action: scream as I boil and as people say it is just air escaping my exoskeleton.
edit: also how did @jellyfishmon reproduce? the eggs should have been boiled as well.
Can I be emprothalmus soundeavia please?
I mentioned some eggs drifted into safety.
yeah but the water boiled everywhere, i don’t think going into a crack can save you from that.
Who says the water boiled everywhere?
you did, several people in different areas all boiled.
Doesn’t mean that everywhere boiled. They boiled because of the blast front but some managed to flow into sheltered spots where the blast front didn’t boil them.
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thanks for the round stealth, glad I got to reproduce before i became steamed lobster.
Mutation 1: Become more streamline by making my legs fold in like we discussed
Mutation 2: make stronger tail muscles
Mutation 3: increase Size
Mutation 4: Camouflaged Id be helpful if I wasnt literally one of the only colors that can be seen. make them sand colored with a white underbelly. When in mating season give the males blue stripes on their limbs, pattern will vary depending on species.
ill change the breeding grounds of this species to be in the tropical shallows reefs
Poor dude, lol, can’t catch a break 
Action: Be reborn
Action: With my difficulty in swimming, heading in the direction of another predator may not be the best of ideas. I will swim away from the Macromorphii’s scent and hope that I can find some soft coral in that direction instead. If I can find it, I will eat it. But I will keep a cautious eye and nose out for predators while doing so.
Round 196 - P.1
~65.3 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.
@Agenttine - Points Stored = 3
Salcaedis corcillum, Male (LC)
Tropical Wet-Dry Barrens, Early Spring
3 + 1 = NOT YET VOTED
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, Early Spring
In the pitch black, cool water you feel a rather large wave pick you up and start carrying you away. You have no choice but to let it. When it deposits you, you can sense several sponges nearby and no animals other than that. You consume what you can of the sponges, eating a great deal of food. After this you survive for a long time, feeding and avoiding predation as the seasons change from dark to warm and light, then back again. It’s now been sometime in darkness. You have managed to become an adult, ready to reproduce but you are exhausted. In the cool, pitch black water, you can smell a sponge nearby as well as a Cerceps in that direction. However, in the opposite direction, a a body of blue lights is flashing. (6)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 100% (Adult) / 6cm / 24 months
Health: Lost pectoral fin, Exhuasted
Stamina/Nutrition/Hydration: 25% / 13.8/13.8 (100% - 60% 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 try to swim away from the jellyfish but you cannot move against the current which sends you straight at the floating jellyfish and you get exhausted. You are grabbed by its tentacles, which slash at you, making several cuts. It starts pushing you towards its mouth. (1)
Status:
Maturity/Size/Age: 15% (Hatchling) / 1.2cm / 5 months
Health: Exhausted, cut
Stamina/Nutrition/Hydration: 15% / 1.7/2.2 (75% - 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 it’s 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
Lepidoderes immortalii (LC)
Subpolar Temperate Shallows, Late Summer
You hatch out into cool, dark water and you cannot see a thing, except a few lights blinking through the darkness. However, you follow a strong smell, squirming through the viscous water, until you bump into a corpse. You take a bite out of the corpse and keep eating until you have had your fill. You survive for several more months, feeding enough and avoiding predation to grow into a juvenile. At one point, the light returned as well as the warmth and it has not been dark since. You can see a stretch of sand interspersed with rock, algae and soft coral. The water is fairly murky. Laying on the nearest rock, close to some soft coral is a Cerceps. (6)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 35% (Juvenile) / 2.1cm / 8 months
Health: Healthy
Stamina/Nutrition/Hydration: 55% / 39/39 (100% - 35% left over for growth) / 100%
Temperature: Warm (Metabolism x 1.25)
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)
@jellyfishmon - Points Stored = 0
Pultrypa reponectus, Male (LC)
Tropical Shallows
You hatch out into hot water but almost instantly you are smothered by a wave. The forceful water pushes you up onto the beach and for an animal of 2mm its a long way up the beach. You have to quickly walk back to the sea as the hot, tropical sun beats down on you. The seabreeze is also not helpful and occasionally buffets you but eventually you make it back to the water and into the shallows,exhuasted. You have to squirm through the jelly-like water. Sand grains that hit your eyes are causing mild irritation. The shallows is full of undulating sand, with a series of hills and troughs panning out to sea. The sight of a dead adult Pultrypa and its smell is obvious in this scene. There’s another adult next to it, worse for wear but still moving feebly. A Dolichostoma siphunculus is hovering near a rock wall. (1)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 1% (Hatchling) / 2mm / 0 days
Health: Mildly stinging eyes, exhausted
Stamina/Nutrition/Hydration: 35% / 0.1/0.1 (45%) / 100%
Temperature: Hot (Metabolism x 1.5)
Notes: None
Pultrypa reponectus
Latest Mutations: Improve Paddles = 4, Better Muscles = 3, Increase Size = 3, Sand colored with a white underbelly. When in mating season give the males blue stripes on their limbs = 5
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
Size: 20cm
Nutritional Need: FEMALE: 219 x 20/100 = 43.8NP. MALE: 221 x 20/100 = 44.2NP
Food / Oxygen Requirement: FEMALE: 43.8 x 0.25 = 11NP per round (Needs to intake 11/0.7 = 15.7NP per round)/43.8 x 0.9 = 39NP MALE: 44.2 x 0.25 = 11.1NP per round (Needs to intake 11.1/0.7 = 15.9NP per round)/44.2 x 0.9 = 40NP
Characteristics: Absorption. Anti-Freeze. Foul Taste. Inflexible. Intolerant of more than low pressure. Large-Body Circulation. Liquid Excretion. Moults. Osmoregulation (High Salinity, Brackish Salinity). Rolls Up. Solid Excretion.
Perception: Sight 2 (sees clearly up to 5m away, blue and green perception, monocular vision). Chemoreception 2 (chemicals 5m from mouth). Wide Vision 1 (wide field of view that catches peripheral movement).
Stats: Buoyancy 1 (Adjustable Buoyancy). Coordination 2. Desiccation Resistance 1. Dexterity 1. Digestion 2 (100% Meat). Evolution 1. Filtration 0. Immunity 2 (Barrier Immunity, Stomach Acid). Jumping 1. Pierce Strength 3. Reach 1. Reactions 1. Respiration 1 (Stationary Respiration). Stamina 4. Strength 1. Support 2. Swim Speed 2.9. Swim Stability 0.5. Toughness 2. UV Resistance 1. Walk Speed 1.7. Warming -0.5.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Stimulus Response. Subconscious Functions. Body Movement Control. Tiredness = rest. Hunger hormones = move around. Pain = roll up. Adult = Release mating hormones. Mating hormones = move to Tropical Shallows breeding sites. (FEMALE ONLY: Mating hormones + own species chemicals + perceive blue stripes = reproduce). (MALE ONLY: Mating hormones + own species chemicals + perceive no blue stripes = reproduce). Move signal in water = fold legs against body to create lobes, hyponome boost and paddle with fan tail. Move signal against a surface = walk. ??? = move towards, wind up cheliped then launch it.
External Features: It has a cylindrical body which has a calcified, calcite exoskeleton in fourteen plates with joint tissue in between. The skin underneath has sandy melanin pigmentation on top and white melanin pigmentation underneath. One pair of legs have chela on the end. In front of the circular mouth is a mandible. Around the mouth are a few chemoreceptors. On either side of the head is a camera eye with calcite lens that changes shape and has no blind spot and a typical apposition compound eye, which both contain blue and green cone cells. Not including the chelipeds, it has four pairs of normal legs, one to a segment, that have a large paddle on the outer side. When swimming, these are folded in to give the effect of a continuous lobe halfway along the body. Behind that is five pairs of biramous, paddle-lined swimmerets, one to a segment. The rear of the body has a fan tail and below that a hyponome. Males in the mating season have a series of blue stripes on their limbs, unique to the species.
Internal Features: The body is segmented and contains fourteen segments. Spiracles lead to aquatic trachae. Blood vessels travel past every cell, carrying blue blood caused by hemocyanin, and the single circuit has a two-chambered heart. An anti-freeze xylomannan fatty acid and polysaccharide is in the blood. The body is supported by a system of muscles. It has a sex-appropriate gonad and a large protonephridium. There is a enclosed, one-chambered swim bladder in the dorsal side. There is a stomach and coiled intestines. A gland releases a foul fluid into the body fluids. Ganglia in the head lead into a dual dorsal nerve cord that has many nerves branching off. A cerebrum has memory neurons.
Reproduction: Sexual Reproduction. External Fertilisation. 1,000 eggs per spawning.
Castes/Phases: Genders.
Locomotion: Active (20NP). Undulation, Paddling, Hyponome Boosting. Walking.
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R.196 - P.2
@Spring_blooms - Points Stored = 2
Dolichostoma springbloomi (NT)
Tropical Shallows
You hatch out into hot, clear water. With your one eye, you rotate around so that you get a good view around. It seems that you are inside a small rockpool, as you can see the walls of rock all around you, with no other animals in sight. A wave splashes high over one of the walls and the force of it knocks you into a rock face, hurting you. The waves start to bring with it more water, until there is enough over the rockpool that you can swim out. The shallows is full of undulating sand, with a series of hills and troughs panning out to sea. Specks of debris particles can be sensed throughout the water. The blurry sight of a dead adult Pultrypa and its smell is obvious in this scene. There’s another adult next to it, worse for wear but still moving feebly. You can see a hatchling Pultrypa enter the water. (1 + 1)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 1% (Hatchling) / 0.4mm / 0 days
Health: A bit bruised
Stamina/Nutrition//Hydration: 65% / 0.1/0.1 (45%) / 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: “follow me”, “danger” and “help”.
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
Empropthalmus soundwavia (LC)
Subpolar Temperate Shallows, Early Autumn
You hatch out into warm, brightly lit water. Around you, you can see nothing but empty ocean, streaked with sunlight and a few other animals darting about. Not long after you hatch though, you sense a chance in the water. The salinity level is rising and you are being poisoned by it. Like the other animals, you charge around desperately, hoping to find some way out of it, though you are hindered by your small size, only managing to squirm. Luckily, the current carries you back into water of the right salinity. You start to recover, but you are exhausted. The current has carried you to the edge of a cliff. You can now see the sandy seabed in front of you, as the cliff descends into gloominess. Behind you is the open ocean. The water is warm and fairly murky. You can see a Masticephalus filtering nearby, but behind that is a Cerceps. (1)
Status:
Maturity/Size/Age: 1% (Hatchling) / 0.8mm / 0 days
Health: Exhausted
Stamina/Nutrition/Hydration: 15% / 0.1/0.1 (50%) / 100%
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 it’s 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)
@Zenzonegaming - Points Stored = 4
Saccenta marsupius, Male (LC)
Tropical Very Humid Barrens, Early Spring
(A scream seems to echo from a past life…) You hatch out, emerging from a pouch on your mother. You squirm out from under her relatively giant body, going through what appear like the tall columns of her armoured legs into the open, warm water. You see another Saccenta hatchling, but smaller and weaker. You attack it with your claws, which slice through its exoskeleton. You create fatal wounds, bleeding heavily. It dies soon after and you consume it. Looking around you, you are on a shallow bank, but in front of you is water where you cannot see the bottom. A Dinocaroides swims not far out from where the drop-off is. You see another Saccenta behind you. (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) / 5.6cm / 8 months
Health: Healthy
Stamina/Nutrition/Hydration: 55% / 9.4/9.4 (100% - 35% left over for growth) / 100%
Temperature: Warm (Metabolism x 1.25
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
The water becomes clogged with algae growing at the surface, rapidly. It covers the water in a layer that even blocks some sunlight from getting through making the below dark. You start finding it hard to breathe and then become poisoned by the algae. Other Skylos, Hydroambula and Icthyotelus start dying off and you are close to going the same way. Suddenly, the winds pick up and there is a downpour of rain onto the surface. This disrupts the algal covering and spreads them out. They no longer appear in the same numbers. You recover your breathe back and miraculously survive the poisoning. There is little life left around here. There are only small scraps of algae growing on rocks at the bottom. (1 + 1)
Status
Maturity/Size/Age: 40% (Juvenile) / 2.4cm / 4 months
Health: Healthy
Stamina/Nutrition/Hydration: 50% / 2.7/3.8 (70%) / 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 = 2
Dinocaroides hibridus, Male (LC)
Tropical Very Humid Barrens, Early Spring
You hatch out into warm, clear water. You are drifting downriver on a current, with no sign of the banks and a view of the muddy riverbed. You can see a Scleronotus paddling through the current just in front of you. Using your lobes to glide and undulate your way forward, you catch up with your target and before it notices you, bite its rear with your mandibles. They pierce through the exoskeleton and fill its body with a toxin. You then have an easy job and finish it off, biting into its head. You then eat what you need of the corpse. You are now a juvenile and swimming through a lake, over a seemingly endless drop. In the shallows you can see a couple Saccenta. A few Scleronotus are paddling through the water after Masticephalus in the deeper section. (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% / 2/2 (100% - 35% left over for growth) / 100%
Temperature: Warm (Metabolism x 1.25)
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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Thanks for the new round Stealth! 
And wow that was a quick growth.
Action: Take a short rest, then go searching for a receptive mate and reproduce. Preferably away from the scent of the Cerceps.
Phew, close one, lets get out if this area, theres nothing left for me here. Good work as always!
Vote: leave the reef of my birth behind, searching for more food or Skylos elsewhere
Action: rest for a while until i see something i can eat.
Action:Use the strategy of hiding and snatching which got rudely interrupted by meteor
action: eat the other Saccenta if it is not my mother (because she is about 3 times my size), if it is my mother then try to burrow under the sand and ambush something weaker.
also why is the info of my species empty?
Its because I’ve been under time pressure recently.
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Action: Use some of the Rocks to evade the Cerceps with stealth, we will look for smaller prey to hunt
Action: Stay away from any other creatures, making a break for whatever food I can find.