Path of the Wild (Forum Game)

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Action: Leave the plain to find a mate.

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Sigh, having no teeth is a curse.
Action: swim towards the dark (or deeper down), hoping I have better stamina than my predator
With any luck I can find some detritus to gobble nearby

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so many bad rolls and deaths this round :frowning:
thanks for the round anyways stealth.
Action: try to escape its jaws and swim away

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I got oofed T_T oh well everyone who is still alive this round gl! Also ty as always

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Round 129 - P.1

Chat: https://discord.gg/weGdxFB

~32.25 million years since the Atroxian Explosion~
Atroxian Period, Untrustolithic Stage
Season: Late Spring (North), Late Winter (South)
Time of Day: Midday (West), Midnight (East)
Event: None

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 20c, 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 200m above standard, which makes the continental slope begin about 400m below the surface. The ocean is acidic, and the lysocline sits at 2000m. The planet is very tectonically active.

@RoboTrannic - Points Stored = 0
Xirnikrozz crusherei (VU)
SOUTHERN TARTARUS SHELF (Temperate Shallows)
Late Winter, Midday
You hatch out into cool, very dark water, so dark that you cannot see. However, electroreception indicates that there are a few other Xirnikrozz hatchlings nearby but no food. Your sense of smell reaches further and detects some possible prey in the distance. (1 + 1)
Stats
Maturity: 5% (Hatchling)
Current Size: 1.6cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 9.7/13.8 (70%)
Stamina: 100%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: None

Xirnikrozz crusherei

Status: VU
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 Summer, Midday
It is bright and tropically hot. Through the clear water, you search for a mate, circling to point your eye in all directions. The plains appear empty, so you try to leave and find a new location. You keep swimming but the plain does not come to an end quickly. But you spot something coming towards you. When it gets close, you finally are able to see that it is another adult Dentaskulus. You approach it, hoping to reproduce, but it hungrily attacks you. It tries to swing at you but misses as you turn and flee. You feel yourself tiring shortly after, but the other Dentaskulus is even worse condition and drops off before you tire completely. You are now alone again on the plains, but exhausted. (2)
Stats
Maturity: 100% (2/8 - Young Adult)
Current Size: 22.4cm
Health: Exhausted
Nutrition: 127.7/170.2 (75%)
Stamina: 10%
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 (Temperate Forest)
Late Summer, Midday
You hatch out into bright, warm water. You can detect the electrical signals of a couple of Aspondylus nearby and several Icthyotelus. (3 + 1)
Status
Maturity: 5% (Hatchling)
Current Size: 0.4cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 1.4/1.8 (80%)
Stamina: 100%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: Metabolism 1.25

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 Summer, Midday
You hatch out into bright, warm but slightly murky water. You can see some of your siblings close by, hatching from their eggs. With a burst of weak electricity, you can determine that there is seafloor not far below you, with Asposomus lining the bottom. However, in the direction in which the seafloor slopes upwards, you detect a Hemithateus and, in the other direction, a Soundwavia. (3 + 1)
Status:
Maturity: 5% (Hatchling)
Current Size: 1cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 7/8.7 (80%)
Stamina: 100%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: Metabolism x 1.25

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 omain 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
Edentulae edentulae (NT) - Male
TROPICAL NORTHWEST UTEENESSA (Tropical Shallows)
Late Spring, Midday
The Elinopterus backs out taking some flesh with it, although it is luckily not an essential part of the body. Ignoring the gaping wound in your side, you swim as fast as you can downwards. The Elinopterus is back for a second bite and pursues. You retreat further down, but the Elinopterus catches up. Flicks of your short but spiked tail, ward off another attack until the predator loses its stamina while you still have enough to keep going until you can no longer detect or smell the Elinopterus. Your surroundings are still tropically hot and almost as bright. You detect no other animals in your immediate surroundings but can smell moderate amounts of marine snow. You feebly filter a bit to stop your strength dropping even more. (6)
Status
Maturity: 5% (Hatchling)
Current Size: 0.6cm
Health: Impaled flank, starving
Nutrition: 0.4/3.9 (10%)
Stamina: 40%
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.129 - P.2

@Biologicah - Points Stored = 0
Neoxirnkirozz cormeus (LC)
SOUTHWEST TARTARUS SHELF (Temperate Shallows)
Late Winter, Midday
The water is cool, bright and slightly murky. You can smell a Phyoskulus a fair distance away and swim in that direction, over a sandy plain. Soon, you are getting close spotting a clump of seaweed growing in the plain. The Phyoskulus suddenly starts fleeing right towards you, from the other side of the seaweed suddenly appears a young Xirnikrozz. The Phyoskulus hatchling cannot dodge between you two in time as you use the other predator to your advantage. You bite down on the fleeing herbivore and kill it. You start eating the corpse, as the Xirnikrozz hangs around the area. In between bites, you can smell that there is a a whole school of Phyoskulus nearby. You grow into a juvenile. (4 + 1)
Status
Maturity: 25% (Juvenile)
Current Size: 11.5cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: (100%) (+20% left over for growth)
Stamina: 70%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: None

Neoxirnikrozz cormeus

Status: LC
Temporal Range: R.126 - Present (Untrustolithic)
Habitat: Temperate Shallows
Distribution: Southern Hemisphere
Niche: Apex Predator
Size: 46cm (length)
Nutritional Worth:
Predecessor: Xirnikrozz crusherei
Classification: Peragapodusinae (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: Heart, Larger
Info: The record for largest animal on Ezta has once again been broken, this time by Neoxirnikrozz, almost half a meter in length. This comparatively large predator dominates the temperate shallows around Tartarus, feeding on the large herbivores. It has been forced to evolve a primitive heart to pump blood around this large body.
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. The open circulatory system contains red blood is pumped around by a smal one-chambered heart in the ventral area. 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 surrounding, they avoid eating their own kind and they also remain close to their eggs until hatching.
Discoverer: StealthStyle

@jellyfishmon - Points Stored = 1
Pensaspidus jellyfishmonii (CR)
SOUTHWEST TARTARUS SHELF (Temperate Shallows)
Late Winter, Midday
The predator cuts down into your with its teeth, clouding the water with blood. You try to pull yourself free, inching closer, when suddenly an even larger version of the predator, which you can now see is a Stellingus acridon, arrives on the scene and attacks the other. This causes the first one to release you and you limp away - you find that you cannot fan your tail for some reason. Nonetheless, you are able to use your remaining strength to burst away with your hyponome, as the two predator fight behind you. Heading for the closest shelter, you jam yourself under a rock, as the largest Stellingus bites the first and kills it. You are starving. The water is bright, warm but slightly murky. Other animals have made themselves scarce. (6)
Status
Maturity: 45% (Juvenile)
Current Size: 3.4cm
Health: Bitten off fan tail, bleeding
Nutrition: 1.5/20.2 (7.5%)
Stamina: 40%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: None

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 = 1
Nimiastoma cavatunicus (NT) - Male
SOUTHWEST TARTARUS SHELF (Temperate Shallows)
Late Winter, Midday
It is bright, cool and slightly murky. As far as you can see, there is nowhere to hide, just empty plains and open water. You can feel yourself floating along freely on a current, resting as it carries you. You let your strings dangle, picking up bits of detritus in the current, and periodically pull them up into your mouth and feed. You feed very well on this food and grow into a juvenile but still small enough to flow with the current. You seem to have created a bit of space for yourself amongst the others filter-feeders; Nimiastoma or Masticephalus. You detect no signs of predators. (6 + 1 + 2 = Ding, ding, ding! Congrats, you have won a bonus point!)
Status
Maturity: 25% (Juvenile)
Current Size: 1.3cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition:7.9/7.9 (100%) (+20% left over growth)
Stamina: 90%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: None

Nimiastoma cavatunicus

Status: NT
Temporal Range: R.127 - Present (Untrustolithic)
Habitat: Temperate Shallows, Temperate Upper Ocean
Distribution: Southern Hemisphere
Niche: Pelagic Filter-Feeder
Size: 5cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: (61/10 X 5 =) 30.5NP
Predecessor: Ostracoderma kinifolis
Classification: Nimiastomasinae (sf), Ostracodermidae (f), Colyphora (o), Violymphia ©, Bilateria §
Perception: Decent vision with no depth perception either side, can sense chemicals up to ten metres away with accuracy.
Latest Mutations: Strong Tentacles For Swimming = 1, Phragmocone = 5, Larger = 3, Long Strings Used For Filtering = 5
Info: This species has floated upwards, away from its historically benthic kind, and risen to plough the water column for its microbial food. This flotation is made possible by the rounded shell deposited by the mantle that continues on past the cylindrical body, as it contains a phragmocone - sectioned off areas of gas that make the shell lighter than the surrounding water. This means the animal is suspended with its head facing down. The tentacles have been completely replaced by a thick curtain of rough string dangling from a circular ring around the mouth. The strings can be retracted into a pocket on the body, pulling any particles they’ve captured with them. The pair of find that their ancestors used to crawl along the floor, are now used to create a swimming movement.
Anatomy: A red, conical calcium carbonate shell produced by the mantle tops the cylindrical body pointing down, as it contains sections of gas creating a phragmocone. Most of the body is covered by this thick, heavy shell, with eyestalks and two cartilage-rayed fins sticking out through special pores and the gill slits are completely covered. The circular mouth contains small teeth and is surrounded by chemoreceptors and a ring of rough strings that dangle below and can be retracted into pockets. 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. Violet 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 Summer, Midday
It bright, warm and slightly murky. You start moving across the empty sands in search of some vegetation. So far, you find nothing. One of your siblings is still close by, when suddenly it is attacked by a predator. You are startled by its appearance and swim for safety. Fortunately, it is busy consuming your former sibling. You head over a sandbank, and the predator disappaears from view. You are free to continue searching for food. (1 + 1)
Status
Maturity: 5% (Hatchling)
Current Size: 1cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 4.4/7.7 (57.5%)
Stamina: 70%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: Metabolism x 1.25

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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Action: Find a coral reef or somewhere to hide

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Action:FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDD

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Action: Keep trying to find food.

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Action: Let’s go after those Phyoskulus…i? es?

1082

I’m probably dead next round or soon but im still going to try and stay alive.
Oh and thanks for the round stealth
Action: leave the area and look for food before I starve. Hunt close to the ground looking for worms or other slow animals.

1083

Thanks for the new round Stealth. :grin: And thanks for not killing me immediately dice. :sweat_smile:

Action: Go and find some food to eat.

1084

That was too close to my liking
Action: Keep going after the marine snow, keeping low if possible

1085

Action: Rest, and hope someone wants to reproduce with me.

1086

Round 130 - P.1

Chat: https://discord.gg/weGdxFB

~32.5 million years since the Atroxian Explosion~
Atroxian Period, Untrustolithic Stage
Season: Early Autumn (North), Early Spring (South)
Time of Day: Afternoon (West), Morning Twilight (East)
Event: None

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 20c, 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 200m above standard, which makes the continental slope begin about 400m below the surface. The ocean is acidic, and the lysocline sits at 2000m. The planet is very tectonically active.

@RoboTrannic - Points Stored = 0
Xirnikrozz crusherei (VU)
SOUTHERN TARTARUS SHELF (Temperate Shallows)
Early Spring, Afternoon
It’s cool and very dark. You can sense the electrical signals of your siblings nearby and smell some prey further off. A tidal current gains strength and starts to pull you along; since it is in the direction of the food, you allow it to take you without expending your energy. You get closer to the smell and find, by the smell of it, a freshly dead Phyoskulus youngster, caught in the tide. You eat your fill, joined by other young Xirnikrozz until you have had enough to grow into a juvenile. The tide no longer overpowers you, as it continues to head towards land. You can smell seaweed, and further along, at least one Phyoskulus. Light is finally returning and the temperature is increasing. (6)
Stats
Maturity: 35% (Juvenile)
Current Size: 10.9cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 93.7/93.7 (100%) (+30% left over for growth)
Stamina: 90%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: None

Xirnikrozz crusherei

Status: VU
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 Autumn, Afternoon
It is bright and tropically hot in the clear water. You drop down to the open seafloor where you rest, briefly but it is somewhat nourishing. You can still not detect any other Dentaskulus. The light is dropping. (3 + 1)
Stats
Maturity: 100% (2/8 - Young Adult)
Current Size: 22.4cm
Health: Exhausted
Nutrition: 85.1/170.2 (50%)
Stamina: 50%
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 (Temperate Forest)
Early Autumn, Afternoon
It is bright and warm. You can detect a lot of Icthyotelus and Aspondylus gathering nearby to filter around the surface. Many are adults and the throng pushes you downwards and you get no food. The temperature is dropping and so is the light. (3)
Status
Maturity: 5% (Hatchling)
Current Size: 0.4cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 1/1.8 (57.5%)
Stamina: 90%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: Metabolism 1.25

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 Autumn, Afternoon
It is bright and warm in the slightly murky water. Detecting a Soundwavia, albeit far off, you look for some place to hide. You swim down the short way to the seafloor, hovering over the Asposomus. There doesn’t appear to be a hiding spot here, so you desperately swim off in search of one. You find some rocks to hide behind, but you can no longer sense the Soundwavia, so the alarm has passed. You can also not sense Hemithateus any more, just the Asposomus. The temperature and light are dropping. (2 + 1)
Status:
Maturity: 5% (Hatchling)
Current Size: 1cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 5/8.7 (57.5%)
Stamina: 80%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: Metabolism x 1.25

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 omain 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
Edentulae edentulae (NT) - Male
TROPICAL NORTHWEST UTEENESSA (Tropical Upper Ocean)
Early Autumn, Afternoon
You manage to keep to the dark depths, where the tropical water is still hot, although from time to time you can feel cooler water below. You try to swim and filter in food, but your injuries you have sustained and exhaustion from the attack prevent you. You die of starvation. (2 + 1 = You have not thrived. You will be reborn, as your species goes on.)
Status
Maturity: 5% (Hatchling)
Current Size: 0.6cm
Health: Dead
Nutrition: N/A
Stamina: N/A
Hydration: N/A
Effects: N/A

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.130 - P.2

@Biologicah - Points Stored = 0
Neoxirnkirozz cormeus (LC)
SOUTHWEST TARTARUS SHELF (Temperate Shallows)
Early Spring, Afternoon
It is cool and bright in the slightly murky water. You head towards the smell of Phyoskulus, crossing the sandy plains of the shallow sea. You catch up with the school, but keep your distance. However, an adult Neoxirnikrozz turns up out of nowhere, charging at the Physokulus school. Immediately, they scatter and try to escape. You notice one being left behind that looks like it’s in difficulty, and you choose that one as your prey. The older Neoxirnikrozz has disappeared, off pursuing the others. You close in, but the Phyoskulus can only feebly respond and you easily take a few bites, delivering your venom. You then start to eat. You are able to eat so much that you grow into a subadult. Also, you can still smell the rest of the Phyoskulus school, where they have moved on to. The temperature is getting warmer but it is also getting darker. (5 + 1)
Status
Maturity: 85% (Subadult)
Current Size: 39.1cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: (100%) (+60% left over for growth)
Stamina: 50%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: None

Neoxirnikrozz cormeus

Status: LC
Temporal Range: R.126 - Present (Untrustolithic)
Habitat: Temperate Shallows
Distribution: Southern Hemisphere
Niche: Apex Predator
Size: 46cm (length)
Nutritional Worth:
Predecessor: Xirnikrozz crusherei
Classification: Peragapodusinae (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: Heart, Larger
Info: The record for largest animal on Ezta has once again been broken, this time by Neoxirnikrozz, almost half a meter in length. This comparatively large predator dominates the temperate shallows around Tartarus, feeding on the large herbivores. It has been forced to evolve a primitive heart to pump blood around this large body.
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. The open circulatory system contains red blood is pumped around by a smal one-chambered heart in the ventral area. 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 surrounding, they avoid eating their own kind and they also remain close to their eggs until hatching.
Discoverer: StealthStyle

@jellyfishmon - Points Stored = 1
Pensaspidus jellyfishmonii (EX)
SOUTHWEST TARTARUS SHELF (Temperate Shallows)
Early Spring, Afternoon
Starving, you limp out of your hiding spot to find something, anything, to eat. But in your desperation, you did not wait long enough for the coast to clear. Before you get far, the Stellingus acridon appears again, heading straight for you. Injured and hungry, you cannot out swim it. It bites around your torso, sharp teeth breaking through the chitinous cuticle. It has you in its grip. After a torturous while of bites, you eventually die, one of the last of your kind. (1 = Your species is extinct, doomed to the pages of history. Please choose a new species. Remember: No Species Lasts Forever.)
Status
Maturity: 45% (Juvenile)
Current Size: 3.4cm
Health: Dead
Nutrition: N/A
Stamina: N/A
Hydration: N/A
Effects: N/A

Pensaspidus jellyfishmonii

Status: EX
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 = 0
Nimiastoma cavatunicus (NT) - Male
SOUTHWEST TARTARUS SHELF (Temperate Shallows)
Early Spring, Afternoon
It is cool and bright in the slightly murky sea. Below, you can see sandy plains and you can feel yourself resting on a current. Pulling up your strings, you do not find any food at this time. Other filter-feeders, like Masticpehalus or other Nimiastoma are nearby. The temperature is increasing but the light is decreasing. (3)
Status
Maturity: 25% (Juvenile)
Current Size: 1.3cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 6.3/7.9 (80%)
Stamina: 80%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: None

Nimiastoma cavatunicus

Status: NT
Temporal Range: R.127 - Present (Untrustolithic)
Habitat: Temperate Shallows, Temperate Upper Ocean
Distribution: Southern Hemisphere
Niche: Pelagic Filter-Feeder
Size: 5cm (length)
Nutritional Worth: (61/10 X 5 =) 30.5NP
Predecessor: Ostracoderma kinifolis
Classification: Nimiastomasinae (sf), Ostracodermidae (f), Colyphora (o), Violymphia ©, Bilateria §
Perception: Decent vision with no depth perception either side, can sense chemicals up to ten metres away with accuracy.
Latest Mutations: Strong Tentacles For Swimming = 1, Phragmocone = 5, Larger = 3, Long Strings Used For Filtering = 5
Info: This species has floated upwards, away from its historically benthic kind, and risen to plough the water column for its microbial food. This flotation is made possible by the rounded shell deposited by the mantle that continues on past the cylindrical body, as it contains a phragmocone - sectioned off areas of gas that make the shell lighter than the surrounding water. This means the animal is suspended with its head facing down. The tentacles have been completely replaced by a thick curtain of rough string dangling from a circular ring around the mouth. The strings can be retracted into a pocket on the body, pulling any particles they’ve captured with them. The pair of find that their ancestors used to crawl along the floor, are now used to create a swimming movement.
Anatomy: A red, conical calcium carbonate shell produced by the mantle tops the cylindrical body pointing down, as it contains sections of gas creating a phragmocone. Most of the body is covered by this thick, heavy shell, with eyestalks and two cartilage-rayed fins sticking out through special pores and the gill slits are completely covered. The circular mouth contains small teeth and is surrounded by chemoreceptors and a ring of rough strings that dangle below and can be retracted into pockets. 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. Violet 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 Autumn, Afternoon
It is bright and warm in the slightly murky water. You searching for algae to eat when from the side a shape appears. A Sanelectrophorus appears out of the gloom, heading straight for you. You start to swim away, but you then stop and hold your tail in between it and yourself. The predator hesitates, then lunges forwards. You smack it with your tail, a couple of your spines slashing across its face. It retreats into the gloom, and you can go on with your life. The temperature and light are dropping. (1 + 1)
Status
Maturity: 5% (Hatchling)
Current Size: 1cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 1.2/7.7 (15%)
Stamina: 40%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: Metabolism x 1.25

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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Action: Chase after the school and FEED

1089

Action: Rest, and try hunting for food instead.

1090

Thanks for the new round Stealth.

Action: Try and muscle my way in for some last morsels of food. If not go scrounging lower down.

1091

Action:Hope that the gods will give me salvation for my genorosity and find food