Path of the Wild (Forum Game)

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1031

Mutation 1: Larger size
Mutation 2: More perceptive eyes on the sides of the head
Mutation 3: Smarter brain

1032

Thanks for the new round Stealth! :grin:

Action: Try and find me some food.

1033

thanks for the round, also my maturity says hatching but my round says im a juvenile now
Action: swim close to the sea floor to protect my under side and hunt Ostracoderma around my size

1035

Sure, I’ll add you to the waiting list.

1036

Round 125 - P.1

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~31.25 million years since the Atroxian Explosion~
Atroxian Period, Novaglacian Stage
Season: Late Winter (North), Late Summer (South)
Time of Day: Evening Twilight (West), Morning (East)
Event: (5) Continental Drift

Species: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ramXIxwYwggWj1bVH3zmZT-tlZSbQvW4PUZAEiVWYB8
Biomes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1079__KZqoqQ5PQkA5gr4rMSIGIHx1UN1RwMa__ZNPV8

Detailed Species Stats

Ezta’s Natural History: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JOwzI4ZHorn8nrqEr62v2_uXXlbs7qSCudHc476qLMY

Reward Shop

Rewards are subject to change.

  • Bonus Point: Get a + or -1 to use on the action roll of any player, yourself included. = 1pt
  • Guaranteed Action: Use this on an action to definitely roll a 4 or higher. = 2pts
  • Guaranteed Evolution: Use this during evolution to definitely roll a 4 or higher. You can save them up and use multiple at once. = 3pts
  • High Roller: Get a guaranteed 6 for either action or evolution. = 4pts
  • Call of the Wild: Summon an event that focuses on any specific area of the world you choose. However, the event is random and may be larger than you anticipate. = 5pts
  • Evolution Explosion: Every species immediately gets a chance to evolve, including yourself. = 7pts

State of the World: The global temperature is at about 18c, and there is a high level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Very small moss-like plants exist on land, specifically only in rainy wetlands but most of it is still bare and rocky. Due to the minimal plant life, the atmosphere is oxygen-moderate. There are two supercontinents, Olympia in the north and Tartarus in the south, with the sea transgressing over a lot of land. The continents are surrounded by the superocean Uteenessa, and in-between lies a comparatively small ocean called the Gaia Ocean. The sea levels are high, about 150m above standard, which makes the continental slope begin about 350m below the surface. The ocean is acidic, and the lysocline sits at 2000m. The planet is very tectonically active.

Along the mid-ocean ridge that lies at the bottom of the Gaia Ocean between the two continents, many underwater volcanoes are bursting into life. Their rumblings tell of great activity within the planet.

@RoboTrannic - Points Stored = 0
Xirnikrozz crusherei (LC)
SOUTHERN TARTARUS SHELF (Temperate Shallows)
Late Summer, Evening Twilight
It’s pretty dark now in the still warm, fairly murky water. You can feel yourself being carried high up on the shore by the tide, and you can detect quite a few animals around you. You can sense that one is a Phyoskulus hatchling, and can see it’s blurry outline as it too is carried by the tide. You let the tide carry you easily towards the prey, cruising on your fins, and soon catch up. However, the Phyoskulus’ has spines sticking out the back of the tail, so you are forced to swim around to the side. In all this time, you were able to maneuver into this position because you can see ok in the low light, but the Phyoskulus did not see your approach because it could not see. By the time it detects you, it is too late and you bite down on its head, killing it almost instantly. You feed on the corpse, which sinks to the bottom. You are now a juvenile. The light continues to decrease. (4 + 1)
Stats
Maturity: 55% (Juvenile)
Current Size: 17.1cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 147.1/147.1 (100%) (+50% nutrition left over for growth)
Stamina: 80%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: Metabolism x 1.25, Strong

Xirnikrozz crusherei

Status: LC
Temporal Range: R.117 - Present (Novaglacian)
Habitat: Temperate Shallows, Temperate Open Ocean
Distribution: Southern Uteenessa
Niche: Apex Predator
Size: 31cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: 86/10 x 31 = 266.6NP
Predecessor: Xirnikrozz ikrkinkarnikirkn
Classification: Thanostominae (sf), Thanostomidae (f), Flagracauda (so), Caudomorphii ©, Bilateria §
Perception: Blurry vision with no depth perception on either side, can see well in low light, can use electroreception up to ten metres away, can accurately smell odours up to tens of metres away
Latest Mutations: Muscles = 6, Olfaction = 6, Jaw = 6
Info: Arising to compete against Xirnikrozz yaisyarkrnk, Xirnikrozz crusherei is fairly similar with strong, energy-efficient muscles, although it has an edge; as the name suggests it has more powerful, reinforced jaws that can crush through cartilage or calcium carbonate shells if it needed two. Substances like bone and chitin are still too tough but it does not need this much power. It can also find prey from further away as it has olfactory receptors which can pick up smells from tens of metres away and follow them fairly accurately to their source. This means that this slinky predator has usurped Xirnikrozz yaisyarkrnk.
Anatomy: This species has a long, blue body that tapers into a whip-like tail, armed with two toxic spikes. It’s muscular jaw is made of cartilage but reinforced with a layer of tessarae and it has serrated teeth here. On each side of the head is a pinhole eye and olfactory receptors are also found on the head. Behind the retina is a layer of cells containing reflective crystals called a choroidal tapetum cellulosum. 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 also contains an olfactory lobe. The muscles are strong and energy-efficient. Finally, supporting the entire body is a spine of cartilage vertebrae.
Behaviour: This species is capable of processing information gathered from sense receptors and using that to form a picture of its surroundings. It can then respond to stimuli. It also has basic reasoning. Other than its standard survival responses, Xirnikrozz always try to be vigilant of their surroundings, they avoid eating their own kind and they also remain close to their eggs until hatching.
Discoverer: Robotrannicrex

@Agenttine - Points Stored = 1
Dentaskulus pigerai_ (CR)
SOUTHERN OLYMPIA SHELF (Tropical Shallows)
Late Winter, Evening Twilight
It’s pretty dark when you hatch in some hot, clear water. You cannot really see much, but you can detect the electrical signals of a few Ostracoderma not far below and other Dentaskulus hatchlings float in the water beside you. The water begins getting even darker. (4)
Stats
Maturity: 5% (Hatchling)
Current Size: 1.1cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 6.7/8.4 (65%)
Stamina: 100%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: Metabolism x 1.5

Dentaskulus pigerai

Status: CR
Temporal Range: R.125 - Present (Novaglacian)
Habitat: Tropical Shallows, Temperate Shallows, Tropical Upper Ocean, Temperate Upper Ocean
Distribution: Cosmopolitan
Niche: Predator
Size: 22.4cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: 76/10 x 12.8 = 170.2NP
Predecessor: Stellingus ubivus
Classification: Thanostominae (sf), Thanostomidae (f), Flagracauda (so), Caudomorphii ©, Bilateria §
Perception: Blurry vision with no depth perception on one side, can use electroreception up to ten metres away.
Latest Mutations: Larger = 5, More Perceptive Eyes = 2, Bigger Brain = 1
Info: Although larger than its predecessor, this species of Thanostomine is very rare due to its multiple deficiencies; it only has a pinhole eye on one side of the head, the other regressing to a cup eye, and it’s brain is smaller and contains less neurones than most other animals. As a result, it interprets signals much slower and can only focus on one sense at a time. These probably came about as an unlucky mutation, and as quickly as it appeared, this species is going extinct.
Anatomy: Dentaskulus has a long, blue tapering body, skirted by a ribbon on the top and underside, ending in a spiked whip-like tail. It has a cartilage jaw and two venomous canines surrounded by rather primitive teeth. One side of its head has a swivelling pinhole eye, the other has a cup eye. It also has three gill slits, and a line of electroreceptors running down its body. Internally, a gut leads to a stomach containing carnivorous digestive bacteria and cartilage vertebrae runs down the spine. It has a swim bladder, centrally located in its body. A simple heart pumps the blood through its closed circulatory system, which supports organs such as muscles. It also has a nervous system composed of two nerve cords and rungs of nerves connected to a brain in the head.
Behaviour: This species is capable of slowly processing information gathered from sense receptors and using that to form a picture of its surroundings, although only one sense at a time. It can then respond to stimuli. It also has basic reasoning.
Discoverer: AgentTine

@immortaldragon - Points Stored = 0
Aspondylus flexibilus (VU)
AN OLYMPIAN ESTUARY (Taiga)
Late Winter, Evening Twilight
It’s pitch black and cold in the estuary. You continue swimming upstream of the estuary, where the water is still and frozen over. There are a couple of other sluggishly-moving Aspondylus here that you can detect. However, you do not find any food, moving blindly through the water and are forced to stop your search when the water becomes completely fresh and you return to the brackish estuary. (3)
Status
Maturity: 5% (Hatchling)
Current Size: 0.4cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 1.1/1.8 (60%)
Stamina: 50%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: Metabolism x 0.5

Aspondylus flexibilus

Status: VU
Temporal Range: R.122 - Present (Novaglacian)
Habitat: Taiga Estuary
Distribution: Northern Olympia
Niche: Pelagic Filter-Feeder
Nutritional Worth: 46/10 x 7 = 32.2NP
Size: 7cm (length)
Predecessor: Icthyotelus sinspica
Classification: Aspondylusinae (sf), Brevicauda (so), Caudomorphii ©, Bilateria §
Perception: Can sense electrical signals within ten metres, and can see and detect the direction of light.
Latest Mutations: Eel-like fins = 2, Cartilage Skeleton = 2, Feeding tendrils = 3
Info: This species has seen a regression during evolution in which it has lost its cartilage vertebrae almost entirely; all that remains is a single rod, a notochord. It also has smaller pectoral fins than its predecessors. It is not a very successful species, living only in one estuary in the world, where it is still less common than Icthyotelus sinspica, the cold north of Olympia.
Anatomy: It has a tapering body, lined with electroreceptors and three gills on each side. It has two small pectoral ray-fins and a pair of forward-facing cup eyes on the head. An oily liver helps to maintain buoyancy. An open circulatory system bathes the organs in hemacoel, and the body is controlled by ganglia. Down the back is a notochord. In the gut, is a primitive stomach with the ability to digest multicellular matter.
Behaviour: This species is capable of processing information gathered from sense receptors and using that to form a picture of its surroundings. It can then respond to stimuli. It also has basic reasoning.

@soundwave - Points Stored = 0
Sanelectrophorus electricus (LC) - Male
WESTERN OLYMPIA SHELF (Temperate Shallows)
Late Winter, Evening Twilight
Eat the Hemithateus springbloomi = 3
It’s pretty dark now in the cool, fairly murky water and you cannot see very well. You can detect the electrical presence of a larger Hemithateus springbloomi [Springbloom] but as you head towards it and get right up close it becomes clear that it is too big for you to attempt to attack. It sets up a threatening pose which makes you swim away in defeat, as the tide carries further towards the shore, until you are almost right up against it. After having chosen the wrong target, you are now starving. The light continues to decrease. (3)
Status:
Maturity: 5% (Hatchling)
Current Size: 1cm
Health: Starving
Nutrition: 0.9/8.7 (10%)
Stamina: 60%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: None

Sanelectrophorus electricus

Status: LC
Temporal Range: R.123 - Present (Novaglacian)
Habitat: Temperate Shallows, Temperate Open Ocean
Distribution: Northern Hemisphere
Niche: Apex Predator
Size: 20cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: 86.5/10 x 20 = 173NP
Predecessor: Soundwavia amazonus
Classification: Thanostominae (sf), Thanostomidae (f), Flagracauda (so), Caudomorphii ©, Bilateria §
Latest Mutations: Gender = 5, Better electroreception = 6
Perception: Decent vision with no depth perception on either side, can use electroreception up to tens of metres away.
Info: One of the strangest Thanostomines up to this point, not only can this species monitor a very large area for electrical signals, it can also generate its own field and use electricity as a weapon. Most of the abdomen is taken up by large organs that produce the electrical discharge, that can give other animals a little shock. These organs also allow the animal to continuously create it own own electric field and discover its surroundings through disturbances in the field. It has also developed male and female genders.
Anatomy: It has a blue, tapering body, lined with electroreceptors and three gills on each side, ending in a long whip-tail complete with venomous spikes. Two eyes, with cornea supported by vitreous humour and the retina at the back, sit on the side of the head and it’s mouth is full of small teeth, with a pair of venomous fangs embedded in its cartilage jaw. Supported by rays of cartilage, it has a pair of small pectoral flippers, as well as a tiny dorsal fin on the back. The main electric organ stretches across the dorsal portion of the body, mirrored by the Hunter’s organ at the bottom and the Sach’s organ towards the rear; all three contain electrocytes. An open circulatory system bathes the organs in hemacoel, and the body is dcontrolled by ganglia. Down the back are cartilage vertebrae. In the gut, was a primitive stomach with the ability to digest multicellular matter. It has a swim bladder connected to the gut. There are both male and female castes.
Behaviour: This species is capable of processing information gathered from sense receptors and using that to form a picture of its surroundings. It can then respond to stimuli. It also has basic reasoning.

@blackink - Points Stored = 0
Lampsichelus paladarus (NT) - Male
TROPICAL NORTHWEST UTEENESSA (Tropical Shallows)
Late Winter, Evening Twilight
It is pretty dark as you are lucky enough to bump into the cliff face again and rest in a crevice. As you do so, with one last bit of energy, you waggle your bioluminescent lure in the faint light. Fortunately, it is not long after that when another Lampsichelus heads over to investigate. It is an adult and is looking to reproduce. You reproduce successfully, but it is your last act and after your eggs are scattered into the ocean, you die - not before passing on your genes. (5 + 1 = Well done! You have successfully passed on your genes; let’s hope they fit. Choose 4 mutations to try and evolve.)
Status
Maturity: 100% (3/8 - Young Adult)
Current Size: 11.5cm
Health: Dead
Nutrition: N/A
Stamina: N/A
Hydration: N/A
Effects: N/A

Lampsichelus paladurus

Status: NT
Temporal Range: R.91 - Present (Cinisian - Novaglacian)
Habitat: Tropical Open Ocean, Tropical Deep Ocean, Temperate Shallows, Temperate Deep Ocean
Distribution: Cosmopolitan
Niche: Carnivorous Filter-Feeder
Size: 11.5cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: 60.5/10 x 11.5 = 69.6NP
Predecessor: Asteridermus mutatiogenus
Classification: Skelechelusidae (f), Brevicauda (so), Caudomorphii ©, Bilateria §
Perception: Can detect the presence of light above, can use electroreception up to ten metres away, can smell odours up to ten metres away.
Latest Mutations: Intestine = 1, Serrated Teeth = 2, Hanging Lure = 5, Oily Liver = 4
Info: In the darkness of the abyss, Lampsichelus is the most well-lit of all animals, able to put on quite a light show; as well as the numerous bioluminescent spots on its body that act as one, there is a bulb on the end of a barbel protruding from the jaw that also produces light - this is controlled independently of the others, and can be flicked up and down to be more enticing. However, rather than use it to catch prey, the lights for this species are more useful in terms of finding another individual for mating. This is because there is stiff competition for prey, such as Thanostoma altium, and so it is largely restricted to filtering flesh from marine snow. The most significant obstacle to being a little predator is that it has lost the teeth in the upper jaw, probably as a result of continual filter-feeding. (The species name means Gummy Joe.) Unlike its predecessors, it can control its own buoyancy now with an oil-filled liver, although it has a shrunken digestive system, making digestion less efficient.
Description: All over the black body tapering to a short, spiked tail are light blue bioluminescent spots, as well as a line of electroreceptors and three gills on each side. The two spikes are venomous. At the front, above the cartilage jawed mouth are olfactory receptors and facing forwards are a pair of cup eyes. The jaw contains very simple, shapeless teeth but only on the lower jaw. A cartilage barbel protrudes out and down from the lower jaw, and has a light blue bioluminescent bulb and a hinging muscle at its base. A pair of oval fins, supported by rays of cartilage are attached vertically just behind the gills and there is a fatty hump on the back. Inside, the organs oare bathed in hemacoel by an open circulatory system. All the muscles contin a vacuoles. It’s digestive system is proportionately very small and narrow, which consists of the stomach and gut. There is also a liver, which is filled with oils. The body has cartilage vertebrae running down the back and is controlled by two nerve cords and a rung of nerves. The tiny brain in the head controls this.

Previous Mutations

Extra-Efficient Muscles, Electroreceptors, Open Circulatory System, Tail, Three Gill Slits, Cartilage Vertebrae, Digestive Carnivorous Bacteria, Two Poisonous Spikes on Tail, Dentine Teeth, Cup Eyes, Jaw, Fins (two vertical near head), Hump, Bioluminescent Lights, Olfaction, Temperate and Tropical Tolerance, Bioluminescence Control, Genders, Oily Liver

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R.125 - P.2

@Biologicah - Points Stored = 1
Xirnikrozz kixarjiuryziyak (CR)
SOUTHWEST TARTARUS SHELF (Temperate Shallows)
Late Summer, Evening Twilight
It is pretty dark now in the warm, fairly murky water. You cannot see very well, so use electroreception to locate Ostracodermas on the seabed. Once close you can also hear them shuffling about in the sand, and follow your senses to the source. You come across an Ostracoderma, scaring away a nearby Pensaspidus juvenile [Jellyfishmon], and try to eat it. You bite down but your teeth cannot break through the shell. You try approaching from another angle but it is well protected by rocks. You keep trying, but once you lose a tooth on the hard shell you are forced to give up, a little bit of blood oozing from your mouth. You are still in the rocky area, with Ostracoderma and sponges dotted around. It continues to get darker. (3)
Status
Maturity: 55% (Juvenile)
Current Size: 17cm
Health: Numerous healed cuts, lost tooth and bleeding mouth.
Nutrition: 105.4/136 (77.5%)
Stamina: 50%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: Metabolism x 1.25

Xirnikrozz kixarjiuryziyak

Status: CR
Temporal Range: R.122 - Present (Novaglacian)
Habitat: Temperate Shallows, Temperate Open Ocean
Distribution: Southern Uteenessa
Niche: Apex Predator
Size: 31cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: 80/10 x 31 = 248NP
Predecessor: Xirnikrozz yaisyarkrnk
Classification: Thanostominae (sf), Thanostomidae (f), Flagracauda (so), Caudomorphii ©, Bilateria §
Perception: Blurry vision with no depth perception on either side, can see well in low light, can use electroreception up to ten metres away, can hear noises up to ten metres away
Latest Mutations: Connect Olfactory Receptors = 4, Connect Hearing Receptors = 4, Spines = 1
Info: This species is a fairly uncommon apex predator in the temperate seas of the Southern Hemisphere. It is one of the few animals to be able to hear noises, which gives it a little bit of an edge but its main competitor is still overall superior. It also has the ability to smell, although not as well as Xirnikrozz crusherei. The fatal flaw of this species is that it has very weak skin that is easily torn; a terrible handicap for a predator hunting herbivores with dangerous spines.
Anatomy: This species has a long, blue body that tapers into a whip-like tail, armed with two toxic spikes. It has weak skin. 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. It has olfactory and hearing receptors on the face. 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 strong. Finally, supporting the entire body is a spine of cartilage vertebrae.
Behaviour: This species is capable of processing information gathered from sense receptors and using that to form a picture of its surroundings. It can then respond to stimuli. It also has basic reasoning. Other than its standard survival responses, Xirnikrozz always try to be vigilant of their surrounding, they avoid eating their own kind and they also remain close to their eggs until hatching.

@jellyfishmon - Points Stored = 1
Pensaspidus jellyfishmonii (CR)
SOUTHWEST TARTARUS SHELF (Temperate Shallows)
Late Summer, Evening Twilight
It is pretty dark now in the warm, fairly murky water. You cannot see very well, but are able to follow chemical signals to find Ostracoderma as you skirt the seafloor. You get to one and try to eat it. You grip it’s shell with your mandibles but they are not strong enough to break the shell. Then a much larger Xirnikrozz juvenile [Biologicah] arrives and this scares you off. You are still in the rocky area, with Ostracoderma and sponges dotted around. It continues to get darker. (2)
Status
Maturity: 45% (Juvenile)
Current Size: 3.4cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 20.2/20.2 (100%)
Stamina: 50%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: Metabolism x 1.25

Pensaspidus jellyfishmonii

Status: CR
Temporal Range: R.106 - Present (Novaglacian)
Habitat: Temperate Shallows, Polar Shallows, Temperate Open Ocean, Polar Open Ocean
Distribution: Southern Hemisphere
Niche: Predator
Size: 7.5cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: 59.5/10 x 7.5 = 44.6
Predecessor: Arthroskulus pelagus
Classification: Roharasrinae (sf), Codowecoiidae (f), Probocephala (o), Cylindrea ©, Bilateria §
Perception: Blurry vision with no depth perception on either side, blurry front vision with depth perception.
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.
Discoverer: Jellyfishmon

@PositiveTower - Points Stored = 2
Ostracoderma kinifolis (NT) - Male
SOUTHWEST TARTARUS SHELF (Temperate Shallows)
Late Summer, Evening Twilight
It’s pretty dark now. Hiding between some rocks in warm, fairly murky water, you put out tentacles and capture a lot of the marine snow passing in the current. You are now an adult, ready to reproduce. You can sense a lot of Ostracoderma nearby on the rocky seabed, and can see plankton flowing past in the current above. The light is still decreasing. (6 + 1 = Ding, ding, ding! Congrats, you have won a bonus point!)
Status
Maturity: 100% (⅛ - Young Adult)
Current Size: 5cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 25.3/25.3 (100%) (+60% left over for growth)
Stamina: 70%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: Metabolism x 1.25

"Ostracoderma kinifolis

Status: LC
Temporal Range: R.113 - Present (Novaglacian)
Habitat: Tropical Deep Ocean (below thermocline, above lysocline) , Temperate Deep Ocean (above lysocline) , Polar Deep Ocean (above lysocline)
Distribution: Cosmopolitan
Niche: Benthic Filter-Feeder
Size: 5cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: 50.5/10 x 3 = 15.2NP
Predecessor: Ostracoderma densissima
Classification: Ostracoderminae (sf), Almoskulusidae (f), Tunicaphora (o), Cylindrea ©, Bilateria §
Perception: Decent vision with no depth perception either side, can sense chemicals up to ten metres away with accuracy.
Latest Mutations: Egg Fusing Behaviour = 6, Improve Shell = 4, Longer Tentacles = 5, Eggs Able To Fuse To Tentacles = 4
Info: This benthic filter-feeder spends most of its time on the seabed, except for its planktonic stage, and it’s body protected by its shell but for the eyestalks protruding through two small holes and the relatively long tentacles sticking out from underneath the shell and helping it to filter food. When it needs to move, it’s hidden fins drag it along the seabed. The tentacles also serve another purpose, as during reproduction the female gathers up the eggs and they become embedded in pits that develop on the tentacles. The female then tucks the tentacles under her body keeping the eggs safe, whilst carrying feeding, although somewhat hampered. She is then able to divert much of her own nutrients into her young so that they grow bigger and quicker. But this also means a female cannot reproduce again whilst she waits for the eggs to hatch. Therefore, Ostracoderma kinifolis is more successful at raising young, although densissima can potentially produce more. The tentacles also have chemoreceptors along them, making them useful for accurately locating the source of the chemicals.
Anatomy: The tubular, red body is covered in an elongated calcium carbonate shell over the entire body, except for the tentacles that often stick out and the two eyestalks on either side of the head protruding through two small holes in the shell. The shell is thick and heavy. The relatively long tentacles - about the length of the rest of the body - grow from around the circular mouth with small teeth, which is surrounded by chemoreceptors. There are three gill slits by the throat. A pair of sturdy fins supported by cartilage rungs curve underneath the body. In the head, ganglion lead to their single nerve cord that runs down the body meeting a web of nerves, alongside the cartilage notochord. The gut leads straight from the mouth to the anus. Blood is pumped around the body by the vessels of an open circulatory system to organs such as the muscles. Anti-freeze proteins are present in the blood.
Behaviour: This species is capable of processing information gathered from sense receptors and using that to form a picture of its surroundings. It can then respond to stimuli, however, it’s response is often delayed. It also has basic reasoning. Other than its standard survival responses, the female responds to the stimuli of producing eggs by embedding them in her tentacles and tucking the tentacles under her body.

@Spring_blooms - Points Stored = 0
Hemithateus springbloomi (NT)
A NORTHWEST OLYMPIAN SHELF SEA (Temperate Shallows)
Late Winter, Evening Twilight
It’s pretty dark now in the cool, fairly murky water and you cannot see very well. You can detect the electrical presence of a small Sanelectrophorus [Soundwave] which disturbs you from your feeding. You prepare to defend yourself as it approaches and even swing your whip tail at it. This misses though because the predator decided to back off. You have come to no harm but it did stop you feeding. The light continues to decrease. (2 + 1)
Status
Maturity: 35% (Juvenile)
Current Size: 6.7cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 36/51.3 (70%)
Stamina: 50%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: None

Hemithateus springbloomi

Status: NT
Temporal Range: R.123 - Present (Novaglacian)
Habitat: Temperate Shallows
Distribution: Northern Hemisphere
Niche: Herbivore
Size: 19cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: 76.5/10 x 19 = 145.4NP
Predecessor: Hemithateus spicati
Classification: Thanostominae (sf), Thanostomidae (f), Flagracauda (so), Caudomorphii ©, Bilateria §
Perception: Blurry vision with no depth perception on either side, can use electroreception up to ten metres away.
Latest Mutations: Increased Size = 3, Better Digestive System = 4, Better Immune System = 5
Info: Hemithateus springbloomi faces more predation than its cousin Hemithateus novaglacianus due to its smaller size, yet it remains almost as numerous because it has a more efficient digestive system and has evolved blood clotting that lets it survive more injuries.
Anatomy: 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 digestive herbivorous bacteria. The muscles contain special vacuoles for storing extra energy, and are bathed in hemacoel by the open circulatory system, which has platelets in it.
Behaviour: This species is capable of processing information gathered from sense receptors and using that to form a picture of its surroundings. It can then respond to stimuli. It also has basic reasoning.

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1038

Action: Rest please.

1039

Action:Finally fufill the purpose of my life

1040

Action: Find any creature and take a chunk of flesh from its body and swim off ( I’m desperate lol I doubt this will work but worth a shot)

1041

Nooo I’m too weak :frowning:
thanks for the round stealth I’m still really enjoying this game :slight_smile:
Action: search the sea floor for any soft bodied animals to eat. Keep an eye to the sky as well Incase something tasty shows up.

1042

Thanks for the new round Stealth! :grin:

Action: Rest for a little while, maybe food will come by if I wait.

1043

Action: Start sensing for other organisms using my electroreceptors and try to hunt down some food.

1044

how many people are above me in the waiting list?

1045

Okey, time to evolve and cross my fingers
Evolution 1: Serrated teeth on the upper jaw
Evolution 2: Closed circulatory system
Evolution 3: Longer digestive system for more nutrient gathering
Evolution 4: Kidneys to control internal water/salt balance

1046

Thanks for the round, hope you find some food Soundwave!

Action: Rest a bit and try to get something to eat, staying near any other Springbloomi’s.

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hey can you update the waiting list please? both me and @zenzonegaming aren’t on there

1048

Round 126 - P.1

Chat: https://discord.gg/weGdxFB

~31.5 million years since the Atroxian Explosion~
Atroxian Period, Untrustolithic Stage
Season: Early Spring (North), Early Autumn (South)
Time of Day: Midnight (West), Midday (East)
Event: (4) Waterspout

Species: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ramXIxwYwggWj1bVH3zmZT-tlZSbQvW4PUZAEiVWYB8
Biomes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1079__KZqoqQ5PQkA5gr4rMSIGIHx1UN1RwMa__ZNPV8

Detailed Species Stats

Ezta’s Natural History: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JOwzI4ZHorn8nrqEr62v2_uXXlbs7qSCudHc476qLMY

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State of the World: The global temperature is at about 18c, and there is a high level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Very small moss-like plants exist on land, specifically only in rainy wetlands but most of it is still bare and rocky. Due to the minimal plant life, the atmosphere is oxygen-moderate. There are two supercontinents, Olympia in the north and Tartarus in the south, with the sea transgressing over a lot of land. The continents are surrounded by the superocean Uteenessa, and in-between lies a comparatively small ocean called the Gaia Ocean. The sea levels are high, about 150m above standard, which makes the continental slope begin about 350m below the surface. The ocean is acidic, and the lysocline sits at 2000m. The planet is very tectonically active.

Underwater volcanoes along the mid-ocean ridge of the Gaia Ocean have all become very active, regularly erupting, and creating new, shallow, seafloor. This is causing continental shift as Olympia and Tartarus move further away. It has also further increased the sea levels, flooding much of the flat continents. The eruptions also have the side effect of releasing large amounts of carbon dioxide, creating very high levels of the greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, and the average temperature has soared to 19c.

At the same time, a smaller event is occurring for those players in the southern temperate seas off of Tartarus. A gathering storm is building, and looking to soon turn into a whirling waterspout.

The planet is not only changing geographically but biologically too; a new apex predator known as Neoxirnikrozz has appeared in the sea, large enough to prey on adult Xirnikrozz. As it becomes more populous, it is outcompeting Xirnikrozz as apex predator. Paraichthys is taking over the niche of preying on Masticephalus, and with scales and a caudal fin, it is faster and more protected; as a result, Elinopterus can no longer prey on it and are declining along with Sanicthyops. The larger Hemithateus novaglacianus finally have a predator in Soundwavia largus. Another new predator is in freshwater, evolving from Archaiapasaria, an area that has been slow to see evolution. Similarly, Hemithateus saporensis has moved into estuaries. Edentulae is a better adapted Lampsichelus, with no teeth for filtering, and improved circulatory and digestive systems. Burying in the sediment in large numbers is the segmented worm Vermoides and one of its predators, Periphractax vertobrachium, has evolved steering paddles. Periphractax now has a predator in Stellingus acridon, with teeth designed to crush the exoskeleton. Another, a close relative, is a Codowecoiid that has evolved defensive spines on its back. It is named Spinoskulus. Across temperate and polar seas can be found Asposomus, which is encased in a protective bivalve shell. Furthermore, Regemsitula venator has added toxins to its list of weapons. Finally, Scotsia, a sea anemone-like anemone, has evolved a larval phase, to help distribute sessile adults.

@RoboTrannic - Points Stored = 0
Xirnikrozz crusherei (LC)
SOUTHERN TARTARUS SHELF (Temperate Shallows)
Early Autumn, Midnight
It is now too dark for even you to see anything in the warm water. You rely on smell and electroreception to find some food, but the only animals you can sense around you are no more than possible morsels only a handful of centimetres long, and not worth the effort. You can smell Phyoskulus, your main prey, and follow the fairly distant scent. At one point, you come close to the surface and feel the ripples of very heavy rainfall. However, after a while of pursuing you can no longer smell it, and lose the trail. The water is starting to become cooler but significantly choppier, and the light is starting to return. (2 + 1)
Stats
Maturity: 55% (Juvenile)
Current Size: 17.1cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 99.3/147.1 (67.5%)
Stamina: 60%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: Metabolism x 1.25, Strong

Xirnikrozz crusherei

Status: LC
Temporal Range: R.117 - Present (Novaglacian)
Habitat: Temperate Shallows, Temperate Open Ocean
Distribution: Southern Uteenessa
Niche: Apex Predator
Size: 31cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: 86/10 x 31 = 266.6NP
Predecessor: Xirnikrozz ikrkinkarnikirkn
Classification: Thanostominae (sf), Thanostomidae (f), Flagracauda (so), Caudomorphii ©, Bilateria §
Perception: Blurry vision with no depth perception on either side, can see well in low light, can use electroreception up to ten metres away, can accurately smell odours up to tens of metres away
Latest Mutations: Muscles = 6, Olfaction = 6, Jaw = 6
Info: Arising to compete against Xirnikrozz yaisyarkrnk, Xirnikrozz crusherei is fairly similar with strong, energy-efficient muscles, although it has an edge; as the name suggests it has more powerful, reinforced jaws that can crush through cartilage or calcium carbonate shells if it needed two. Substances like bone and chitin are still too tough but it does not need this much power. It can also find prey from further away as it has olfactory receptors which can pick up smells from tens of metres away and follow them fairly accurately to their source. This means that this slinky predator has usurped Xirnikrozz yaisyarkrnk.
Anatomy: This species has a long, blue body that tapers into a whip-like tail, armed with two toxic spikes. It’s muscular jaw is made of cartilage but reinforced with a layer of tessarae and it has serrated teeth here. On each side of the head is a pinhole eye and olfactory receptors are also found on the head. Behind the retina is a layer of cells containing reflective crystals called a choroidal tapetum cellulosum. 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 also contains an olfactory lobe. The muscles are strong and energy-efficient. Finally, supporting the entire body is a spine of cartilage vertebrae.
Behaviour: This species is capable of processing information gathered from sense receptors and using that to form a picture of its surroundings. It can then respond to stimuli. It also has basic reasoning. Other than its standard survival responses, Xirnikrozz always try to be vigilant of their surroundings, they avoid eating their own kind and they also remain close to their eggs until hatching.
Discoverer: Robotrannicrex

@Agenttine - Points Stored = 1
Dentaskulus pigerai_ (CR)
SOUTHERN OLYMPIA SHELF (Tropical Shallows)
Early Spring, Midnight
It’s pitch black in the hot, tropical water. You rely on electroreception to locate prey, as you are gently carried along in a current. After a short while, you detect a larger Edentulae, moving slowly; it seems to be struggling and a relatively easy target. You follow the signals the short way to the Edentulae, using the current, and practically bump into it. Being tiny, you eat your fill whilst the animal is defenceless in its weak state. The signals from the Edentulae soon disappear. You become a juvenile, no longer carried as plankton in the current. The light is starting to increase. (6)
Stats
Maturity: 30% (Juvenile)
Current Size: 6.7cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 50.9/50.9 (100%) (+25% left over for growth)
Stamina: 90%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: Metabolism x 1.5

Dentaskulus pigerai

Status: CR
Temporal Range: R.125 - Present (Novaglacian)
Habitat: Tropical Shallows, Temperate Shallows, Tropical Upper Ocean, Temperate Upper Ocean
Distribution: Cosmopolitan
Niche: Predator
Size: 22.4cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: 76/10 x 12.8 = 170.2NP
Predecessor: Stellingus ubivus
Classification: Thanostominae (sf), Thanostomidae (f), Flagracauda (so), Caudomorphii ©, Bilateria §
Perception: Blurry vision with no depth perception on one side, can use electroreception up to ten metres away.
Latest Mutations: Larger = 5, More Perceptive Eyes = 2, Bigger Brain = 1
Info: Although larger than its predecessor, this species of Thanostomine is very rare due to its multiple deficiencies; it only has a pinhole eye on one side of the head, the other regressing to a cup eye, and it’s brain is smaller and contains less neurones than most other animals. As a result, it interprets signals much slower and can only focus on one sense at a time. These probably came about as an unlucky mutation, and as quickly as it appeared, this species is going extinct.
Anatomy: Dentaskulus has a long, blue tapering body, skirted by a ribbon on the top and underside, ending in a spiked whip-like tail. It has a cartilage jaw and two venomous canines surrounded by rather primitive teeth. One side of its head has a swivelling pinhole eye, the other has a cup eye. It also has three gill slits, and a line of electroreceptors running down its body. Internally, a gut leads to a stomach containing carnivorous digestive bacteria and cartilage vertebrae runs down the spine. It has a swim bladder, centrally located in its body. A simple heart pumps the blood through its closed circulatory system, which supports organs such as muscles. It also has a nervous system composed of two nerve cords and rungs of nerves connected to a brain in the head.
Behaviour: This species is capable of slowly processing information gathered from sense receptors and using that to form a picture of its surroundings, although only one sense at a time. It can then respond to stimuli. It also has basic reasoning.
Discoverer: AgentTine

@immortaldragon - Points Stored = 0
Aspondylus flexibilus (VU)
AN OLYMPIAN ESTUARY (Taiga)
Early Spring, Midnight
It’s still pitch black and cold in the estuary. You begin to rest in the tranquil, frozen-over water of the upper estuary. But before you can do so, there is a disturbance; you suddenly detect worrying electrical signals that you have never experienced before and this sends you into flight mode. You flee the comparatively massive electrical signals, as a group of Hemithateus saporensis start exploring their new home. Soon, you realise that they do not pose a threat and stop fleeing. You are now tired. The temperature is finally starting to increase again, very rapidly and to a greater extent than usual, and so is the light. The tidal flow begins to carry you back towards the mouth of the estuary. (3)
Status
Maturity: 5% (Hatchling)
Current Size: 0.4cm
Health: Tired
Nutrition: 0.6/1.8 (35%)
Stamina: 30%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: Metabolism x 0.5

Aspondylus flexibilus

Status: VU
Temporal Range: R.122 - Present (Novaglacian)
Habitat: Taiga Estuary
Distribution: Northern Olympia
Niche: Pelagic Filter-Feeder
Nutritional Worth: 46/10 x 7 = 32.2NP
Size: 7cm (length)
Predecessor: Icthyotelus sinspica
Classification: Aspondylusinae (sf), Brevicauda (so), Caudomorphii ©, Bilateria §
Perception: Can sense electrical signals within ten metres, and can see and detect the direction of light.
Latest Mutations: Eel-like fins = 2, Cartilage Skeleton = 2, Feeding tendrils = 3
Info: This species has seen a regression during evolution in which it has lost its cartilage vertebrae almost entirely; all that remains is a single rod, a notochord. It also has smaller pectoral fins than its predecessors. It is not a very successful species, living only in one estuary in the world, where it is still less common than Icthyotelus sinspica, the cold north of Olympia.
Anatomy: It has a tapering body, lined with electroreceptors and three gills on each side. It has two small pectoral ray-fins and a pair of forward-facing cup eyes on the head. An oily liver helps to maintain buoyancy. An open circulatory system bathes the organs in hemacoel, and the body is controlled by ganglia. Down the back is a notochord. In the gut, is a primitive stomach with the ability to digest multicellular matter.
Behaviour: This species is capable of processing information gathered from sense receptors and using that to form a picture of its surroundings. It can then respond to stimuli. It also has basic reasoning.

@soundwave - Points Stored = 0
Sanelectrophorus electricus (LC) - Male
WESTERN OLYMPIA SHELF (Temperate Shallows)
Early Spring, Midnight
It is pitch black and cool. You release a burst of weak electricity and discover that you are in very shallow water, over a sandy beach. There are several other small animals around, but you also detect the dead body of a large Hemithateus, partially submerged by the high tide; it is shallow enough for you to access but not older individuals. You eat your fill of the big herbivore and recover a lot of your strength. The light is now starting to increase, as is the temperature. (6)
Status:
Maturity: 5% (Hatchling)
Current Size: 1cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 6/8.7 (70%)
Stamina: 50%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: None

Sanelectrophorus electricus

Status: LC
Temporal Range: R.123 - Present (Novaglacian)
Habitat: Temperate Shallows, Temperate Open Ocean
Distribution: Northern Hemisphere
Niche: Apex Predator
Size: 20cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: 86.5/10 x 20 = 173NP
Predecessor: Soundwavia amazonus
Classification: Thanostominae (sf), Thanostomidae (f), Flagracauda (so), Caudomorphii ©, Bilateria §
Latest Mutations: Gender = 5, Better electroreception = 6
Perception: Decent vision with no depth perception on either side, can use electroreception up to tens of metres away.
Info: One of the strangest Thanostomines up to this point, not only can this species monitor a very large area for electrical signals, it can also generate its own field and use electricity as a weapon. Most of the abdomen is taken up by large organs that produce the electrical discharge, that can give other animals a little shock. These organs also allow the animal to continuously create it own own electric field and discover its surroundings through disturbances in the field. It has also developed male and female genders.
Anatomy: It has a blue, tapering body, lined with electroreceptors and three gills on each side, ending in a long whip-tail complete with venomous spikes. Two eyes, with cornea supported by vitreous humour and the retina at the back, sit on the side of the head and it’s mouth is full of small teeth, with a pair of venomous fangs embedded in its cartilage jaw. Supported by rays of cartilage, it has a pair of small pectoral flippers, as well as a tiny dorsal fin on the back. The main electric organ stretches across the dorsal portion of the body, mirrored by the Hunter’s organ at the bottom and the Sach’s organ towards the rear; all three contain electrocytes. An open circulatory system bathes the organs in hemacoel, and the body is dcontrolled by ganglia. Down the back are cartilage vertebrae. In the gut, was a primitive stomach with the ability to digest multicellular matter. It has a swim bladder connected to the gut. There are both male and female castes.
Behaviour: This species is capable of processing information gathered from sense receptors and using that to form a picture of its surroundings. It can then respond to stimuli. It also has basic reasoning.

@blackink - Points Stored = 1
Edentulae edentulae (NT) - Male
TROPICAL NORTHWEST UTEENESSA (Tropical Shallows)
Early Spring, Midnight
It is pitch black and tropically hot when you hatch out. You can smell that you are hidden in a dense floating mattress of broken off seaweed, safe from predators. You can also detect the electrical presence of other hatchlings and small animals in and around the seaweed clump. The light is starting to decrease. (6 + 1 = Ding, ding, ding! Congrats, you have won a bonus point! Give either yourself or another player a + or -1. Choose carefully; you cannot exchange it later.)
Status
Maturity: 5% (Hatchling)
Current Size: 0.6cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 3.9/3.9 (100%)
Stamina: 100%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: Metabolism x 1.5

Edentulae edentulae

Status: NT
Temporal Range: R.126 - Present (Untrustolithic)
Habitat: Tropical Shallows, Tropical Upper Ocean, Temperate Upper Ocean
Distribution: Cosmopolitan
Niche: Pelagic Filter-Feeder
Size: 11.5cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: (65/10 X 11.5 =) 74.8NP
Predecessor: Lampsichelus paladarus
Classification: Skelechelusinae (sf), Brevicauda (so), Caudomorphii ©, Bilateria §
Perception: Can detect the presence of light above, can use electroreception up to ten metres away, can smell odours up to ten metres away.
Latest Mutations: Serrated teeth in upper jaw = 2, Closed circulatory system = 5, Improved Gut = 4, Kidneys = 3
Info: The mouth of Edentulae is completely toothless, making it more suited to filtering than its predecessors. It has a closed circulatory system, with vessels carrying red blood throughout the body that increases the animals, oxygen distribution among other things, giving it better stamina. Furthermore, it’s intestine is not shrunken and small like its predecessors but about the same size as the gut of species before that development. Edentulae is a pelagic filter-feeder, found quite commonly across much of the shallow oceanic areas.
Description: All over the black body tapering to a short, spiked tail are light blue bioluminescent spots, as well as a line of electroreceptors and three gills on each side. The two spikes are venomous. At the front, above the cartilage-jawed, toothless mouth are olfactory receptors and facing forwards are a pair of cup eyes. A cartilage barbel protrudes out and down from the lower jaw, and has a light blue bioluminescent bulb and a hinging muscle at its base. A pair of oval fins, supported by rays of cartilage are attached vertically just behind the gills and there is a fatty hump on the back. Inside, a closed circulatory system pumps red blood around the body. All the muscles contin a vacuoles. A gut runs from the mouth and features a stomach of carnivorous digestive bacteria in the middle. There is also a liver, which is filled with oils. The body has cartilage vertebrae running down the back and is controlled by two nerve cords and a rung of nerves. The tiny brain in the head controls this.
Behaviour: This species is capable of processing information gathered from sense receptors and using that to form a picture of its surroundings. It can then respond to stimuli. It also has basic reasoning.
Discoverer: BlackInk

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R.126 - P.2

@Biologicah - Points Stored = 1
Xirnikrozz kixarjiuryziyak (EX)
SOUTHWEST TARTARUS SHELF (Temperate Shallows)
Early Autumn, Midnight
It is too dark for even you to see anything in this warm water. You can sense the electrical signals of only small animals around you, and the noise of a building storm churning and unleashing heavy rain on the sea means you cannot hear any threat. You decide to rest, but just before you do you become alert, having detected a strange electrical signal. It is like other Xirnikrozz but it is much larger, well over double your own size. You swim away but it keeps following, so you swim faster. It keeps up the pursuit and you tire first, as the large Neoxirnkirozz catches up. You don’t have much energy to fight, besides a feeble whip of your tail which misses. The apex predator sails right through a delivers a fatal bite to your head. (1 = The bad news is your species has gone extinct. The good news is that the suffering is over. Please choose a new species.)
Status
Maturity: 55% (Juvenile)
Current Size: 17cm
Health: Dead
Nutrition: N/A
Stamina: N/A
Hydration: N/A
Effects: N/A

Xirnikrozz kixarjiuryziyak

Status: EX
Temporal Range: R.122 - Present (Novaglacian)
Habitat: Temperate Shallows, Temperate Open Ocean
Distribution: Southern Uteenessa
Niche: Apex Predator
Size: 31cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: 80/10 x 31 = 248NP
Predecessor: Xirnikrozz yaisyarkrnk
Classification: Thanostominae (sf), Thanostomidae (f), Flagracauda (so), Caudomorphii ©, Bilateria §
Perception: Blurry vision with no depth perception on either side, can see well in low light, can use electroreception up to ten metres away, can hear noises up to ten metres away
Latest Mutations: Connect Olfactory Receptors = 4, Connect Hearing Receptors = 4, Spines = 1
Info: This species is a fairly uncommon apex predator in the temperate seas of the Southern Hemisphere. It is one of the few animals to be able to hear noises, which gives it a little bit of an edge but its main competitor is still overall superior. It also has the ability to smell, although not as well as Xirnikrozz crusherei. The fatal flaw of this species is that it has very weak skin that is easily torn; a terrible handicap for a predator hunting herbivores with dangerous spines.
Anatomy: This species has a long, blue body that tapers into a whip-like tail, armed with two toxic spikes. It has weak skin. 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. It has olfactory and hearing receptors on the face. 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 strong. Finally, supporting the entire body is a spine of cartilage vertebrae.
Behaviour: This species is capable of processing information gathered from sense receptors and using that to form a picture of its surroundings. It can then respond to stimuli. It also has basic reasoning. Other than its standard survival responses, Xirnikrozz always try to be vigilant of their surrounding, they avoid eating their own kind and they also remain close to their eggs until hatching.

@jellyfishmon - Points Stored = 1
Pensaspidus jellyfishmonii (CR)
SOUTHWEST TARTARUS SHELF (Temperate Shallows)
Early Autumn, Midnight
It is pitch black in the warm water. You swim around the rocky bottom, detecting several Ostracoderma but none are catchable for you, and you pursue something softer to catch. However, the rocky seabed does not seem to be producing many soft-bodied animals and you find only Ostracoderma here. Above you, there is a variety of plankton but no predators, and you swim upwards. Near the surface, you can feel the water being steadily churned up by a growing storm. You are tired. The light is starting to increase and it is becoming cooler. (3)
Status
Maturity: 45% (Juvenile)
Current Size: 3.4cm
Health: Tired
Nutrition: 13.6/20.2 (67.5%)
Stamina: 30%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: Metabolism x 1.25

Pensaspidus jellyfishmonii

Status: CR
Temporal Range: R.106 - Present (Novaglacian)
Habitat: Temperate Shallows, Polar Shallows, Temperate Open Ocean, Polar Open Ocean
Distribution: Southern Hemisphere
Niche: Predator
Size: 7.5cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: 59.5/10 x 7.5 = 44.6
Predecessor: Arthroskulus pelagus
Classification: Roharasrinae (sf), Codowecoiidae (f), Probocephala (o), Cylindrea ©, Bilateria §
Perception: Blurry vision with no depth perception on either side, blurry front vision with depth perception.
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.
Discoverer: Jellyfishmon

@PositiveTower - Points Stored = 2
Ostracoderma kinifolis (NT) - Male
SOUTHWEST TARTARUS SHELF (Temperate Shallows)
Early Autumn, Midnight
It is pitch black now in the warm water but you go in search of a mate, using chemoreception. There are plenty Ostracoderma nearby and one is also coming to you. You move your tentacles to find the source of the other Ostracoderma’s tentacles, clambering over the rocks, and you quickly find each other. Luckily, it is a receptive female adult Ostracoderma kinifolis, and you mate successfully, fusing your eggs into your tentacles. Light is increasing and it is getting cooler. (5 + 1 = Well done! You have successfully passed on your genes; let’s hope they fit. Choose 4 mutations to try and evolve.)
Status
Maturity: 100% (2/8 - Young Adult)
Current Size: 5cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 19.6/25.3 (77.5%)
Stamina: 60%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: Metabolism x 1.25

"Ostracoderma kinifolis

Status: LC
Temporal Range: R.113 - Present (Novaglacian)
Habitat: Tropical Deep Ocean (below thermocline, above lysocline) , Temperate Deep Ocean (above lysocline) , Polar Deep Ocean (above lysocline)
Distribution: Cosmopolitan
Niche: Benthic Filter-Feeder
Size: 5cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: 50.5/10 x 3 = 15.2NP
Predecessor: Ostracoderma densissima
Classification: Ostracoderminae (sf), Almoskulusidae (f), Tunicaphora (o), Cylindrea ©, Bilateria §
Perception: Decent vision with no depth perception either side, can sense chemicals up to ten metres away with accuracy.
Latest Mutations: Egg Fusing Behaviour = 6, Improve Shell = 4, Longer Tentacles = 5, Eggs Able To Fuse To Tentacles = 4
Info: This benthic filter-feeder spends most of its time on the seabed, except for its planktonic stage, and it’s body protected by its shell but for the eyestalks protruding through two small holes and the relatively long tentacles sticking out from underneath the shell and helping it to filter food. When it needs to move, it’s hidden fins drag it along the seabed. The tentacles also serve another purpose, as during reproduction the female gathers up the eggs and they become embedded in pits that develop on the tentacles. The female then tucks the tentacles under her body keeping the eggs safe, whilst carrying feeding, although somewhat hampered. She is then able to divert much of her own nutrients into her young so that they grow bigger and quicker. But this also means a female cannot reproduce again whilst she waits for the eggs to hatch. Therefore, Ostracoderma kinifolis is more successful at raising young, although densissima can potentially produce more. The tentacles also have chemoreceptors along them, making them useful for accurately locating the source of the chemicals.
Anatomy: The tubular, red body is covered in an elongated calcium carbonate shell over the entire body, except for the tentacles that often stick out and the two eyestalks on either side of the head protruding through two small holes in the shell. The shell is thick and heavy. The relatively long tentacles - about the length of the rest of the body - grow from around the circular mouth with small teeth, which is surrounded by chemoreceptors. There are three gill slits by the throat. A pair of sturdy fins supported by cartilage rungs curve underneath the body. In the head, ganglion lead to their single nerve cord that runs down the body meeting a web of nerves, alongside the cartilage notochord. The gut leads straight from the mouth to the anus. Blood is pumped around the body by the vessels of an open circulatory system to organs such as the muscles. Anti-freeze proteins are present in the blood.
Behaviour: This species is capable of processing information gathered from sense receptors and using that to form a picture of its surroundings. It can then respond to stimuli, however, it’s response is often delayed. It also has basic reasoning. Other than its standard survival responses, the female responds to the stimuli of producing eggs by embedding them in her tentacles and tucking the tentacles under her body.

@Spring_blooms - Points Stored = 0
Hemithateus springbloomi (NT)
A NORTHWEST OLYMPIAN SHELF SEA (Temperate Shallows)
Early Spring, Midnight
It’s pitch black now in the cool sea and you cannot see. You are not able to rest or feed because you detect the electrical presence of a predator heading right towards you. You flee the danger, but fortunately it was targeting another nearby Hemithateus. You are now tired and hungry. The temperature is becoming warmer and light is increasing. (2 + 1)
Status
Maturity: 35% (Juvenile)
Current Size: 6.7cm
Health: Tired, Hungry
Nutrition: 36/51.3 (40%)
Stamina: 30%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: None

Hemithateus springbloomi

Status: NT
Temporal Range: R.123 - Present (Novaglacian)
Habitat: Temperate Shallows
Distribution: Northern Hemisphere
Niche: Herbivore
Size: 19cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: 76.5/10 x 19 = 145.4NP
Predecessor: Hemithateus spicati
Classification: Thanostominae (sf), Thanostomidae (f), Flagracauda (so), Caudomorphii ©, Bilateria §
Perception: Blurry vision with no depth perception on either side, can use electroreception up to ten metres away.
Latest Mutations: Increased Size = 3, Better Digestive System = 4, Better Immune System = 5
Info: Hemithateus springbloomi faces more predation than its cousin Hemithateus novaglacianus due to its smaller size, yet it remains almost as numerous because it has a more efficient digestive system and has evolved blood clotting that lets it survive more injuries.
Anatomy: 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 digestive herbivorous bacteria. The muscles contain special vacuoles for storing extra energy, and are bathed in hemacoel by the open circulatory system, which has platelets in it.
Behaviour: This species is capable of processing information gathered from sense receptors and using that to form a picture of its surroundings. It can then respond to stimuli. It also has basic reasoning.

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Can’t even rest successfully, it seems. Thanks for the new round Stealth! :grin:

Action: Try to rest, again. Somewhere where the tide won’t bother me too much.

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Ty for the round Stealth I fully expected to die this round but it seems the dice gods had other plans thankfully now if only the dices don’t mess things up I should be fine

Action: find a place to rest