@zenzonegaming, in what way do you want to improve your brain? Also, would you like to name your new species?
improve memory and problem solving skills.
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Round 194 - P.1
~64.6 million years since the Atroxian Began~
Oliverian Period, Astathean Stage
Event: 15 - Asteroid
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Tectonic activity carries on, causing the volcanoes at mid-ocean ridges to pump megatonnes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. A number of large bays have emerged where the land continues to break up. The global temperature has stabilised at 30c. The climate is now mostly tropical and subtropical, as temperate zones have been pushed into the polar zones. Because of the heat, the oceans are highly stratified and water below the thermocline is hypoxic. Ocean downwelling occurs now at the equator, and at much less frequency.
Far out in space, a large asteroid has the planet of Ezta in its crosshairs, and is moving quickly towards it. It will arrive in days. Preceding it, are fractures of small rocks that have broken off it; these are visible as frequent shooting stars crossing the sky for the preceding days. The shooting star display is especially beautiful at night, far above the silent, rocky land and the bustling waterways and oceans.
@Agenttine - Points Stored = 3
Salcaedis corcillum, Male (LC)
Tropical Wet-Dry Barrens, Early Spring
You chase down one of the Icthyotelus that you see, quickly catching up to it. You grab it in your claws and cut through it easily, quickly killing it. You then consume your catch to get some nutrition back. You are now exhausted though. The brackish water is hot and murky. The bed is muddy, and the tide is slowly retreating. You see a few Icthyotelus sensus swim past. You can sense some saltwater in one direction. You can smell a couple Pultrypa. (3 + 1)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 55% (Juvenile) / 7.2cm / 6 months
Health: Exhausted
Stamina/Nutrition/Hydration: 35% / 2.2/2.7 (80%) / 100%
Temperature: Hot (Metabolism x 1.5)
Notes: None
Salcaedis corcillum
Latest Mutations: Tropical Tolerance = 5, Intelligence = 6, Heart = 5, Stronger Mandibles = 2
This species has become marine, occupying the tropics around the Uteenessa Ocean. It can only hunt soft-bodied creatures because it has rather blunt and weak pincers. It can also graze. When reproducing, they return to certain sites in estuaries based in the tropics across both Olympia and Tartarus. This is thanks to their ability to remember long-term events.
Status: LC
Habitat: Tropical Shallows, Tropical Upper Ocean & Brackish Water in Tropical Very Humid Barrens, Tropical Monsoon Barrens, Tropical Wet-Dry Barrens, Tropical Winter Semi-Arid Barrens, Tropical Arid Barrens, Subtropical Very Humid Barrens, Subtropical Monsoon Barrens, Subtropical Wet-Dry Barrens, Subtropical Winter Semi-Arid Barrens, Subtropical Arid Barrens, Subtropical Very Arid Barrens
Niche: Predator, Herbivore
Size: 13cm (length)
Nutritional Need: (133NP/10) x 13/10 = 14.8NP
Food / Oxygen Requirement: (14.8 x 0.6) x 0.9 = 8NP / 14.8NP
Abilities: Moderate UV Resistance, Pincers Penetrate Hardness 0, Moulting, Can Roll Up. Osmoregulation (High Salinity, Brackish Tolerance), Circulation, Excretion. Long-Term Memory.
Perception: Chemoreception 2 (Senses chemical particles from 5m away, only vague sense of direction), Sight 1 (Clear sight to the sides), Perceives Blue and Green.
Stats: Respiration 1, Coordination 1. Digestion 1.2 (Can Break Down Multicellular Matter, Can Digest Meat, Can Digest Plants, 10% less), Immunity (Immunity Physical Barrier), Support 1.5, Intelligence 1, Desiccation Resistance 1, Hardness 3. Walk Speed 2, Swim Speed 4.1, Stamina 2, Jumping 1, Strength 0.5, Dexterity 0.5, Filtration -0.5. Evolution 1 (4 mutations).
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. When feeling pain; roll up into a ball. When hungry; look or sense for algae or animals. In Early Spring, when ready to reproduce, move to brackish water and gather in specific breeding sites and then sense for pheromones of opposite sex and move towards them, then attempt to mate with the source.
External Features: Iridiphore pigments give the calcified exoskeleton with many plates covering the cylindrical body a metallic, blue sheen. This covers the skin. The mouth has a pair of mandibles (chelicera) and also has nearby chemoreceptors. On the side of the head are a pair of lens eyes and behind them a pair of compound eyes. The exoskeleton sports ten pairs of legs; the first are chelipeds which end in long, serrated pincers (chela), the next four are lined with paddles and used for walking and the final five are smaller, forked (biramous) swimmerets, also with paddles. The exoskeleton ends in a fan tail, and below this is a hyponome.
Internal Features: Spiracles at the edge of the body draw in water past gill-like structures. A closed circulatory system of blood vessels transports blue blood efficiently around the body, pumped by a two-chambered heart. Anti-freeze glycoproteins circulate in the body fluids. A nephridium funnels out chemical waste and expels it through a pore. The body is supported by a system of muscles. From the mouth, a tube leads to the stomach, then into the coiled intestines and finally to the anus. A brain in the head connects to a nerve cord, which itself is connected to nerves like rungs of a ladder. In the centre of the body is a swim bladder, while below can be found testes (in a male or hermaphrodite) or an ova (in a female or hermaphrodite). Throughout the whole body seeps a bitter fluid.
Reproduction: Sexual, Ovuliparity (External Fertilisation). 1,000 eggs. Hermaphroditism.
Castes/Phases: Male & Female until late life (Identical) (+1 Evolution)
Locomotion: Walking. Paddling. Fluke Swimming. Hyponome Burst. Buoyancy Control.
@immortaldragon - Points Stored = 2
Lepidoderes immortalii (NT)
Subpolar Temperate Shallows, Late Autumn
You follow the scent of soft coral, towards where it gets stronger. You try to keep a look out for danger but itās pitch black. The first sign of danger that you get is a Cerceps claw grabbing one of your fins and tearing it off. The gaping wound spills your blood into the water. Only now do you notice the electrical signal of a Cerceps practically right on top of you. The salty water is still cool and pitch black. You smell the soft coral still as well as sensing the Cerceps. (1)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 25% (Juvenile) / 1.5cm / 6 months
Health: Healthy
Stamina/Nutrition/Hydration: 45% / 2.8/3.5 (80%) / 100%
Temperature: Cool (Metabolism x 1)
Notes: None
Lepidoderes immortalii
Latest Mutations: Extend scale covering = 6, Scales become more flexible = 4, Remove scales from Hatchling stage = 6
A small proto-fish, this species has different types of scale to its predecessor; instead of being brittle yet heavy, they are flexible and light; instead of covering just the tail, the scales go up to where the head begins. The scales can even be shed when attacked to distract or lose an enemy and are quickly regrown. Interestingly, the hatchlings are born without scales and are developed when the reach the juvenile stage.
Status: NT
Habitat: Subpolar Temperate Shallows, Subpolar Temperate Upper Ocean, Polar Temperate Shallows, Polar Temperature Upper Ocean
Niche: Predator
Size: 6cm (length)
Nutritional Need: (184NP/10) x 7.5/10 = 13.8NP
Food / Oxygen Requirement: (13.8 x 0.6) x 0.9 = 7.5NP / 13.8NP
Abilities: Air Space. Barrier Immune System. Bioluminescence. Circulation. Cutaneous Respiration. Fatal Toxin. Gas Buoyancy. Liquid Excretion. Permeable Skin. Penetrates Hardness 1 (jaw). Ram Ventilation. Short-Term Memory. Solid Excretion. Strong UV Resistance.
Perception: Electroreception 1 (1 body length away, sideways field). Sight 1 (clear vision to the front, depth perception), Smell 1 (Detects smells).
Stats: Agility 1. Buoyancy 1. Coordination 1. Digestion 2 (Can break down multicellular matter, can digest meat, 20% off). Filtration 0. Intelligence 1. Reflexes -1. Respiration 1. Sharpness 2. Stamina 2.5. Strength 1.5. Swim Speed 2.4. Support 1.5. Toughness 1. Walk Speed 0.7.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. When observing a predator; swim away. When hungry; look for prey. When ready to reproduce, smell for other adults and move towards them, then attempt to mate with the source.
External Features: The fish-shaped body has black melanin pigmentation in its
skin. The mouth contains razor-sharp teeth and has a pair of olfactory receptors above it. There are also forwards facing eyes. Cycloid, deciduous scales cover from tail to where the head begins. A line of electroreceptors flanks the body. It has oval pectoral ray-fins and a semi-circular diphycercal caudal fin beneath the tail. At the base of the tail is a pair of spines. The whole of the body is covered in cycloid scales and blue autogenic photophores. Scales are not present in hatchlings.
Internal Features: Migmachordatix toxin is produced and secreted into spines. Three gill slits line just behind the head. A network of vascular blood vessels circulates red blood containing hemoglobin is pumped by a two-chambered heart. There is also a nephridium and the body is lined with muscle. The mouth is supported by a cartilage jaw. Food enters the stomach and then the intestine before exiting the anus. A brain with a memory lobe leads to a nerve cord with nerves running off like rungs on a ladder. The nerve cord is supported by a cartilage vertebrae. In the centre of the body is a swim bladder and below this are the testes in males and ova in females, with both in hermaphrodites.
Reproduction: Sexual. Ovuliparity (External Fertilisation). 1,000 eggs.
Castes/Phases: Hatchling and Final Form.
Locomotion: Carangiforme (+1 Swim Speed). Crawling. Active. (20NP)
External Features: Fish-Shaped Body (+1 Swim Speed). Black melanin (2NP, Strong UV Resistance). Skin (2NP, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Barrier Immune System, +Permeable Skin, +Cutaneous Respiration). Mouth (+1 Filtration). Razor-Sharp Teeth (4NP, +2 Sharpness, -1 Filtration, Weapon). Olfactory Receptors (2NP, +1 Smell).
Eyes (7NP, +1 Sight). Deciduous, cycloid scales (4NP, +0.5 Toughness, +0.2 Swim Speed). Electroreceptors (2NP, +1 Electroreception). Pectoral Fins (4NP, +1 Agility, +0.2 Walk Speed, -0.2 Speed). Diphycercal Caudal Fin (4NP, +1 Swim Speed). Spines (4NP, +1 Sharpness, Weapon). Cycloid Scales (4NP, +0.5 Toughness, +0.2 Swim Speed, +Deciduous Scales). Photophores (9NP, +Bioluminescence).
Internal Features: Migmachordatix Toxin Gland (7NP, Fatal Toxin). Gills (4NP, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, Ram Ventilation). Closed Circulatory System (11NP, Circulation, +0.5 Stamina). Heart (11NP, +1 Stamina). Nephridium (7NP, Liquid Excretion). Longitudinal Muscles (3NP, +0.5 Walk Speed, +0.5 Swim Speed, +0.5 Support, +0.5 Strength, Allows Crawling). Stomach (11NP, +1 Digestion, Can Break Down Multicellular Matter, Can Digest Meat). Intestines (7NP, +1 Digestion, Solid Excretion). Brain and nerve network with memory lobe (30NP, +1 Coordination, +1 Intelligence, +Short-Term Memory). Cartilage Jaw (4NP, Penetrates Hardness 1). Cartilage Vertebrae (4NP, +1 Support, +1 Strength). Swim Bladder Without Duct (7NP, +1 Buoyancy, Gas Buoyancy, Air Space). Testes (7NP). Ova (7NP).
Temporal Range: R.193 - Present (Astathean Stage of the Oliverian)
Distribution: Northern Hemisphere
Lifespan: 1 year
Predecessor: Pigocauda corallus
Classification: Pigocaudinae (sf), Sanicthyopsidae (f)
Discoverer: Immortal
@soundwave - Points Stored = 2
Empropthalmus soundwavia (LC)
Subpolar Temperate Upper Ocean, Early Autumn
You suffer from a brief, fairly mild illness, but it saps the remaining energy out of you. You die from exhaustion. (2 + 1 = You have not thrived. You will be reborn, as your species goes on.)
Status:
Maturity/Size/Age: 15% (Hatchling) / 1.2cm / 5 months
Health: Dead
Stamina/Nutrition/Hydration: N/A
Temperature: N/A
Notes: N/A
Empropthalmus soundwavia
Latest Mutations: Electric Organ = 4, Better Eyesight = 5, Smell Blood = 2
This Southern Hemisphere proto-fish has a true camera eye, which allows it to see clearer and further, and an active electroreception sense but it has a less powerful sense of smell. The eyes help it to hunt in the sunlit summers, while electroreception aids in the dark polar nights. This small predator lives in small shoals and uses its sharp, venomous fangs to subdue prey.
Status: Unlisted
Habitat: Subpolar Temperate Shallows, Subpolar Temperate Upper Ocean, Polar Temperate Shallows, Polar Temperate Upper Ocean
Niche: Predator
Size: 8cm (length)
Nutritional Need: (183NP/10) x 8/10 = 14.6NP
Food / Oxygen Requirement: (14.6 x 0.6) x 0.9 = 7.9NP / 14.6 x 0.9 = 13.1NP
Abilities: Air Space. Bioluminescence. Excretion, Liquid. Excretion, Solid. Toxin, Fatal. Circulation, Large-Body. Penetrates Toughness 1 (jaw). Permeable Skin. Pressure Tolerance, Moderate. UV Resistance, Strong.
Perception: Electroreception 1 (passive electrical field 1 body length away). Sight 2 (Binocular Vision, Front). Smell 0.5 (detects odours 1m away).
Stats: Agility 1. Buoyancy 1. Coordination 1. Digestion 2 (Break Down Multicellular Matter, Digest Meat, 10% off). Evolution 1 (4 votes). Filtration 0.5. Flexibility 2. Immunity 1. Intelligence 1. Memory 2 (1 month). Respiration 2 (Cutaneous Respiration, Ram Ventilation, 10% off). Sharpness 1. Stamina 3. Strength 1.5. Support 1.5. Swim Speed 3.3. Toughness 0.5. Walk Speed 0.7.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. When observing a predator; swim away. When hungry; look for prey. When ready to reproduce, smell for other adults and move towards them, then attempt to mate with the source. Join small shoals of other members of the species.
External Features: It has a fish-shaped body with black pigmentation, oval pectoral ray-fins, a caudal fin beneath the tail and two spines at itās base. Cycloid scales cover the skin and a line of electroreceptors on the flank and blue autogenic photophores dot the body. A mouth containing sharp teeth and a pair of fangs in the upper jaw, olfactory receptors are on the head. They have forwards facing camera eyes with a calcite lens, that focuses by moving backwards and forwards, but have a blind spot.
Internal Features: Inside each cell has a low pressure tolerant metabolism. Migmachordatix toxin is produced and secreted into spines. Three gill slits sit each side of head. A network of vascular blood vessels circulates red blood containing hemoglobin, pumped by a simple heart. Muscles line either side of the body between the body wall and the cartilage vertebrae. The mouth is supported by a cartilage jaw, which is linked to a cartilage skull. The gastrointestinal tract from the mouth has a stomach with digestive juices followed by intestines, with vegetation-digesting microfauna, leading to the anus. There is also a liver. A brain with a memory lobe encased in the head connects to two nerve cords which branch into network of nerves. A swim bladder lies in the centre of the body. There is an electric organ. It hosts either male or female gonads. Kidneys, connected to circulatory system, expels waste to the bladder a tract.
Reproduction: Sexual. Ovuliparity (External Fertilisation). 1,000 eggs.
Castes/Phases: Male and Female (Identical) (+1 Evolution).
Locomotion: Carangiforme (+1 Swim Speed). Crawling. Gas Buoyancy. Active. (20NP)
@blackink - Points Stored = 1
Archaeostomus fallus (CR)
Subpolar Temperate Upper Ocean, Early Autumn
The Cerceps tries attacking you again but it canāt get through the scales. It eventually gives up and swims off. You crawl through viscous water towards the sight of proto-fish swimming about together in a shoal. Itās a long journey. You get close and they start to come towards you. Luckily, it is the Archaeostomus and you are not attacked. You join the shoal. You smell a nearby dead Masticephalus and move towards it. You are able to eat the corpse and have your fill. You are even more exhausted now. Out in front you can see the wide open ocean, with no sign of any surfaces. There is the occasional Masticephalus lepusensis and Anazitonta. Sunlight beams into the clear, warm water. You detect the presence of your three new shoal mates. You can see further away a shoal of Empropthalmus. (5)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 1% (Hatchling) / 0.8mm / 0 days
Health: Scratched, exhausted
Stamina/Nutrition/Hydration: 5% / 0.1/0.1 (100%) / 100%
Temperature: Warm (Metabolism x 1.25)
Notes: None
Archaeostomus fallus
Latest Mutations: Long-Term Memory = 6, Quicker Sexual Maturity = 3, Venomous Fangs = 5
This proto-fish has a mouth reminiscent of the Archeoarcha that went extinct in the very early stages of the Oliverian, because it shares venomous fangs with the aforementioned has a larger brain than any other species at the time it appeared because it has a longer memory, that can store information for up to a month.
They use this memory to recognise individuals in the small shoals that they form.
Status: CR
Habitat: Temperate Shallows, Temperate Upper Ocean
Niche: Predator.
Size: 8cm (length)
Nutritional Need: (179NP/10) x 8/10 = 7.2NP
Food / Oxygen Requirement: (7.2 x 0.6) x 0.9 = 4.3NP / 7.2 x 0.9 = 6.5NP
Abilities: Air Space. Bioluminescence. Excretion, Liquid. Excretion, Solid. Toxin, Fatal. Circulation, Large-Body. Penetrates Toughness 1 (jaw). Permeable Skin. Pressure Tolerance, Moderate. UV Resistance, Strong.
Perception: Electroreception 1 (passive electrical field 1 body length away). Blurry Sight (above). Smell 1 (detects odours 1m away).
Stats: Agility 1. Buoyancy 1. Coordination 1. Digestion 2 (Break Down Multicellular Matter, Digest Meat, 10% off). Evolution 1 (4 votes). Filtration 0.5. Flexibility 2. Immunity 1. Intelligence 1. Memory 2 (1 month). Respiration 2 (Cutaneous Respiration, Ram Ventilation, 10% off). Sharpness 1. Stamina 3. Strength 1.5. Support 1.5. Swim Speed 3.3. Toughness 0.5. Walk Speed 0.7.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. When observing a predator; swim away. When hungry; look for prey. When ready to reproduce, smell for other adults and move towards them, then attempt to mate with the source.
External Features: It has a fish-shaped body with black pigmentation, oval pectoral ray-fins, a caudal fin beneath the tail and two spines at itās base. Cycloid scales cover the skin and a line of electroreceptors on the flank and blue autogenic photophores dot the body. A mouth containing sharp teeth and a pair of fangs in the upper jaw, olfactory receptors and upwards facing pinhole eyes make up the face.
Internal Features: Inside each cell has a low pressure tolerant metabolism. Migmachordatix toxin is produced and secreted into spines. Three gill slits sit each side of head. A network of vascular blood vessels circulates red blood containing hemoglobin, pumped by a simple heart. Muscles line either side of the body between the body wall and the cartilage vertebrae. The mouth is supported by a cartilage jaw, which is linked to a cartilage skull. The gastrointestinal tract from the mouth has a stomach with digestive juices followed by intestines, with vegetation-digesting microfauna, leading to the anus. There is also a liver. A brain with a memory lobe encased in the head connects to two nerve cords which branch into network of nerves. A swim bladder lies in the centre of the body. It hosts either male or female gonads. Kidneys, connected to circulatory system, expels waste to the bladder a tract.
Reproduction: Sexual. Ovuliparity (External Fertilisation). 1,000 eggs.
Castes/Phases: Male and Female (Identical) (+1 Evolution).
Locomotion: Carangiforme (+1 Swim Speed). Crawling. Gas Buoyancy. Active. (20NP)
@jellyfishmon - Points Stored = 1
Pultrypa falbracchi, Male (LC)
Tropical Very Wet Barrens
You have a rest on the muddy riverbed. You rest safely and recover some energy. Immediately, you search for more Pultrypa and follow the scent of one through the murky water. When it visually materialises out of the murk, you approach it. However, it becomes clear you are not compatible because this is another male and so your search must go on. But now, after a while of mating and neglecting food, you have become starving. The brackish water is hot and murky. The bed is muddy, and the tide is slowly retreating. You see a few Icthyotelus sensus swim past. You can, again, smell another Pultrypa in one direction and a Salcaedis is another. (4)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 100% (Adult) / 20cm / 1 year
Health: Starving
Stamina/Nutrition/Hydration: 65% / 1.5/14.8 (10%) / 100%
Temperature: Hot (Metabolism x 1.5)
Notes: 1 Reproductive Point
Pultrypa falbracchi
Latest Mutations: Bigger = 4, Larger, Sharper Mandibles = 6 (penetrates hardness 3), Spring-loaded Arm (a small saddle that winds up the arm to strike quicker) = 4, Better Respiration = 6
The claws of Pultrypa are devastating weapons; they are long, serrated and can crush through even calcified chitin exoskeletons. The only armour they cannot penetrate are full on calcium carbonate shells. And a saddle-like muscle can prepare the chelipeds to be launched like they are spring-loaded, moving these dangerous weapons with lightning-quick speed. Add all this to their relative size, the largest animal at the time of its appearance, and improved respiratory system, which has enlarged the spiracles into chambers, and it creates an Oliverian apex predator.
Status: Unlisted
Habitat: Tropical Shallows, Tropical Upper Ocean & Brackish Water in Tropical Very Humid Barrens, Tropical Monsoon Barrens, Tropical Wet-Dry Barrens, Tropical Winter Semi-Arid Barrens, Tropical Arid Barrens, Subtropical Very Humid Barrens, Subtropical Monsoon Barrens, Subtropical Wet-Dry Barrens, Subtropical Winter Semi-Arid Barrens, Subtropical Arid Barrens, Subtropical Very Arid Barrens
Niche: Predator, Herbivore
Size: 20cm (length)
Nutritional Need: (160NP/10) x 20/10 = 14.8NP
Food / Oxygen Requirement: (14.8 x 0.6) x 0.9 = 8NP / 14.8NP
Abilities: Anti-Freeze. Buoyancy. Circulation, Large-Body. Excretion, Liquid. All High Pressures Intolerant. Moults. Osmoregulation, Variable (Brackish, High Salinity). Penetrates Toughness 3. Rolls Up. Taste, Bitter. UV Resistance, Moderate.
Perception: Chemoreception 2 (Detects chemicals 5m away from the front). Peripheral Vision (Clear sight to the side). Sight 2 (Clear sight to the side, Blue and Green Perception).
Stats: Coordination 1. Desiccation Resistance 2. Dexterity 1. Digestion 2.2 (Digests Meat, 12% off). Filtration 0. Flexibility -0.5. Immunity 1. Intelligence 1. Jumping 1. Reactions 1. Respiration 1 (Stationary Respiration). Stamina 3. Strength 0.5. Support 1.5. Swim Speed 2.4. Toughness 3. Walk Speed 1.5.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. When feeling pain; roll up into a ball. When hungry; look or sense for algae or animals. In Early Spring, when ready to reproduce, move to brackish water and gather in specific breeding sites (+1 Evolution) and then sense for pheromones of opposite sex and move towards them, then attempt to mate with the source.
External Features: About fourteen segments of a calcified, chitin exoskeleton cover the cylindrical, slightly rounded body, and connected by a flexible tissue. The structure creates a blue sheen. The exoskeleton covers the skin. A pair of mandibles lay on either side of the mouth. There are also chemoreceptors on the front and at the side of the head are a pair of lens eyes, then a pair of compound eyes both with blue and green receptor cells. On each segment of the middle exoskeleton is a pair of jointed legs, adding up to ten. The first pair are chelipeds which ends in long, serrated pincers (chela). The next four pairs of legs are lined with paddles up until the tip. The final five pairs are biramous swimmerets, lined with paddles. At the end is a fan tail, extended from the exoskeleton, with a hyponome below.
Internal Features: The hyponome does not form much of a chamber. Spiracles dotted along the body lead to muscular chambers containing gills. The mouth leads to a tube that reaches the stomach, which connects to the coiled intestines and this to the anus. A brain in the head connects to a nerve cord, which is connected to nerves that spread across the body like rungs of a ladder. Blood vessels cross all over the body, connected to a two-chambered heart. The blood is blue because it contains hemocyanin; it also contains anti-freeze glycoproteins. A muscular system exists in the body, including a saddle-like muscle on the inside joint of the chelipeds. There is a nephridium, a swim bladder and sexual organs. A bitter fluid is produced by a sac.
Reproduction: Sexual, Ovuliparity (External Fertilisation). 1,000 eggs per spawning. Hermaphroditism.
Castes/Phases: Male & Female until late life (Identical) (+1 Evolution)
Locomotion: Walking. Paddling. Hyponome Cruising.
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R.194 - P.2
@Spring_blooms - Points Stored = 2
Dolichostoma springbloomi (NT)
Tropical Shallows
You paddle along through the hot, clear but viscous water towards the scent of a patch of food to one side of the current which carries you. Your eye is positioned facing downwards, so you see the blurry seabed as you move along and do not see forwards until you bump straight into a large jellyfish. Frantically, you try to row the other way and manage to get some distance between yourself and the jellyfish. It was exhausting and you got no food so you are also starving. You are still being taken along a current, gliding above the long, sandy seabed, interspersed with rocks, algae, sponges or soft corals. You detect the chemicals of jellyfish riding the current and intervals of food dotted around the water. (2)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 1% (Hatchling) / 0.4mm / 0 days
Health: Scratched, exhausted, starving
Stamina/Nutrition//Hydration: 30% / 0.1/0.1 (15%) / 100%
Temperature: Hot (Metabolism x 1.5)
Notes: None
Dolichostoma springbloomi
Latest Mutations: Increased Intelligence = 3, Increased Size = 5, More Efficient Digestive System = 3
Dolichostoma has a peculiar mouth which has a long, trunk-like siphon. The siphon contracts its muscles to draw water, and with it food, into the mouth. Cirri on the end of the siphon further help to draw food in.
Status: Unlisted
Habitat: Tropical Shallows, Tropical Upper Ocean
Niche: Pelagic Filter-Feeder
Size: 4cm (length)
Nutritional Need: (136NP/10) x (4/10) = 2NP
Food / Oxygen Requirement: (2 x 0.6) x 0.9 = 1NP / 2 x 0.9 = NP
Abilities: Anti-Freeze. Barrier Immune System. Circulation. Cutaneous Respiration. Liquid Excretion. Long-Term Memory. Moderate UV Resistance. Permeable Skin.
Perception: Blurry Vision. Chemoreception 2 (Senses chemicals 5m away). Light Detection.
Stats: Agility 0.5. Coordination. Digestion 2 (can break down multicellular matter, 10% off). Filtration 3. Intelligence 1. Respiration 2 (10% off). Solid Excretion. Stability 1. Stamina 2.5. Strength 1. Support 1. Swim Speed 1.5. Walk Speed 0.5.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. When feeling pain; swim away. When hungry; filter with tentacles. When ready to reproduce, sense for a member of the opposite sex, move toward it and mate with the source. There is a chemical for each of the following meanings: āfollow meā, ādangerā and āhelpā.
External Features: The soft skin of the cylindrical body is covered in yellow structural colouration. The mouth has a siphon that extends from it and on the end are eight cirri with chemoreceptors. On one side of the body is a pinhole eye, on the other an eyespot. An umbrella-shaped lobe , made of four parts that can fold in, surrounds the head and four membranous lobes running down the body have cillia on them.
Internal Features: Behind the head are six gill slits. An open circulatory system carries fluid across the body, and anti-freeze glycoproteins travel in the fluid. There is also a nephridium and muscles lay longitudinally along the body. A tube from the mouth meets the intestines, which leads to the anus. A brain in the head is connected to the nerve cord with branches of nerves, with a notochord running along side it. In the male, a testes can be found and in the female an ova can be found.
Reproduction: Sexual, Ovuliparity (External Fertilisation). 1,000 eggs.
Castes/Phases: Male and Female (Identical). (Evolution +1)
Locomotion: Suspension, Cilliated Rowing. Active (20NP)
@OoferDoofer - Points Stored = 2
Archaeostomus fallus (CR)
Subpolar Temperate Upper Ocean, Early Autumn
The rest of the shoal move towards another young Archaeostomus that is wriggling through the water from the depths, where it has escaped the attack of a Cerceps. You are bound to follow them, move away from the Empropthalmus. The newcomer joins the shoal. Out in front you can see the wide open ocean, with no sign of any surfaces. There is the occasional Masticephalus lepusensis and Anazitonta. Sunlight beams into the clear, warm water. You detect the presence of your three shoal mates. You can see further away a shoal of Empropthalmus.
Status:
Maturity/Size/Age: 1% (Hatchling) / 8mm / 0 days
Health: Healthy
Stamina/Nutrition/Hydration: 55% / 0.1/0.1 (50%) / 100%
Temperature: Warm (Metabolism x 1.25)
Notes: None
Archaeostomus fallus
Latest Mutations: Long-Term Memory = 6, Quicker Sexual Maturity = 3, Venomous Fangs = 5
This proto-fish has a mouth reminiscent of the Archeoarcha that went extinct in the very early stages of the Oliverian, because it shares venomous fangs with the aforementioned has a larger brain than any other species at the time it appeared because it has a longer memory, that can store information for up to a month.
They use this memory to recognise individuals in the small shoals that they form.
Status: CR
Habitat: Temperate Shallows, Temperate Upper Ocean
Niche: Predator.
Size: 8cm (length)
Nutritional Need: (179NP/10) x 8/10 = 7.2NP
Food / Oxygen Requirement: (7.2 x 0.6) x 0.9 = 4.3NP / 7.2 x 0.9 = 6.5NP
Abilities: Air Space. Bioluminescence. Excretion, Liquid. Excretion, Solid. Toxin, Fatal. Circulation, Large-Body. Penetrates Toughness 1 (jaw). Permeable Skin. Pressure Tolerance, Moderate. UV Resistance, Strong.
Perception: Electroreception 1 (passive electrical field 1 body length away). Blurry Sight (above). Smell 1 (detects odours 1m away).
Stats: Agility 1. Buoyancy 1. Coordination 1. Digestion 2 (Break Down Multicellular Matter, Digest Meat, 10% off). Evolution 1 (4 votes). Filtration 0.5. Flexibility 2. Immunity 1. Intelligence 1. Memory 2 (1 month). Respiration 2 (Cutaneous Respiration, Ram Ventilation, 10% off). Sharpness 1. Stamina 3. Strength 1.5. Support 1.5. Swim Speed 3.3. Toughness 0.5. Walk Speed 0.7.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. When observing a predator; swim away. When hungry; look for prey. When ready to reproduce, smell for other adults and move towards them, then attempt to mate with the source.
External Features: It has a fish-shaped body with black pigmentation, oval pectoral ray-fins, a caudal fin beneath the tail and two spines at itās base. Cycloid scales cover the skin and a line of electroreceptors on the flank and blue autogenic photophores dot the body. A mouth containing sharp teeth and a pair of fangs in the upper jaw, olfactory receptors and upwards facing pinhole eyes make up the face.
Internal Features: Inside each cell has a low pressure tolerant metabolism. Migmachordatix toxin is produced and secreted into spines. Three gill slits sit each side of head. A network of vascular blood vessels circulates red blood containing hemoglobin, pumped by a simple heart. Muscles line either side of the body between the body wall and the cartilage vertebrae. The mouth is supported by a cartilage jaw, which is linked to a cartilage skull. The gastrointestinal tract from the mouth has a stomach with digestive juices followed by intestines, with vegetation-digesting microfauna, leading to the anus. There is also a liver. A brain with a memory lobe encased in the head connects to two nerve cords which branch into network of nerves. A swim bladder lies in the centre of the body. It hosts either male or female gonads. Kidneys, connected to circulatory system, expels waste to the bladder a tract.
Reproduction: Sexual. Ovuliparity (External Fertilisation). 1,000 eggs.
Castes/Phases: Male and Female (Identical) (+1 Evolution).
Locomotion: Carangiforme (+1 Swim Speed). Crawling. Gas Buoyancy. Active. (20NP)
@Zenzonegaming - Points Stored = 3
Saccenta marsupius, Male (LC)
Tropical Very Humid Barrens, Early Spring
You hatch out into freshwater. Itās fairly murky and hot. You are flowing down along the current, and you can see a Dinocaroides nearby. You go to hunt it but start to feel ill. The illness saps your energy but then passes. You are now exhausted. You see around you the fairly murky river and muddy riverbed. Overnight, you see streaks of shooting stars course through the sky. The days comes back, and they become harder to see. You see a few Mandibulidon parvus crawling through the water. You can smell a Sclerocephalus somewhere. (1 + 1)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 1% (Adult) / 1.6mm / 0 years
Health: Exhausted
Stamina/Nutrition/Hydration: 35% / (45%) / 100%
Temperature: Hot (Metabolism x 1.5)
Notes: None
Saccenta marsupius
Latest Mutations: Better Brain = 4, Retractable lure = 3, Special sack = 5, Burrow into sand and ambush prey = 4
Info
Status: Unlisted
Habitat: Freshwater & Brackish Water in Tropical Very Humid Barrens, Tropical Monsoon Barrens, Tropical Wet-Dry Barrens, Tropical Winter Semi-Arid Barrens, Tropical Arid Barrens, Subtropical Very Humid Barrens, Subtropical Monsoon Barrens, Subtropical Wet-Dry Barrens, Subtropical Winter Semi-Arid Barrens, Subtropical Arid Barrens, Subtropical Very Arid Barrens, Warm Continental Arid Barrens, Warm Continental Very Arid Barrens, Warm Continental Arid Barrens, Subpolar Moderate Continental Arid Barrens
Niche: Predator, Herbivore
Size: 16cm (length)
Nutritional Need: 167 x 16/100 = 3.4NP
Food / Oxygen Requirement: 3.4 x 0.25 = 0.9NP per round (Needs to intake 0.9/0.7 = 1.3NP per round)/ 3.4NP
Abilities: Anti-Freeze. Intolerant of more than low pressure. Foul Taste. Liquid Excretion. Moults. Short-Term Memory. Solid Excretion. Roll Up.
Perception: Sight 2. Wide Vision 1. Chemoreception 1 (1m from mouth).
Stats: Buoyancy 1. Circulation 2. Coordination 2. Desiccation Resistance 1. Dexterity 1. Digestion 3.5. Evolution 1 (5 votes). Filtration 0. Flexibility -1. Immunity 2 (Barrier Immunity). Jumping 1. Pierce Strength 3. Reach 1. Respiration 2 (Cutaneous Respiration). Sharpness 1. Stamina 3. Strength 0.7. Support 2.7. Swim Speed 1.7. Toughness 2. UV Resistance 2. Walk Speed 1.5.
Intelligence / Behaviour:
External Features: Medium Colouration. Exoskeleton. Skin. Mandibles. Claws. Mouth. Chemoreceptors. Camera Eye. Compound Eye. Legs with paddle linings. Stinger. Pouch. Hyponome. Fan tail.
Internal Features: Aquatic Spiracles. Closed Circulatory System. Anti-Freeze Compound. Nephridium. Axochord. Muscular System. Stomach. Coiled Intestine. Ganglion. Nerve Cord. Harmless Substance Gland. Swim Bladder. Gonads. Foul Fluid Gland.
Reproduction: Sexual, Ovuliparity (External Fertilisation). 1,000 eggs.
Castes/Phases: Male and Female (+1 Evolution).
Locomotion: Paddling. Hyponome Burst. Slightly Active (10NP).
@Skyguy98 - Points Stored = 1
Skylos skylos, Male (NT)
Tropical Very Wet Barrens
You slip under the crevice of a rock in the bank and have a rest to recover some energy. Overnight, you see streaks of shooting stars course through the sky. The days comes back, and they become harder to see. The freshwater is hot and fairly murky. You can see one bank and the muddy riverbed. Some patches of algae grow on the rocks on the submerged bank. Some Skylos and Hydroambula can be seen feeding on them, as Icthyotelus swim past. (3 + 1)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 25% (Juvenile) / 1.5cm / 3 months
Health: Healthy
Stamina/Nutrition/Hydration: 90% / 1.3/2.4 (55%) / 100%
Temperature: Hot (Metabolism x 1.5)
Notes: None
Skylos skylos
Latest Mutations: Greater Social Intelligence = 3, More Efficient Digestion = 5, Something that enables us to spend longer times on the sand = 4, Eggs have shells = 5
This species can spend a bit more time than usual out of water because it can retain more water in its aquatic spiracles as a valve and the end can close over it. This valve also has waterproof hairs to stop water escaping. Other advantages include a muscular stomach and tightly coiled intestines for greater digestion and leathery eggs with yolk inside.
Status: Unlisted
Habitat: Freshwater & Brackish Water in Tropical Very Humid Barrens, Tropical Monsoon Barrens, Tropical Wet-Dry Barrens, Tropical Winter Semi-Arid Barrens, Tropical Arid Barrens, Subtropical Very Humid Barrens, Subtropical Monsoon Barrens, Subtropical Wet-Dry Barrens, Subtropical Winter Semi-Arid Barrens, Subtropical Arid Barrens, Subtropical Very Arid Barrens, Warm Continental Arid Barrens, Warm Continental Very Arid Barrens, Warm Continental Arid Barrens, Subpolar Moderate Continental Arid Barrens, Subpolar Moderate Continental Arid Barrens, Polar Cool Oceanic Summer Semi-Humid Barrens
Niche: Predator, Herbivore
Size: 6cm (length)
Nutritional Need: (160NP/10) x 6/10 = 26.9NP
Food / Oxygen Requirement: (26.9 x 0.6) x 0.86 = 13.9NP / 26.9NP
Abilities: Air Space. Anti-Freeze, Barrier Immune System, Can Roll Up, Circulation, Foul Taste. Gas Buoyancy. Liquid Excretion. Moderate UV Resistance, Moulting, Penetrates Hardness 2 (Pincers). Solid Excretion.
Perception: Chemoreception 1 (Senses chemicals from 1m away). Sight 1 (Clear vision to the sides, can perceive green and blue light). View Angle 1 (from one pair).
Stats: Buoyancy 1. Coordination 1. Desiccation Resistance 1.5. Dexterity 0.5. Digestion 2.6 (Can break down multicellular matter, can digest meat, 16% off). Filtration 0. Hardness 2. Intelligence 1. Jumping 1. Oxygen Storage 1. Respiration 1. Stamina 2. Strength 0.5. Support 1.5. Swim Speed 2.7. Walk Speed 1.5.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. When observing a predator; roll up. When hungry; look for prey. When ready to reproduce, look for other adults and move towards them, then attempt to mate with the source.
External Features: Iridiphore pigments give the calcified exoskeleton with many plates covering the cylindrical body a metallic, blue sheen. This covers the skin. The mouth has a pair of mandibles (chelicera) and also has nearby chemoreceptors. On the side of the head are a pair of lens eyes and behind them a pair of compound eyes. The exoskeleton sports five pairs of legs; the first are chelipeds which end in pincers (chela), the next are long and spindly with sharp stingers at the end, protruding close to the base on the outside of the chelipeds, and the final three are lined with paddles and used for walking. The exoskeleton ends in a fan tail, and below this is a hyponome.
Internal Features: Spiracles at the edge of the body draw in water past gill-like structures and have valves with waterproof hairs at the opening. A closed circulatory system of blood vessels transports blue blood efficiently around the body. Anti-freeze glycoproteins circulate in the body fluids. A nephridium funnels out chemical waste and expels it through a pore. The body is supported by a system of muscles. From the mouth, a tube leads to the muscular stomach, then into the tightly coiled intestines and finally to the anus. A brain in the head connects to a nerve cord, which itself is connected to nerves like rungs of a ladder. In the centre of the body is a swim bladder, while below can be found testes and an ova. Throughout the whole body seeps a bitter fluid.
Reproduction: Sexual, Ovuliparity (External Fertilisation). 1,000 eggs. The eggs have a leathery outer layer and contain yolk.
Castes/Phases: None.
Locomotion: Walking. Paddling. Fluke Swimming. Hyponome Burst. Buoyancy Control. Active (20NP)
@PositiveTower - Points Stored = 1
Dinocaroides hibridus, Male (LC)
Tropical Very Humid Barrens, Early Spring
You hatch out into freshwater. Itās fairly murky and hot. You are flowing down along the current, and you can see a Mandibulidon parvus nearby. You wriggle towards it. It appears dead and does not move. You eventually get there and begin eating your catch. You get a lot of nutrition. You manage to survive for a few more months; feeding, avoiding predators and moulting. You have now grown into a juvenile. Overnight, you see streaks of shooting stars course through the sky. The days comes back, and they become harder to see. You see around you the fairly murky river and muddy riverbed. You see a few Mandibulidon parvus crawling through the water. You can smell a Sclerocephalus somewhere. (6 + 1 = Ding, ding, ding! Congrats, you have won a bonus point! See the reward shop at the top of the round.)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 35% (Juvenile) / 4.2cm / 4 months
Health: Healthy
Stamina/Nutrition/Hydration: 55% / 7.2/7.2 (100% - 35% left over for growth) / 100%
Temperature: Hot (Metabolism x 1.5)
Notes: None
Dinocaroides hibridus
Latest Mutations: Flexible Flaps, Bigger
Status: Unlisted
Habitat: Freshwater & Brackish Water in Tropical Very Humid Barrens, Tropical Monsoon Barrens, Tropical Wet-Dry Barrens, Tropical Winter Semi-Arid Barrens, Tropical Arid Barrens, Subtropical Very Humid Barrens, Subtropical Monsoon Barrens, Subtropical Wet-Dry Barrens, Subtropical Winter Semi-Arid Barrens, Subtropical Arid Barrens, Subtropical Very Arid Barrens, Warm Continental Arid Barrens, Warm Continental Very Arid Barrens, Warm Continental Arid Barrens, Subpolar Moderate Continental Arid Barrens, Subpolar Moderate Continental Arid Barrens, Polar Cool Oceanic Summer Semi-Humid Barrens
Niche: Predator
Size: 12cm (length)
Nutritional Need: (171NP/10) x 12/10 = 20.5NP
Food / Oxygen Requirement: (20.5 x 0.6) x 0.88 = 10.6NP / 20.5NP
Abilities: Air Space. Anti-Freeze. Circulation, Large Body. Foul Taste. Gas Buoyancy. Excretion, Liquid. Excretion, Solid. Moulting. Penetrates Hardness 3 (Pincers). Toxin, Painful. UV Resistance, Moderate.
Perception: Chemoreception 1 (Senses chemicals from 1m away). Sight 1 (Clear vision to the sides, can perceive green and blue light). View Angle 1 (from one pair).
Stats: Buoyancy 1. Coordination 1. Desiccation Resistance 1. Dexterity 0.5. Digestion 2.2 (Can break down multicellular matter, can digest meat, 12% off). Filtration 0. Toughness 2. Intelligence 1. Respiration 1. Stability 1. Stamina 2. Strength 0.5. Support 1.5. Swim Speed 3.0. Walk Speed 0.5.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. When observing a predator; swim away. When hungry; look for prey. When ready to reproduce, look for other adults and move towards them, then attempt to mate with the source.
External Features: Iridiphore pigments give the chitin exoskeleton with many plates covering the cylindrical body a metallic, blue sheen. This covers the skin. The mouth has a pair of mandibles (chelicera) and also has nearby chemoreceptors. On the side of the head are a pair of lens eyes and behind them a pair of compound eyes. The exoskeleton has flexible flaps that overlap each other to create a whole lobe on the side and ends in a fan tail. Below this is a hyponome.
Internal Features: Spiracles at the edge of the body draw in water past gill-like structures. A closed circulatory system of blood vessels transports blue blood efficiently around the body. Anti-freeze glycoproteins circulate in the body fluids. A nephridium funnels out chemical waste and expels it through a pore. The body is supported by a system of muscles. Toxin glands are inside the mandibles. From the mouth, a tube leads to the stomach, then into the coiled intestines and finally to the anus. A brain in the head connects to a nerve cord, which itself is connected to nerves like rungs of a ladder. In the centre of the body is a swim bladder, while below can be found testes or an ova. Throughout the whole body seeps a bitter fluid.
Reproduction: Sexual, Ovuliparity (External Fertilisation). 1,000 eggs.
Castes/Phases: Hermaphrodite.
Locomotion: Undulation. Fluke Swimming. Hyponome Burst. Buoyancy Control. Active (20NP)
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Action: Rest inside the corpse amidst my shoal mates while they keep busy eating the scraps
Big oof for me this round thanks for the update as always!
Action:Wait to see if the two creatures engage in combat and quickly snatch a piece of the dead body
We are all going to die in hellfire. Great round as always!
Vote: go among my kin and feed on the delicious algae
action, burrow under the sand and rest while waiting for prey to come close enough to be attacked.
Uhhhā¦ what? You didnāt put my roll up, and it didnāt seem like it counted. Also, how big is the meteor?
thanks for the round stealth, its a shame i didnt get to breed as im sure theres a big chance ill die this round but ill try again anyways
Action: feeling the impending doom that a higher power told me about ill put everything I have into breeding this is a do or die situation!!!
ill use my stored point on this
This is your new round. I just forgot to add the roll at the end. The scene-setting might be the same because I have time pressure right now so I have to be quick with rounds.
The size might come up in the next round.
Action:" with my shoal, attack the shoal of emprothalmus, by sneaking up on them and ambushing them.
Sorry for the delay, been a bit distracted. 
Action: Swim away from the Cerceps and see if thereās any nearby coral fields I can feed at without being bothered by it. If not, then search for one thatās a bit further away and feed on that.
So sorry, internetās been out due to Sally.
Action: Try to rest as I let the current take me along, picking up whatever food I can manage to find.
Round 195 - P.1
~65 million years since the Atroxian Began~
Oliverian Period, Astathean Stage
Event: 10 - None
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Tectonic activity carries on, causing the volcanoes at mid-ocean ridges to pump megatonnes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. A number of large bays have emerged where the land continues to break up. The global temperature has stabilised at 30c. The climate is now mostly tropical and subtropical, as temperate zones have been pushed into the polar zones. Because of the heat, the oceans are highly stratified and water below the thermocline is hypoxic. Ocean downwelling occurs now at the equator, and at much less frequency.
Something much worse appears in the sky alongside the shooting stars on one fateful day. An asteroid is almost about to enter Eztaās atmosphere, signalled by a blinding light as it comes. It crashes with a huge force, but fortunately for the inhabitants, itās a relative tiddler with a diameter of 400 metres. However, for the locals of its impact point in mid Tartarus, itās a different story. Any beneath the impact are obliterated, as are those caught in the crater blast; the asteroid immediately explodes upon impact sending debris from itself and the ground into a huge plume stretching up through the atmosphere. An impact crater of over 5km is created. The other animals in Tartarus feel the tremors of the impact and for thousands of square miles a superhot blast front rolls out, destroying all life in its path. The rest of the planet is lucky that this destruction only covers a portion of the planet. The widely spread, simple life that exists on Ezta manages to avoid any extinctions, despite the huge losses of life in affected areas.
@Agenttine - Points Stored = 3
Salcaedis corcillum, Male (LC)
Tropical Wet-Dry Barrens, Early Spring
You swim away from the salty water and see a pair of rocks sticking out of the estuary-bed. You hide inbetween these rocks and get some rest. You are undisturbed and regain quite a lot of energy. The brackish water is hot and murky. The bed is muddy, and the tide is slowly retreating. You see a few Icthyotelus sensus swim past. You can smell a couple Pultrypa. (5)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 55% (Juvenile) / 7.2cm / 6 months
Health: Healthy
Stamina/Nutrition/Hydration: 85% / 1.4/2.7 (50%) / 100%
Temperature: Hot (Metabolism x 1.5)
Notes: None
Salcaedis corcillum
Latest Mutations: Tropical Tolerance = 5, Intelligence = 6, Heart = 5, Stronger Mandibles = 2
This species has become marine, occupying the tropics around the Uteenessa Ocean. It can only hunt soft-bodied creatures because it has rather blunt and weak pincers. It can also graze. When reproducing, they return to certain sites in estuaries based in the tropics across both Olympia and Tartarus. This is thanks to their ability to remember long-term events.
Status: LC
Habitat: Tropical Shallows, Tropical Upper Ocean & Brackish Water in Tropical Very Humid Barrens, Tropical Monsoon Barrens, Tropical Wet-Dry Barrens, Tropical Winter Semi-Arid Barrens, Tropical Arid Barrens, Subtropical Very Humid Barrens, Subtropical Monsoon Barrens, Subtropical Wet-Dry Barrens, Subtropical Winter Semi-Arid Barrens, Subtropical Arid Barrens, Subtropical Very Arid Barrens
Niche: Predator, Herbivore
Size: 13cm (length)
Nutritional Need: (133NP/10) x 13/10 = 14.8NP
Food / Oxygen Requirement: (14.8 x 0.6) x 0.9 = 8NP / 14.8NP
Abilities: Moderate UV Resistance, Pincers Penetrate Hardness 0, Moulting, Can Roll Up. Osmoregulation (High Salinity, Brackish Tolerance), Circulation, Excretion. Long-Term Memory.
Perception: Chemoreception 2 (Senses chemical particles from 5m away, only vague sense of direction), Sight 1 (Clear sight to the sides), Perceives Blue and Green.
Stats: Respiration 1, Coordination 1. Digestion 1.2 (Can Break Down Multicellular Matter, Can Digest Meat, Can Digest Plants, 10% less), Immunity (Immunity Physical Barrier), Support 1.5, Intelligence 1, Desiccation Resistance 1, Hardness 3. Walk Speed 2, Swim Speed 4.1, Stamina 2, Jumping 1, Strength 0.5, Dexterity 0.5, Filtration -0.5. Evolution 1 (4 mutations).
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. When feeling pain; roll up into a ball. When hungry; look or sense for algae or animals. In Early Spring, when ready to reproduce, move to brackish water and gather in specific breeding sites and then sense for pheromones of opposite sex and move towards them, then attempt to mate with the source.
External Features: Iridiphore pigments give the calcified exoskeleton with many plates covering the cylindrical body a metallic, blue sheen. This covers the skin. The mouth has a pair of mandibles (chelicera) and also has nearby chemoreceptors. On the side of the head are a pair of lens eyes and behind them a pair of compound eyes. The exoskeleton sports ten pairs of legs; the first are chelipeds which end in long, serrated pincers (chela), the next four are lined with paddles and used for walking and the final five are smaller, forked (biramous) swimmerets, also with paddles. The exoskeleton ends in a fan tail, and below this is a hyponome.
Internal Features: Spiracles at the edge of the body draw in water past gill-like structures. A closed circulatory system of blood vessels transports blue blood efficiently around the body, pumped by a two-chambered heart. Anti-freeze glycoproteins circulate in the body fluids. A nephridium funnels out chemical waste and expels it through a pore. The body is supported by a system of muscles. From the mouth, a tube leads to the stomach, then into the coiled intestines and finally to the anus. A brain in the head connects to a nerve cord, which itself is connected to nerves like rungs of a ladder. In the centre of the body is a swim bladder, while below can be found testes (in a male or hermaphrodite) or an ova (in a female or hermaphrodite). Throughout the whole body seeps a bitter fluid.
Reproduction: Sexual, Ovuliparity (External Fertilisation). 1,000 eggs. Hermaphroditism.
Castes/Phases: Male & Female until late life (Identical) (+1 Evolution)
Locomotion: Walking. Paddling. Fluke Swimming. Hyponome Burst. Buoyancy Control.
@immortaldragon - Points Stored = 2
Lepidoderes immortalii (NT)
Subpolar Temperate Shallows, Late Winter
The Cerceps loses interest and peels off. You are able, with great difficulty, to keep yourself balanced with only one pectoral fin, limp towards the scent of soft coral. You reach the place where the soft coral scent is strongest. Even here, there is not a whole lot of scent, but you eat what is there. You are able to eat in peace. The salty water is still cool and pitch black. You can smell the faint smell of soft coral in one direction - also in this direction you can smell a Macromorphii and some Collodopodus. (4)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 45% (Juvenile) / 2.7cm / 10 months
Health: Lost pectoral fin
Stamina/Nutrition/Hydration: 45% / 2.8/3.5 (100% - 20% left over for growth) / 100%
Temperature: Cool (Metabolism x 1)
Notes: Lack of swim agility
Lepidoderes immortalii
Latest Mutations: Extend scale covering = 6, Scales become more flexible = 4, Remove scales from Hatchling stage = 6
A small proto-fish, this species has different types of scale to its predecessor; instead of being brittle yet heavy, they are flexible and light; instead of covering just the tail, the scales go up to where the head begins. The scales can even be shed when attacked to distract or lose an enemy and are quickly regrown. Interestingly, the hatchlings are born without scales and are developed when the reach the juvenile stage.
Status: NT
Habitat: Subpolar Temperate Shallows, Subpolar Temperate Upper Ocean, Polar Temperate Shallows, Polar Temperature Upper Ocean
Niche: Predator
Size: 6cm (length)
Nutritional Need: (184NP/10) x 7.5/10 = 13.8NP
Food / Oxygen Requirement: (13.8 x 0.6) x 0.9 = 7.5NP / 13.8NP
Abilities: Air Space. Barrier Immune System. Bioluminescence. Circulation. Cutaneous Respiration. Fatal Toxin. Gas Buoyancy. Liquid Excretion. Permeable Skin. Penetrates Hardness 1 (jaw). Ram Ventilation. Short-Term Memory. Solid Excretion. Strong UV Resistance.
Perception: Electroreception 1 (1 body length away, sideways field). Sight 1 (clear vision to the front, depth perception), Smell 1 (Detects smells).
Stats: Agility 1. Buoyancy 1. Coordination 1. Digestion 2 (Can break down multicellular matter, can digest meat, 20% off). Filtration 0. Intelligence 1. Reflexes -1. Respiration 1. Sharpness 2. Stamina 2.5. Strength 1.5. Swim Speed 2.4. Support 1.5. Toughness 1. Walk Speed 0.7.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. When observing a predator; swim away. When hungry; look for prey. When ready to reproduce, smell for other adults and move towards them, then attempt to mate with the source.
External Features: The fish-shaped body has black melanin pigmentation in its
skin. The mouth contains razor-sharp teeth and has a pair of olfactory receptors above it. There are also forwards facing eyes. Cycloid, deciduous scales cover from tail to where the head begins. A line of electroreceptors flanks the body. It has oval pectoral ray-fins and a semi-circular diphycercal caudal fin beneath the tail. At the base of the tail is a pair of spines. The whole of the body is covered in cycloid scales and blue autogenic photophores. Scales are not present in hatchlings.
Internal Features: Migmachordatix toxin is produced and secreted into spines. Three gill slits line just behind the head. A network of vascular blood vessels circulates red blood containing hemoglobin is pumped by a two-chambered heart. There is also a nephridium and the body is lined with muscle. The mouth is supported by a cartilage jaw. Food enters the stomach and then the intestine before exiting the anus. A brain with a memory lobe leads to a nerve cord with nerves running off like rungs on a ladder. The nerve cord is supported by a cartilage vertebrae. In the centre of the body is a swim bladder and below this are the testes in males and ova in females, with both in hermaphrodites.
Reproduction: Sexual. Ovuliparity (External Fertilisation). 1,000 eggs.
Castes/Phases: Hatchling and Final Form.
Locomotion: Carangiforme (+1 Swim Speed). Crawling. Active. (20NP)
@soundwave - Points Stored = 2
Empropthalmus soundwavia (LC)
Subpolar Temperate Upper Ocean, Early Autumn
You hatch out into bright, warm water. You feel yourself being carried along on a current and you can see several Masticephalus riding the current with you. You are able to approach one without being noticed, and bite into it. You tear through the soft flesh easily, and begin eating as it dies. You survive for several months, eating enough and avoiding predation to survive. You are still being carried along the current. Below you see empty open ocean, but in the current you can still see several Masticephalus but also jellyfish. (3 + 1)
Status:
Maturity/Size/Age: 15% (Hatchling) / 1.2cm / 5 months
Health: Healthy
Stamina/Nutrition/Hydration: 55% / 2.2/2.2 (100% - 15% left over for growth)
Temperature: Warm (Metabolism x 1.25)
Notes: None
Empropthalmus soundwavia
Latest Mutations: Electric Organ = 4, Better Eyesight = 5, Smell Blood = 2
This Southern Hemisphere proto-fish has a true camera eye, which allows it to see clearer and further, and an active electroreception sense but it has a less powerful sense of smell. The eyes help it to hunt in the sunlit summers, while electroreception aids in the dark polar nights. This small predator lives in small shoals and uses its sharp, venomous fangs to subdue prey.
Status: Unlisted
Habitat: Subpolar Temperate Shallows, Subpolar Temperate Upper Ocean, Polar Temperate Shallows, Polar Temperate Upper Ocean
Niche: Predator
Size: 8cm (length)
Nutritional Need: (183NP/10) x 8/10 = 14.6NP
Food / Oxygen Requirement: (14.6 x 0.6) x 0.9 = 7.9NP / 14.6 x 0.9 = 13.1NP
Abilities: Air Space. Bioluminescence. Excretion, Liquid. Excretion, Solid. Toxin, Fatal. Circulation, Large-Body. Penetrates Toughness 1 (jaw). Permeable Skin. Pressure Tolerance, Moderate. UV Resistance, Strong.
Perception: Electroreception 1 (passive electrical field 1 body length away). Sight 2 (Binocular Vision, Front). Smell 0.5 (detects odours 1m away).
Stats: Agility 1. Buoyancy 1. Coordination 1. Digestion 2 (Break Down Multicellular Matter, Digest Meat, 10% off). Evolution 1 (4 votes). Filtration 0.5. Flexibility 2. Immunity 1. Intelligence 1. Memory 2 (1 month). Respiration 2 (Cutaneous Respiration, Ram Ventilation, 10% off). Sharpness 1. Stamina 3. Strength 1.5. Support 1.5. Swim Speed 3.3. Toughness 0.5. Walk Speed 0.7.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. When observing a predator; swim away. When hungry; look for prey. When ready to reproduce, smell for other adults and move towards them, then attempt to mate with the source. Join small shoals of other members of the species.
External Features: It has a fish-shaped body with black pigmentation, oval pectoral ray-fins, a caudal fin beneath the tail and two spines at itās base. Cycloid scales cover the skin and a line of electroreceptors on the flank and blue autogenic photophores dot the body. A mouth containing sharp teeth and a pair of fangs in the upper jaw, olfactory receptors are on the head. They have forwards facing camera eyes with a calcite lens, that focuses by moving backwards and forwards, but have a blind spot.
Internal Features: Inside each cell has a low pressure tolerant metabolism. Migmachordatix toxin is produced and secreted into spines. Three gill slits sit each side of head. A network of vascular blood vessels circulates red blood containing hemoglobin, pumped by a simple heart. Muscles line either side of the body between the body wall and the cartilage vertebrae. The mouth is supported by a cartilage jaw, which is linked to a cartilage skull. The gastrointestinal tract from the mouth has a stomach with digestive juices followed by intestines, with vegetation-digesting microfauna, leading to the anus. There is also a liver. A brain with a memory lobe encased in the head connects to two nerve cords which branch into network of nerves. A swim bladder lies in the centre of the body. There is an electric organ. It hosts either male or female gonads. Kidneys, connected to circulatory system, expels waste to the bladder a tract.
Reproduction: Sexual. Ovuliparity (External Fertilisation). 1,000 eggs.
Castes/Phases: Male and Female (Identical) (+1 Evolution).
Locomotion: Carangiforme (+1 Swim Speed). Crawling. Gas Buoyancy. Active. (20NP)
@blackink - Points Stored = 1
Archaeostomus fallus (EX)
Subpolar Temperate Upper Ocean, Early Autumn
You try to use the sinking corpse of the Masticephalus as shelter, but as you are bigger, there is no space to fit inside. You keep trying to hide behind it, but as it keeps sinking, you have to keep moving. This uses up your remaining energy and you die. (4 = Your species is extinct, doomed to the pages of history. Please choose a new species. Remember: No Species Lasts Forever.)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 1% (Hatchling) / 0.8mm / 0 days
Health: Scratched, exhausted
Stamina/Nutrition/Hydration: 5% / 0.1/0.1 (100%) / 100%
Temperature: Warm (Metabolism x 1.25)
Notes: None
Archaeostomus fallus
Latest Mutations: Long-Term Memory = 6, Quicker Sexual Maturity = 3, Venomous Fangs = 5
This proto-fish has a mouth reminiscent of the Archeoarcha that went extinct in the very early stages of the Oliverian, because it shares venomous fangs with the aforementioned has a larger brain than any other species at the time it appeared because it has a longer memory, that can store information for up to a month.
They use this memory to recognise individuals in the small shoals that they form.
Status: EX
Habitat: Temperate Shallows, Temperate Upper Ocean
Niche: Predator.
Size: 8cm (length)
Nutritional Need: (179NP/10) x 8/10 = 7.2NP
Food / Oxygen Requirement: (7.2 x 0.6) x 0.9 = 4.3NP / 7.2 x 0.9 = 6.5NP
Abilities: Air Space. Bioluminescence. Excretion, Liquid. Excretion, Solid. Toxin, Fatal. Circulation, Large-Body. Penetrates Toughness 1 (jaw). Permeable Skin. Pressure Tolerance, Moderate. UV Resistance, Strong.
Perception: Electroreception 1 (passive electrical field 1 body length away). Blurry Sight (above). Smell 1 (detects odours 1m away).
Stats: Agility 1. Buoyancy 1. Coordination 1. Digestion 2 (Break Down Multicellular Matter, Digest Meat, 10% off). Evolution 1 (4 votes). Filtration 0.5. Flexibility 2. Immunity 1. Intelligence 1. Memory 2 (1 month). Respiration 2 (Cutaneous Respiration, Ram Ventilation, 10% off). Sharpness 1. Stamina 3. Strength 1.5. Support 1.5. Swim Speed 3.3. Toughness 0.5. Walk Speed 0.7.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. When observing a predator; swim away. When hungry; look for prey. When ready to reproduce, smell for other adults and move towards them, then attempt to mate with the source.
External Features: It has a fish-shaped body with black pigmentation, oval pectoral ray-fins, a caudal fin beneath the tail and two spines at itās base. Cycloid scales cover the skin and a line of electroreceptors on the flank and blue autogenic photophores dot the body. A mouth containing sharp teeth and a pair of fangs in the upper jaw, olfactory receptors and upwards facing pinhole eyes make up the face.
Internal Features: Inside each cell has a low pressure tolerant metabolism. Migmachordatix toxin is produced and secreted into spines. Three gill slits sit each side of head. A network of vascular blood vessels circulates red blood containing hemoglobin, pumped by a simple heart. Muscles line either side of the body between the body wall and the cartilage vertebrae. The mouth is supported by a cartilage jaw, which is linked to a cartilage skull. The gastrointestinal tract from the mouth has a stomach with digestive juices followed by intestines, with vegetation-digesting microfauna, leading to the anus. There is also a liver. A brain with a memory lobe encased in the head connects to two nerve cords which branch into network of nerves. A swim bladder lies in the centre of the body. It hosts either male or female gonads. Kidneys, connected to circulatory system, expels waste to the bladder a tract.
Reproduction: Sexual. Ovuliparity (External Fertilisation). 1,000 eggs.
Castes/Phases: Male and Female (Identical) (+1 Evolution).
Locomotion: Carangiforme (+1 Swim Speed). Crawling. Gas Buoyancy. Active. (20NP)
@jellyfishmon - Points Stored = 0
Pultrypa falbracchi, Male (LC)
Tropical Very Wet Barrens
Through the murk of the hot estuary, a blinding light suddenly fills the sky and then fades away just as suddenly. Another Pultrypa quickly emerged from the murk and approaches you. Itās an adult female. Just then, the estuary is shook by a powerful tremor and the water is highly disturbed, waves crashing into each other but you are still successfully able to mate, releasing eggs into the turbulent water. You see at least one egg driven into a small hole in a rock. But very quickly after, a dark cloud arrives over the estuary. You feel the heat increase until it is unbearable and you are boiled to death in the dark. (4 + 1 = You have not thrived. You can be reborn, as your species goes on. Also, congratulations, itās a baby! Choose 4 mutations to evolve or just reproduce and get a bonus roll on your next evolution.)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 100% (Adult) / 20cm / 1 year
Health: Dead
Stamina/Nutrition/Hydration: N/A
Temperature: N/A
Notes: N/A
Pultrypa falbracchi
Latest Mutations: Bigger = 4, Larger, Sharper Mandibles = 6 (penetrates hardness 3), Spring-loaded Arm (a small saddle that winds up the arm to strike quicker) = 4, Better Respiration = 6
The claws of Pultrypa are devastating weapons; they are long, serrated and can crush through even calcified chitin exoskeletons. The only armour they cannot penetrate are full on calcium carbonate shells. And a saddle-like muscle can prepare the chelipeds to be launched like they are spring-loaded, moving these dangerous weapons with lightning-quick speed. Add all this to their relative size, the largest animal at the time of its appearance, and improved respiratory system, which has enlarged the spiracles into chambers, and it creates an Oliverian apex predator.
Status: Unlisted
Habitat: Tropical Shallows, Tropical Upper Ocean & Brackish Water in Tropical Very Humid Barrens, Tropical Monsoon Barrens, Tropical Wet-Dry Barrens, Tropical Winter Semi-Arid Barrens, Tropical Arid Barrens, Subtropical Very Humid Barrens, Subtropical Monsoon Barrens, Subtropical Wet-Dry Barrens, Subtropical Winter Semi-Arid Barrens, Subtropical Arid Barrens, Subtropical Very Arid Barrens
Niche: Predator, Herbivore
Size: 20cm (length)
Nutritional Need: (160NP/10) x 20/10 = 14.8NP
Food / Oxygen Requirement: (14.8 x 0.6) x 0.9 = 8NP / 14.8NP
Abilities: Anti-Freeze. Buoyancy. Circulation, Large-Body. Excretion, Liquid. All High Pressures Intolerant. Moults. Osmoregulation, Variable (Brackish, High Salinity). Penetrates Toughness 3. Rolls Up. Taste, Bitter. UV Resistance, Moderate.
Perception: Chemoreception 2 (Detects chemicals 5m away from the front). Peripheral Vision (Clear sight to the side). Sight 2 (Clear sight to the side, Blue and Green Perception).
Stats: Coordination 1. Desiccation Resistance 2. Dexterity 1. Digestion 2.2 (Digests Meat, 12% off). Filtration 0. Flexibility -0.5. Immunity 1. Intelligence 1. Jumping 1. Reactions 1. Respiration 1 (Stationary Respiration). Stamina 3. Strength 0.5. Support 1.5. Swim Speed 2.4. Toughness 3. Walk Speed 1.5.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. When feeling pain; roll up into a ball. When hungry; look or sense for algae or animals. In Early Spring, when ready to reproduce, move to brackish water and gather in specific breeding sites (+1 Evolution) and then sense for pheromones of opposite sex and move towards them, then attempt to mate with the source.
External Features: About fourteen segments of a calcified, chitin exoskeleton cover the cylindrical, slightly rounded body, and connected by a flexible tissue. The structure creates a blue sheen. The exoskeleton covers the skin. A pair of mandibles lay on either side of the mouth. There are also chemoreceptors on the front and at the side of the head are a pair of lens eyes, then a pair of compound eyes both with blue and green receptor cells. On each segment of the middle exoskeleton is a pair of jointed legs, adding up to ten. The first pair are chelipeds which ends in long, serrated pincers (chela). The next four pairs of legs are lined with paddles up until the tip. The final five pairs are biramous swimmerets, lined with paddles. At the end is a fan tail, extended from the exoskeleton, with a hyponome below.
Internal Features: The hyponome does not form much of a chamber. Spiracles dotted along the body lead to muscular chambers containing gills. The mouth leads to a tube that reaches the stomach, which connects to the coiled intestines and this to the anus. A brain in the head connects to a nerve cord, which is connected to nerves that spread across the body like rungs of a ladder. Blood vessels cross all over the body, connected to a two-chambered heart. The blood is blue because it contains hemocyanin; it also contains anti-freeze glycoproteins. A muscular system exists in the body, including a saddle-like muscle on the inside joint of the chelipeds. There is a nephridium, a swim bladder and sexual organs. A bitter fluid is produced by a sac.
Reproduction: Sexual, Ovuliparity (External Fertilisation). 1,000 eggs per spawning. Hermaphroditism.
Castes/Phases: Male & Female until late life (Identical) (+1 Evolution)
Locomotion: Walking. Paddling. Hyponome Cruising.
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R.195 - P.2
@Spring_blooms - Points Stored = 2
Dolichostoma springbloomi (NT)
Tropical Shallows
You floating along the current when a bright flash encompasses the sky. There is nothing for a moment, then a huge tremor shakes the water and massive waves topple over each other. One of these waves lifts you right up and then drills you from a rest height into a rock. Your soft body stood no chance. (2 + 1 = You have not thrived. You will be reborn, as your species goes on.)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 1% (Hatchling) / 0.4mm / 0 days
Health: Dead
Stamina/Nutrition//Hydration: N/A
Temperature: N/A
Notes: N/A
Dolichostoma springbloomi
Latest Mutations: Increased Intelligence = 3, Increased Size = 5, More Efficient Digestive System = 3
Dolichostoma has a peculiar mouth which has a long, trunk-like siphon. The siphon contracts its muscles to draw water, and with it food, into the mouth. Cirri on the end of the siphon further help to draw food in.
Status: Unlisted
Habitat: Tropical Shallows, Tropical Upper Ocean
Niche: Pelagic Filter-Feeder
Size: 4cm (length)
Nutritional Need: (136NP/10) x (4/10) = 2NP
Food / Oxygen Requirement: (2 x 0.6) x 0.9 = 1NP / 2 x 0.9 = NP
Abilities: Anti-Freeze. Barrier Immune System. Circulation. Cutaneous Respiration. Liquid Excretion. Long-Term Memory. Moderate UV Resistance. Permeable Skin.
Perception: Blurry Vision. Chemoreception 2 (Senses chemicals 5m away). Light Detection.
Stats: Agility 0.5. Coordination. Digestion 2 (can break down multicellular matter, 10% off). Filtration 3. Intelligence 1. Respiration 2 (10% off). Solid Excretion. Stability 1. Stamina 2.5. Strength 1. Support 1. Swim Speed 1.5. Walk Speed 0.5.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. When feeling pain; swim away. When hungry; filter with tentacles. When ready to reproduce, sense for a member of the opposite sex, move toward it and mate with the source. There is a chemical for each of the following meanings: āfollow meā, ādangerā and āhelpā.
External Features: The soft skin of the cylindrical body is covered in yellow structural colouration. The mouth has a siphon that extends from it and on the end are eight cirri with chemoreceptors. On one side of the body is a pinhole eye, on the other an eyespot. An umbrella-shaped lobe , made of four parts that can fold in, surrounds the head and four membranous lobes running down the body have cillia on them.
Internal Features: Behind the head are six gill slits. An open circulatory system carries fluid across the body, and anti-freeze glycoproteins travel in the fluid. There is also a nephridium and muscles lay longitudinally along the body. A tube from the mouth meets the intestines, which leads to the anus. A brain in the head is connected to the nerve cord with branches of nerves, with a notochord running along side it. In the male, a testes can be found and in the female an ova can be found.
Reproduction: Sexual, Ovuliparity (External Fertilisation). 1,000 eggs.
Castes/Phases: Male and Female (Identical). (Evolution +1)
Locomotion: Suspension, Cilliated Rowing. Active (20NP)
@OoferDoofer - Points Stored = 2
Archaeostomus fallus (EX)
Subpolar Temperate Upper Ocean, Early Autumn
You swim wriggle towards where you can see the Empropthalmus shoal, and your shoal mates follow you. There is no hiding place in the open ocean, so you are spotted quickly by the Empropthalmus. They charge towards you and the two shoals meet. You are outmatched by the other animals which easily swim rings around you and one crunching bite is fatal. You bleed to death, sinking helplessly through the water column. (1 = Your species is extinct, doomed to the pages of history. Please choose a new species. Remember: No Species Lasts Forever.)
Status:
Maturity/Size/Age: 1% (Hatchling) / 8mm / 0 days
Health: Healthy
Stamina/Nutrition/Hydration: 55% / 0.1/0.1 (50%) / 100%
Temperature: Warm (Metabolism x 1.25)
Notes: None
Archaeostomus fallus
Latest Mutations: Long-Term Memory = 6, Quicker Sexual Maturity = 3, Venomous Fangs = 5
This proto-fish has a mouth reminiscent of the Archeoarcha that went extinct in the very early stages of the Oliverian, because it shares venomous fangs with the aforementioned has a larger brain than any other species at the time it appeared because it has a longer memory, that can store information for up to a month.
They use this memory to recognise individuals in the small shoals that they form.
Status: EX
Habitat: Temperate Shallows, Temperate Upper Ocean
Niche: Predator.
Size: 8cm (length)
Nutritional Need: (179NP/10) x 8/10 = 7.2NP
Food / Oxygen Requirement: (7.2 x 0.6) x 0.9 = 4.3NP / 7.2 x 0.9 = 6.5NP
Abilities: Air Space. Bioluminescence. Excretion, Liquid. Excretion, Solid. Toxin, Fatal. Circulation, Large-Body. Penetrates Toughness 1 (jaw). Permeable Skin. Pressure Tolerance, Moderate. UV Resistance, Strong.
Perception: Electroreception 1 (passive electrical field 1 body length away). Blurry Sight (above). Smell 1 (detects odours 1m away).
Stats: Agility 1. Buoyancy 1. Coordination 1. Digestion 2 (Break Down Multicellular Matter, Digest Meat, 10% off). Evolution 1 (4 votes). Filtration 0.5. Flexibility 2. Immunity 1. Intelligence 1. Memory 2 (1 month). Respiration 2 (Cutaneous Respiration, Ram Ventilation, 10% off). Sharpness 1. Stamina 3. Strength 1.5. Support 1.5. Swim Speed 3.3. Toughness 0.5. Walk Speed 0.7.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. When observing a predator; swim away. When hungry; look for prey. When ready to reproduce, smell for other adults and move towards them, then attempt to mate with the source.
External Features: It has a fish-shaped body with black pigmentation, oval pectoral ray-fins, a caudal fin beneath the tail and two spines at itās base. Cycloid scales cover the skin and a line of electroreceptors on the flank and blue autogenic photophores dot the body. A mouth containing sharp teeth and a pair of fangs in the upper jaw, olfactory receptors and upwards facing pinhole eyes make up the face.
Internal Features: Inside each cell has a low pressure tolerant metabolism. Migmachordatix toxin is produced and secreted into spines. Three gill slits sit each side of head. A network of vascular blood vessels circulates red blood containing hemoglobin, pumped by a simple heart. Muscles line either side of the body between the body wall and the cartilage vertebrae. The mouth is supported by a cartilage jaw, which is linked to a cartilage skull. The gastrointestinal tract from the mouth has a stomach with digestive juices followed by intestines, with vegetation-digesting microfauna, leading to the anus. There is also a liver. A brain with a memory lobe encased in the head connects to two nerve cords which branch into network of nerves. A swim bladder lies in the centre of the body. It hosts either male or female gonads. Kidneys, connected to circulatory system, expels waste to the bladder a tract.
Reproduction: Sexual. Ovuliparity (External Fertilisation). 1,000 eggs.
Castes/Phases: Male and Female (Identical) (+1 Evolution).
Locomotion: Carangiforme (+1 Swim Speed). Crawling. Gas Buoyancy. Active. (20NP)
@Zenzonegaming - Points Stored = 3
Saccenta marsupius, Male (LC)
Tropical Very Humid Barrens, Early Spring
Through the slight murk of the hot river, a blinding light suddenly fills the sky and then fades away just as suddenly. The river is soon shook by a powerful tremor and the water is highly disturbed. You canāt help but being carried around by the churning water. Very quickly after, a dark cloud arrives over the river. You feel the heat increase until it is unbearable and you are boiled to death in the dark. (2 + 1 = You have not thrived. You will be reborn, as your species goes on.)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 1% (Adult) / 1.6mm / 0 years
Health: Dead
Stamina/Nutrition/Hydration: N/A
Temperature: N/A
Notes: N/A
Saccenta marsupius
Latest Mutations: Better Brain = 4, Retractable lure = 3, Special sack = 5, Burrow into sand and ambush prey = 4
Info
Status: Unlisted
Habitat: Freshwater & Brackish Water in Tropical Very Humid Barrens, Tropical Monsoon Barrens, Tropical Wet-Dry Barrens, Tropical Winter Semi-Arid Barrens, Tropical Arid Barrens, Subtropical Very Humid Barrens, Subtropical Monsoon Barrens, Subtropical Wet-Dry Barrens, Subtropical Winter Semi-Arid Barrens, Subtropical Arid Barrens, Subtropical Very Arid Barrens, Warm Continental Arid Barrens, Warm Continental Very Arid Barrens, Warm Continental Arid Barrens, Subpolar Moderate Continental Arid Barrens
Niche: Predator, Herbivore
Size: 16cm (length)
Nutritional Need: 167 x 16/100 = 3.4NP
Food / Oxygen Requirement: 3.4 x 0.25 = 0.9NP per round (Needs to intake 0.9/0.7 = 1.3NP per round)/ 3.4NP
Abilities: Anti-Freeze. Intolerant of more than low pressure. Foul Taste. Liquid Excretion. Moults. Short-Term Memory. Solid Excretion. Roll Up.
Perception: Sight 2. Wide Vision 1. Chemoreception 1 (1m from mouth).
Stats: Buoyancy 1. Circulation 2. Coordination 2. Desiccation Resistance 1. Dexterity 1. Digestion 3.5. Evolution 1 (5 votes). Filtration 0. Flexibility -1. Immunity 2 (Barrier Immunity). Jumping 1. Pierce Strength 3. Reach 1. Respiration 2 (Cutaneous Respiration). Sharpness 1. Stamina 3. Strength 0.7. Support 2.7. Swim Speed 1.7. Toughness 2. UV Resistance 2. Walk Speed 1.5.
Intelligence / Behaviour:
External Features: Medium Colouration. Exoskeleton. Skin. Mandibles. Claws. Mouth. Chemoreceptors. Camera Eye. Compound Eye. Legs with paddle linings. Stinger. Pouch. Hyponome. Fan tail.
Internal Features: Aquatic Spiracles. Closed Circulatory System. Anti-Freeze Compound. Nephridium. Axochord. Muscular System. Stomach. Coiled Intestine. Ganglion. Nerve Cord. Harmless Substance Gland. Swim Bladder. Gonads. Foul Fluid Gland.
Reproduction: Sexual, Ovuliparity (External Fertilisation). 1,000 eggs.
Castes/Phases: Male and Female (+1 Evolution).
Locomotion: Paddling. Hyponome Burst. Slightly Active (10NP).
@Skyguy98 - Points Stored = 1
Skylos skylos, Male (NT)
Tropical Very Wet Barrens
You swim towards the algae and join the Skylos and Hydroambula feeding. You manage to get a lot to eat. With this, you survive for another month, feeding and avoiding predators during that time. The freshwater is hot and fairly murky. You can see one bank and the muddy riverbed. Some patches of algae grow on the rocks on the submerged bank. Some Skylos and Hydroambula can be seen feeding on them, as Icthyotelus swim past. (5 + 1)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 40% (Juvenile) / 2.4cm / 4 months
Health: Healthy
Stamina/Nutrition/Hydration: 70% / 3.8/3.8 (100% - 15% left over for growth) / 100%
Temperature: Hot (Metabolism x 1.5)
Notes: None
Skylos skylos
Latest Mutations: Greater Social Intelligence = 3, More Efficient Digestion = 5, Something that enables us to spend longer times on the sand = 4, Eggs have shells = 5
This species can spend a bit more time than usual out of water because it can retain more water in its aquatic spiracles as a valve and the end can close over it. This valve also has waterproof hairs to stop water escaping. Other advantages include a muscular stomach and tightly coiled intestines for greater digestion and leathery eggs with yolk inside.
Status: Unlisted
Habitat: Freshwater & Brackish Water in Tropical Very Humid Barrens, Tropical Monsoon Barrens, Tropical Wet-Dry Barrens, Tropical Winter Semi-Arid Barrens, Tropical Arid Barrens, Subtropical Very Humid Barrens, Subtropical Monsoon Barrens, Subtropical Wet-Dry Barrens, Subtropical Winter Semi-Arid Barrens, Subtropical Arid Barrens, Subtropical Very Arid Barrens, Warm Continental Arid Barrens, Warm Continental Very Arid Barrens, Warm Continental Arid Barrens, Subpolar Moderate Continental Arid Barrens, Subpolar Moderate Continental Arid Barrens, Polar Cool Oceanic Summer Semi-Humid Barrens
Niche: Predator, Herbivore
Size: 6cm (length)
Nutritional Need: (160NP/10) x 6/10 = 26.9NP
Food / Oxygen Requirement: (26.9 x 0.6) x 0.86 = 13.9NP / 26.9NP
Abilities: Air Space. Anti-Freeze, Barrier Immune System, Can Roll Up, Circulation, Foul Taste. Gas Buoyancy. Liquid Excretion. Moderate UV Resistance, Moulting, Penetrates Hardness 2 (Pincers). Solid Excretion.
Perception: Chemoreception 1 (Senses chemicals from 1m away). Sight 1 (Clear vision to the sides, can perceive green and blue light). View Angle 1 (from one pair).
Stats: Buoyancy 1. Coordination 1. Desiccation Resistance 1.5. Dexterity 0.5. Digestion 2.6 (Can break down multicellular matter, can digest meat, 16% off). Filtration 0. Hardness 2. Intelligence 1. Jumping 1. Oxygen Storage 1. Respiration 1. Stamina 2. Strength 0.5. Support 1.5. Swim Speed 2.7. Walk Speed 1.5.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. When observing a predator; roll up. When hungry; look for prey. When ready to reproduce, look for other adults and move towards them, then attempt to mate with the source.
External Features: Iridiphore pigments give the calcified exoskeleton with many plates covering the cylindrical body a metallic, blue sheen. This covers the skin. The mouth has a pair of mandibles (chelicera) and also has nearby chemoreceptors. On the side of the head are a pair of lens eyes and behind them a pair of compound eyes. The exoskeleton sports five pairs of legs; the first are chelipeds which end in pincers (chela), the next are long and spindly with sharp stingers at the end, protruding close to the base on the outside of the chelipeds, and the final three are lined with paddles and used for walking. The exoskeleton ends in a fan tail, and below this is a hyponome.
Internal Features: Spiracles at the edge of the body draw in water past gill-like structures and have valves with waterproof hairs at the opening. A closed circulatory system of blood vessels transports blue blood efficiently around the body. Anti-freeze glycoproteins circulate in the body fluids. A nephridium funnels out chemical waste and expels it through a pore. The body is supported by a system of muscles. From the mouth, a tube leads to the muscular stomach, then into the tightly coiled intestines and finally to the anus. A brain in the head connects to a nerve cord, which itself is connected to nerves like rungs of a ladder. In the centre of the body is a swim bladder, while below can be found testes and an ova. Throughout the whole body seeps a bitter fluid.
Reproduction: Sexual, Ovuliparity (External Fertilisation). 1,000 eggs. The eggs have a leathery outer layer and contain yolk.
Castes/Phases: None.
Locomotion: Walking. Paddling. Fluke Swimming. Hyponome Burst. Buoyancy Control. Active (20NP)
@PositiveTower - Points Stored = 1
Dinocaroides hibridus, Male (LC)
Tropical Very Humid Barrens, Early Spring
Through the slight murk of the hot river, a blinding light suddenly fills the sky and then fades away just as suddenly. The river is soon shook by a powerful tremor and the water is highly disturbed. You canāt help but being carried around by the churning water. Very quickly after, a dark cloud arrives over the river. You feel the heat increase until it is unbearable and you are boiled to death in the dark. (3 + 1 = You have not thrived. You will be reborn, as your species goes on.)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 35% (Juvenile) / 4.2cm / 4 months
Health: Dead
Stamina/Nutrition/Hydration: N/A
Temperature: N/A
Notes: N/A
Dinocaroides hibridus
Latest Mutations: Flexible Flaps, Bigger
Status: Unlisted
Habitat: Freshwater & Brackish Water in Tropical Very Humid Barrens, Tropical Monsoon Barrens, Tropical Wet-Dry Barrens, Tropical Winter Semi-Arid Barrens, Tropical Arid Barrens, Subtropical Very Humid Barrens, Subtropical Monsoon Barrens, Subtropical Wet-Dry Barrens, Subtropical Winter Semi-Arid Barrens, Subtropical Arid Barrens, Subtropical Very Arid Barrens, Warm Continental Arid Barrens, Warm Continental Very Arid Barrens, Warm Continental Arid Barrens, Subpolar Moderate Continental Arid Barrens, Subpolar Moderate Continental Arid Barrens, Polar Cool Oceanic Summer Semi-Humid Barrens
Niche: Predator
Size: 12cm (length)
Nutritional Need: (171NP/10) x 12/10 = 20.5NP
Food / Oxygen Requirement: (20.5 x 0.6) x 0.88 = 10.6NP / 20.5NP
Abilities: Air Space. Anti-Freeze. Circulation, Large Body. Foul Taste. Gas Buoyancy. Excretion, Liquid. Excretion, Solid. Moulting. Penetrates Hardness 3 (Pincers). Toxin, Painful. UV Resistance, Moderate.
Perception: Chemoreception 1 (Senses chemicals from 1m away). Sight 1 (Clear vision to the sides, can perceive green and blue light). View Angle 1 (from one pair).
Stats: Buoyancy 1. Coordination 1. Desiccation Resistance 1. Dexterity 0.5. Digestion 2.2 (Can break down multicellular matter, can digest meat, 12% off). Filtration 0. Toughness 2. Intelligence 1. Respiration 1. Stability 1. Stamina 2. Strength 0.5. Support 1.5. Swim Speed 3.0. Walk Speed 0.5.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. When observing a predator; swim away. When hungry; look for prey. When ready to reproduce, look for other adults and move towards them, then attempt to mate with the source.
External Features: Iridiphore pigments give the chitin exoskeleton with many plates covering the cylindrical body a metallic, blue sheen. This covers the skin. The mouth has a pair of mandibles (chelicera) and also has nearby chemoreceptors. On the side of the head are a pair of lens eyes and behind them a pair of compound eyes. The exoskeleton has flexible flaps that overlap each other to create a whole lobe on the side and ends in a fan tail. Below this is a hyponome.
Internal Features: Spiracles at the edge of the body draw in water past gill-like structures. A closed circulatory system of blood vessels transports blue blood efficiently around the body. Anti-freeze glycoproteins circulate in the body fluids. A nephridium funnels out chemical waste and expels it through a pore. The body is supported by a system of muscles. Toxin glands are inside the mandibles. From the mouth, a tube leads to the stomach, then into the coiled intestines and finally to the anus. A brain in the head connects to a nerve cord, which itself is connected to nerves like rungs of a ladder. In the centre of the body is a swim bladder, while below can be found testes or an ova. Throughout the whole body seeps a bitter fluid.
Reproduction: Sexual, Ovuliparity (External Fertilisation). 1,000 eggs.
Castes/Phases: Hermaphrodite.
Locomotion: Undulation. Fluke Swimming. Hyponome Burst. Buoyancy Control. Active (20NP)
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Yay survive for another round! Eat and be Merry amongst my kin
Dammit i hoped that the corpse was of an adult masticephalus sigh
I would like to take the Lepidoderes immortalii species