Round 4 - "A Learning Experience"The edible supply of microbes has gone extinct, eaten into nothingness. Those which could not adapt have died out. Unfortunately, one of the three most abundant species, Quantia inchordus has died out due to a population wide muscular atrophy leaving them immobile. Plaenur gracilis and Jiklinii adistercos face extinction on the horizon, saved only from the microbial vacuum by their numbers and ability to travel elsewhere for food though not without great cost.
Chaos warningIn one round, a natural event will occur inside the ecosystem.
Atrox Photosensitive Clusters = 6
Mouth Spines = 3
Species: Plaenur gracilis
Conservation: Endangered
Habitat: Deep ocean sand banks, shallows
Role: Bottom Feeder
Diet: Microbes
Size: .5mm (length)
Reproduction Method: Asexual – when circumstances allow the organism will split in two
General : Plaenur gracilis has evolved photosensitive clusters near the front of its body, these clusters have formed on bumps which they encircle giving the creature not only the ability to detect variation in light levels above it but around it as well. This has allowed members of the species to move into the higher waters when the light is low and will not pose a danger to their unpigmented forms. Additionally the species has developed small calcified bumps around the outside of the creature's mouth. Like all other species which could not adapt to find a new food source in time, the extinction of edible microbes in the sand bank has killed off massive numbers of the population. This was cushioned by the relatively high population the species had previously, and what little microbial food sources they can find outside of the sand banks, but that is not enough to guarantee a future on.
Previous Mutations : Wider Mouth, Wider Sides, Mouth Adjustment, Swim Bladder, Notochord, Muscles
BiologicalSomething Chloroplasts = 4
Skin Toughness = 3
Action : Move to brighter area
Species: Jiklinii'ad (Jiklinii adistercos)
Conservation: Critically Endangered
Habitat: Deep ocean sand banks, shallows.
Role: Bottom Feeder
Diet: Microbes
Size: .5mm (length)
Reproduction Method: Asexual – when circumstances allow the organism will split in two
General : An extra layer of skin has formed on the Jinklinii adistercos in successive generations, giving them more toughness compared to their cousins. Additionally the Jiklinii'ad have developed basic chloroplasts, which can use the minimal sunlight they have access to for energy supplementing. However, this is not sustainable as an energy source due to their energy requirements as a non-stationary creature not even accounting for their limited access to light, it is also not a viable form of consumption for material sources. With the edible microbes now extinct in the sand banks, the only reason this species has survived is the limited amount available as they swim.
Previous Mutations : Chlorophyll, Photosensitive Clusters. Muscles, fins.Notochord, Eye improvement.
QuantumCrab of '18 Improved Muscles = 1
Tail = 3
Species: Quantia inchordus
Conservation: Extinct
Habitat: Deep ocean sand banks
Role: Bottom Feeder
Diet: Microbes, Moss.
Size: 1mm (length)
Reproduction Method: Asexual – when circumstances allow the organism will split in two
General : Quantia inchordus has developed weaker musculature, hampering movement and the species' ability to peel moss off of nearby surfaces. Without microbes around, the largely immobile creatures have died off before they could develop the nervous system and muscles needed to move their newly developed tail-like protrusion.
Previous Mutations : Muscles, Photosensitive Clusters. Camouflage, Enlarge. Multicellular Digestion, Tooth bumps.
StealthStyleL Proto-Teeth = 6
Improve Eyespots = 1
Species: Grynyx (Grynyx paulis)
Conservation: Critically Endangered
Habitat: Deep ocean sand banks
Role: Bottom Feeder
Diet: Microbes, Algae
Size: .5mm (length)
Reproduction Method: Asexual – when circumstances allow the organism will split in two
General :
The Grynyx have developed small proto-teeth inside of their mouth which allows them to pry moss from surfaces, this saved them where others died off from lack of food and adaptation. Unfortunately, the species has developed a thick opaque layer over their eye spots which renders them as blind as their ancestors. The small population dwindles down to only those small few which remain near enough large moss growths and do not venture far from their birthing grounds.
Previous Mutations : Muscles, Photosensitive Clusters. Notochord, Paddles. Notochord Fix, Multicellular digestion.
mirrormonkey2 Improved Chloroplast = 2
Repair Swimbladder = 2
Species: Phyla (Phyla tandes)
Conservation: Extinct
Habitat: Deep ocean sand banks
Role: Bottom Feeder
Diet: Microbes
Size: .5mm (length)
Reproduction Method: Asexual – when circumstances allow the organism will split in two
General : Phyla tandes has died out due to starvation. The species' chloroplasts weakened, when they were already functionally without value due to the low availability of light and the fact that the species focused on this form of energy production which could not sustain them by itself. Additionally the swim-bladder of the species grew thicker walls and weighed it down further. (You were warned that chloroplasts would not alone sustain your creature, regardless of efficiency or light availability due to the functional energy mechanisms of the process.)
Previous Mutations : Chlorophyll, Swim-bladder. Chloroplast (double bet).
ostrich Proto-Teeth = 3
Multicellular Digestion = 6
Species: Struthio vermis
Conservation: Vulnerable
Habitat: Deep ocean sand banks
Role: Bottom Feeder
Diet: Microbes, Algae
Size: .6mm (length)
Reproduction Method: Asexual – when circumstances allow the organism will split in two
General : Struthio vermis has developed proto-teeth which allows it to pry algae off of nearby surfaces, additionally the bacteria which cultivated in its stomach are particularly efficient at breaking down the plant matter.
Previous Mutations : Muscles, Photosensitive Clusters. Notochord, fins.