THE NEW Miscellaneous Talk That Doesn't Deserve A New Thread Thread Thread (Part 2)

I think so, but I might want to do it in a different format and separate from all my topics so far, for fun of course.

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Would it still be lounge-only or be a regular FG?

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Regular this time
what i will do? IHNI

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Should we only expect nephil 2 to launch once either genesis or remmortal is complete?

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I dont think soo

i need more time if it will have the stuff and the people to do it

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Oh so itโ€™s an ever further back project?

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Maybe
no ppromesises

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I see. We may get there one day I suppose.

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Apparently fish are also eaten in Scandinavia and Sweden according to Wikipedia.org

Wait whatโ€™s seed world?

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Itโ€™s a speculative biosphere thing where a planet is set up to only have some set of species to start off with

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He mean the meansion of โ€œSloastralโ€ World-โ€œSeedโ€ that i am making that the common starfish its the apex-predetor of the planet

with some extinct animals

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Didnโ€™t you also include cephalopods in there?

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The only one I have from the cephalopod family is Plectronoceras:

Technically the first of the cephalopods, but it doesnโ€™t exactly behave like one.
First, it is benthic and doesnโ€™t exactly have the jetting ability that cephalopods have (according to research I read, even if they have it, it is probably very weak and probably serves as an escape, but is not effective and usually drags itself along the bottom. They were a benthic micrograzer.

So, I should reveal the full list of all the creatures I added to the ecology:

1. PRIMARY PRODUCERS

Name Species Role Starfish Prey? Notes
Ulva Ulva lactuca Macroalgal primary producer No Thin green sheet algae
Fucus Fucus vesiculosus Macroalgal primary producer No Rockweed; habitat builder
Kelp Saccharina latissima Large macroalgal producer No Highly productive
Sea palm kelp Eisenia arborea Structural kelp No Adds vertical complexity
Diatoms Thalassiosira, Navicula spp. Phytoplankton No Microproducer
Cyanobacteria Synechococcus type Picoplankton No Nutrient recycler
Flagellates Micromonas sp. Microproducer No Supports micrograzers

2. MICROGRAZERS

Name Species Role Starfish Prey? Notes
Rotifer Brachionus plicatilis Micrograzer No Controls blooms

3. GRAZERS โ€” MODERN

Name Species Role Starfish Prey? Notes
Periwinkle Littorina littorea Grazer Yes Slow-moving
Top shell Gibbula umbilicalis Grazer Yes Epifaunal
Green sea urchin Psammechinus miliaris Grazer Yes Small, starfish can prey on adults
Limpet Patella vulgata Grazer Yes Prey if dislodged
Leaf slug Elysia viridis Soft grazer Yes Soft-bodied

4. GRAZERS / DETRITIVORES โ€” ANCIENT

Name Species Role Starfish Prey? Notes
Wiwaxia Wiwaxia corrugata Ancient grazer Yes Soft under sclerites
Odontogriphus Odontogriphus omalus Ancient grazer Yes Soft-bodied
Dic_kinsonia Dic_kinsonia costata Ancient detritivore Yes Absorptive feeder

5. FILTER FEEDERS โ€” MODERN

Name Species Role Starfish Prey? Notes
Blue mussel Mytilus edulis Filter feeder Yes Classic prey
Soft-shell clam Mya arenaria Filter feeder Yes Starfish access juveniles
Razor clam Ensis ensis Filter feeder Yes Accessible shallow
Ascidian Ciona intestinalis Filter feeder Yes Soft-bodied
Colonial ascidian Botrylloides violaceus Filter feeder Yes Space competitor
Sponge Halichondria panicea Filter feeder Variable Mostly edible
Bryozoan Membranipora membranacea Filter feeder Yes Encrusting, vulnerable

6. FILTER FEEDERS โ€” ANCIENT

Name Species Role Starfish Prey? Notes
Brachiopod Spirifer spp. Filter feeder Yes Similar to mussels
Cornulites Cornulites spp. Tube filter feeder Yes Soft interior
Hyolith Hyolithes sp. Filter feeder Yes Soft tissues accessible
Graptolite Dendrograptus sp. Colonial filter feeder Yes Provides detritus
Crinoid Pentacrinus subangularis Stalked filter feeder Sometimes Adds vertical structure

7. DETRITIVORES โ€” MODERN

Name Species Role Starfish Prey? Notes
Polychaete Capitella spp. Detritivore No Sediment recycler
Nereid worm Nereis diversicolor Predator/detritivore Sometimes Opportunistic prey
Nematodes Oncholaimus sp. Micro-detritivore No Sediment stabilizer
Foraminifer Ammonia tepida Micro-detritivore No Meiofaunal recycler

8. SPECIAL BENTHIC ANCIENT FORMS

Name Species Role Starfish Prey? Notes
Cambroernid Herpetogaster collinsi Semi-sessile feeder Yes Soft-bodied, vulnerable
Early cephalopod Plectronoceras sp. Benthic micrograzer Yes Very small, vulnerable

9. APEX PREDATOR

Name Species Role Starfish Prey? Notes
Common starfish Asterias rubens Apex predator โ€” Controls grazers & filter feeders
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Those Plectronoceras look so cute! I want to pet them!

The wikipedia page for Plectronoceras does not have that image, and instead has this image.

So the wikipedia page has an inaccurate depiction?

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You should never rely on Wikipedia for accurate knowledge.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378567830_Plectronoceratids_Cephalopoda_from_the_latest_Cambrian_at_Black_Mountain_Queensland_reveal_complex_three-dimensional_siphuncle_morphology_with_major_taxonomic_implications

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Solely on Wikipedia for accurate knowledge, since it depends on who has written the articles, and what articles are linked as references. Same thing with AI, and Wikipedia is one the training datasets for AI.

Should the picture on the Plectronoceras Wikipedia page be changed to the one you linked?

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Not to be rude but maybe you should create a new topic for this thing?

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So a correcting Wikipedia thread? :thinking:

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I was talking about their seedworld not the wikipedia being inaccurate thing

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New doomlightning FG maybe?

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