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~6.75 million years into the Atroxian~
Event - 2 (No event)
The first jawed animal has arrived, and is the deadliest animal on the planet. Fortunately, for the other animals it is seldom seen, occupying a small range of the ocean. The old predators are still the most common.
In other news, the worm-like Pollauranchia has evolved into a new species, capable of tunnelling through the sediment of the deep sea.Extra Game InfoEztan Extant Ecosystems:
docs.google.com/document/d/1ramXIxwYwggWj1bVH3zmZT-tlZSbQvW4PUZAEiVWYB8 (WIP)
Book of the Dead: Coming Soon.
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RoboTrannic Kapnosta limus (LC)
NORTH-WESTERN UTEENESSA OCEAN, DEEP OCEAN
Being very small, you are living your early days as plankton, and live in a much more viscous world. Gentle currents carry you over the seafloor, as your wriggle through the water; the currents bring lot's of microbial food for you to filter, and you do so. When you have grown up large enough to escape a planktonic life, you are deposited at the base of a seamount, with a small community of white coral growing around it. (5)
StatusHealth: Healthy
Maturity: 20%
Nutrition: 70%
Energy: 85%
Temp: Ok
Species Details
Kapnosta limus
(Skeleton = 5)
(Smell = 1)
(Scales = 6)
Description: These common, tubular animals are the first to evolve a layer of scales over their bodies, which provide more protection than bare skin. The downside though is that to prevent the sparse light glinting off their scales and giving away their position to predators, a fine slime is secreted over the scales to dull them. The problem is that this slime produces a strong smell, which spreads for tens of metres. Fortunately, at this time no predators have any olfactory organs. Kapnosta limus are the most common animal of the deep ocean, but are most successful around hydrothermal vents; the scales means that they can withstand more heat than their competitors. The vents produce a lot of valuable chemicals which microbes thrive off, and Kapnosta limus in turn thrive off these. Another adaptation that gives them an advantage is the evolution of a cartilage skeleton, which supports the heavier body and allows them to swim, albeit slowly and just above the ocean floor. The skeleton provides a place for muscle attachment, and it moves it's body from side to side to swim. It's name means slimy smoker, due to its fondness of hydrothermal vents.
Size: 6.5cm (length)
Status: LC
Biome: Deep Ocean
Niche: Benthic Filter-Feeder
Distribution: Uteenessa Ocean
Classification: Coming soon.
Predecessor: Coming soon.
Previous Mutations: Coming soon.
aviscerator Quatora agentibus (VU)
MANAURAI SEA, SHALLOW SEA
You move on from the now quite bare rocky shelf in search of more food. You swim onwards but only seem to come across an expanse of sand flats slowly sloping downwards. No food here. (1 + 1)
StatusHealth: Healthy
Maturity: 75%
Nutrition: 55%
Energy: 35%
Temp: Ok
Species DetailsQuatora agentibus
(Muscles = 4)
(Digestion = 3)
One of the many herbivores that plunder the mossy outcrops in the shallow seas, this mossy-green species only slightly edges out beyond its competition as it is slightly faster and more athletic. However, this niche is becoming quite crowded.
Features: The reason for its extra athleticism is the fact that is has well-arranged muscles, that increase movement efficiency. Another difference is the fact that the stomach now contains an acid capable of breaking down meat. However, it has no way of catching meat and cannot even scavenge due to the specific design of its teeth.
Size: 2.7cm (length)
Status: VU
Biome: Shallow Sea
Niche: Herbivore
Distribution: Shallow seas connected to Uteenessa Ocean
Classification: Coming soon.
Predecessor: Coming soon.
Previous Mutations: Coming soon.
agenttine Achmachelus occisorum (NT-)
NORTH-WESTERN UTEENESSA OCEAN, DEEP OCEAN
The exertion from feeding has exhausted your weakened self, so you allow yourself to drift to the floor, where you enjoy a rest. A little while later, you have recuperated and are ready to move again. (4)
StatusHealth: Long gash near tail
Maturity: 80%
Nutrition: 55%
Energy: 60%
Temp: Ok
Species Details
Achmachelus occisorum
(Teeth = 3)
(Eyes = 4)
The first chordate predator has arrived; it is comparatively large and wields deadly spines on its tail. When it finds another animal it swings its tail into them, delivering a deadly toxin. It follows its wounded prey until it becomes motionless, and then starts to feed on the body like a hagfish would. It has no jaw, so it can grip, but it gets a purchase with its teeth and then uses its flexible body to pull a chunk off.
Features: In its mouth is a circular row of small, dentine teeth. It also has a pair of cup eyes on the front of its body, but they are quite useless in the dark depths, except to detect the direction of the pale sun. Its main tracking tool is still its electrolocation.
Size: 6.5cm (length)
Status: NT
Biome: Deep Ocean
Niche: Apex Predator
Distribution: Uteenessa Ocean
Classification: Coming soon.
Predecessor: Coming soon.
Previous Mutations: Coming soon.
Immortal_Dragon Aerochelus gulpin (VU)
MANAURAI SEA, SHALLOW SEA
As a very small animal at this stage in your development, you are at the mercy of the current and a planktonic lifestyle. Fortunately, the current that picked you up is in the middle of a bloom; the sun and nutrients mean phytoplankton thrive in vast numbers, turning the sea green. And that means food for you. You wriggle through the viscous water, filtering the microbes, growing larger but not quite big enough to swim against the current. The bloom goes on. (6)
StatusHealth: Healthy
Maturity: 20%
Nutrition: 70%
Energy: 85%
Temp: Ok
Species Details
Aerochelus gulpin
(Swim Bladder = 6)
(Notochord = 2)
Aerochelus gulpin is unusual amongst contemporary sea creature in that it gulps in air from above the surface of the water. It is not using this to breathe in oxygen as it might first appear, although it could do in a pinch, but instead it is taking in air of a certain pressure into its swim bladder. This allows fast, safe movement between depths.
Features: To allow the air breathed in to enter the swim bladder, a small tube now connects the sac-like organ and the gut. The axochord of this species is also slightly stiffer than its cousins, which hinders movement somewhat.
Size: 3.5cm (length)
Status: VU
Biome: Open Ocean/Shallow Sea
Niche: Pelagic Filter-Feeder
Distribution: Uteenessa Ocean & connected seas
Classification: Coming soon.
Predecessor: Coming soon.
Previous Mutations: Coming soon.
soundwave Achmachelus occisorum (NT-)
NORTH-WESTERN UTEENESSA OCEAN, DEEP OCEAN
You plow on through the heat, hoping to locate a mate. A short while later, you detect the distant presence of a possible mate, but the extreme heat which you decided to swim through got the best of you. It burnt you to death. (3)
StatusHealth: Dead
Maturity: 91%
Nutrition: 85%
Energy: 75%
Temp: Overheating
Species Details
Achmachelus occisorum
(Teeth = 3)
(Eyes = 4)
The first chordate predator has arrived; it is comparatively large and wields deadly spines on its tail. When it finds another animal it swings its tail into them, delivering a deadly toxin. It follows its wounded prey until it becomes motionless, and then starts to feed on the body like a hagfish would. It has no jaw, so it can grip, but it gets a purchase with its teeth and then uses its flexible body to pull a chunk off.
Features: In its mouth is a circular row of small, dentine teeth. It also has a pair of cup eyes on the front of its body, but they are quite useless in the dark depths, except to detect the direction of the pale sun. Its main tracking tool is still its electrolocation.
Size: 6.5cm (length)
Status: NT
Biome: Deep Ocean
Niche: Apex Predator
Distribution: Uteenessa Ocean
Classification: Coming soon.
Predecessor: Coming soon.
Previous Mutations: Coming soon.
blackink Skelechelus inkenaria (EN)
NORTH-WESTERN UTEENESSA OCEAN, DEEP OCEAN
You hatch out of your capsule; at this stage in your life you are confined to a planktonic existence, floating with the current. But at this area of the water column (around the mesopelagic-bathypelagic border) the water movement is minimal. There are few currents pushing you around, so you can wriggle freely through the viscous water. The problem is that the only available food for you right now is falling marine snow. (4)
StatusHealth: Healthy
Maturity: 0%
Nutrition: 50%
Energy: 100%
Temp: Ok
Species Details New!
Skelechelus inkenaria
(Jaw = 5)
(Fins = 3)
(Fat = 1)
Description: Over time, the cartilage that supported this species' gills, known as pharyngeal arches, became a simple jaw and makes Skelechelus inkenaria the first jawed animal. The jaw can move up and down, and contains fine, needle-like teeth. This allows Skelechelus inkenaria to bite, although due to teeth inefficient for attack and the relative weakness, the tail barbs are still it's primary weapon. Nonetheless, it does make this the deadliest creature alive, as well as help with feeding and even holding onto struggling prey. Another addition that helps makes this more dangerous is a pair of oval fins near the front of the body, which increase manoeuvrability. All of this adds up to a dangerous hunter. While this is true, unfortunately it's range of dominance is limited; to lessen weight and improve speed Skelechelus inkenaria has foregone with all fat deposits. This leads to an animal that has skin stretched tight over it's cartilage, muscles and organs with very little insulation so they cannot live in the cold depths of the ocean. Neither can they survive the sunlit upper levels, as they have no pigment to protect from UV radiation. They are reduced to hunting in the twilight zone inbetween, or above at night. An influx of colder water can kill off populations.
Size: 7cm (length)
Status: EN
Biome: Mid Ocean
Niche: Apex/Nocturnal Predator
Distribution: Uteenessa Ocean
Classification: Coming soon.
Predecessor: Coming soon.
Previous Mutations: Coming soon.
Louix Squickia visionii (CR)
MANAURAI SEA, SHALLOW SEA
You hatch out of your capsule less than a millimetre long, which means you are dragged into the current and are not strong enough to swim against it. You are too small to filter any of the other young animals in the plankton, and so can only feed on microbes. The area of the current you are in is not blooming, but is reasonably well-stocked with food. (3)
StatusHealth: Healthy
Maturity: 0%
Nutrition: 50%
Energy: 100%
Temp: Ok
Species Details
Squickia visionii
Squickia visionii is the sole survivor of its genus, that was once the most common complex animal on Ezta, and it looks like it might be the last. Other animals have spread into its shallow sea domain and have outcompeted it in many ways, including speed and size. It has been forced to spread itself once again into the deeper ocean, but the competition for filter-feeding is tough, and it is losing the fight. It is also vulnerable to predation.
Features: Increasing the use of light, the eyes became shallower and the openings narrowed to form pinhole eyes. These can provide very dim vision, and are at the front of the animal, facing forwards. Hemocyte cells began to appear in the vessels of their open circulatory system, which target foreign cells as a kind of primitive immune system. Unfortunately, they can be quick to target their own cells if something goes slightly wrong. As a result, these animals are highly prone to blood diseases.
Classification: Ochipodia, Squickidae
Distribution: Uteenessa Ocean
Habitat: Shallow Sea, Ocean Floor
Status: CR
Time: R.11
Size: 1.5cm (length)
Lifestyle: Filter-feeder
Predecessor: Squickia caecus
Past Mutations: Muscles, Membrane, Chemoreceptors, Intuitive Memory, Gills (6), Yellow, (Needle-like) Teeth, Open Circulatory System