden beneath a cap-shaped shell made of calcium carbonate, specifically calcite, with just enough of the body showing to allow the two eyestalks to stick out. The shell is quite thick and relatively heavy for its size. Beneath the shell is a mouth surrounded by chemoreceptors - two small tentacles also protrude from underneath the shell. There are three gill slits along the body. Under the body is a pair of sturdy, short fins. There is a small brain, attached to a single nerve cord, attached to webs of nerves. The gut is simple and leads straight to the anus. Hemolymph is distributed through the body to hemacoels, as the open circulatory system. It contains anti-freeze proteins.
Previous Mutations
Muscles, Fleshy Membrane (along back and underside), Chemoreceptors, Basic Instincts, Three Gill Slits, Yellow Pigmentation (L), Dentine Teeth, Open Circulatory System, Pinhole Eye With Lens (one on top of head), Notochord, Anti-freeze Proteins, Slow Reactions, Red-Transparent Colour Shifting, Small Tentacles, Eyes, Fins, Weak Skin (L), Fix Skin
@Spring_blooms
Hemithateus spicati (NT)
NORTH OLYMPIA SHELF SEA (Temperate Shallows)
Late Autumn, Dusk
In the cool, quite murky water, barely illuminated by the dusk, you head for a patch of seaweed in the sandy plains. It provides you with shelter and also some food and you munch on some of the vegetation. You share it with one of your siblings, who also chose to move here. The water starts to get dark as night falls., but you can detect the presence of several filter-feeders cruising around the surface. (4 + 1)
Status
Maturity: 30% (Juvenile)
Current Size: 5.7cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 30.5/30.5 (100%) (+25% left over for growth)
Stamina: 20%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: None
Hemithateus spicati
Status: NT
Timespan: R.89 - Present
Habitat: Shallow Sea
Distribution: Northern Hemisphere Temperate Seas
Niche: Herbivore
Nutritional Value: 137.8
Size: 19cm (length)
Predecessor: Hemithateus mediossium
Classification: Makouridae, Makouridea, Caudaria
Latest Mutations: More spikes
Info: With the advancement of predators, this herbivorous species evolved more protective spikes on its flexible, whip-like tail to protect itself as it cannot outrun the fitter species now existing. They are quite common in the northern hemisphere.
Description: The long, blue, tapering body is supported by a vertebrae of bone, although the whip-tail at the end is composed of flexible cartilage. Along the body are three gill slits and a line of electroreceptors. There are no limbs. The head has a cartilage jaw, with a pair of venomous canines surrounded by square shaped teeth. On each side of the head is a pinhole eye, with the ability to swivel around. At the end of the tail, six venomous spikes stick out. A gut leads to a stomach containing weak digestive herbivorous bacteria which can only break down small bits of plant matter. The muscles contain special vacuoles for storing extra energy, and are bathed in hemacoel by the open circulatory system.
Previous Mutations
Extra-Efficient Muscles, Electroreceptors, Open Circulatory System, Whip Tail, Three Gill Slits, Cartilage Vertebrae, Two Poisonous Spikes on Tail, Dentine Teeth, Venomous Canines, Cartilage Jaw, Two Swiveling Pinhole Eyes (1 on each side of head), Herbivorous Digestive Enzymes, Square Teeth, Bone Vertebrae
