Nersomus

## Nersomus boletus

Latest Mutations: Water Vascular System, Slightly Active, Lose Nephridium

Nersomus is the first species to evolve a water vascular system that supplies its body with nutrients by water canals, and this also stretches into the filtering cirrus around the mouth. The adults are sessile, stretching up from the seafloor, appearing a bit like fruiting bodies of mushrooms.

Status: Unlisted

Habitat: Subpolar Temperate Shallows, Subpolar Temperate Upper Ocean, Polar Temperate Shallows, Polar Temperate Upper Ocean

Niche: Benthic Filter-Feeder

Size: 2.5cm (height)

Nutritional Worth: 121 x 2.5/100 = 3NP

Food / Oxygen Requirement: 3 x 0.25 = 0.8NP per round (Needs to intake 0.8/0.7 = 1.1NP per round)/ 3NP

Abilities: Subzero Metabolism. Anti-Freeze.

Perception: Chemoreception 2 (5m from mouth). Sight 1 (Blurry images in one direction from the trunk).

Stats: Circulation 1. Cooling 1. Coordination 2. Digestion 2 (Digests 70% of an organism). Filtration 1.5. Immunity 1 (Barrier Immunity). 1 Liquid Excretion. Respiration 1 (Cutaneous Respiration, Ram Ventilation, Only Works Underwater). Sharpness 0.5. Solid Excretion 1. Stamina 1. Strength 0.5. Swim Speed 1. Swim Stability 1. Support 1.5. Toughness 3. UV Resistance 1. Walk Speed 0.5.

Intelligence / Behaviour:

External Features: Within the skin of the cylindrical body, there are yellow pigments. At the front of the body, cirri with chemoreceptors extend past the mouth with teeth. A jelly-filled dome rings around the front like a collar. Behind the head are three gill slits and on one side a pinhole eyes. Four membranes that host cilia run longitudinally down the body.

Internal Features: Pores on the side of the trunk lead the water vascular system. There is a chain mail suit of ossicles under the skin. Cells contain lysozymes and anti-freeze substances flow through the body. Close to the outer wall are found the gonads and the nephridium. It has a musculoskeletal system. Further inside the body is a stomach, which leads to intestines. The ganglion join the nerve cord, which is protected by a notochord.

Reproduction: Sexual. 1,000 eggs per spawning. External Fertilisation.

Castes/Phases: Hermaphrodites.

Locomotion: Slightly Active (10NP). Ciliated Paddling. Suspension.

External Features: Skin (3NP, +1 Immunity, +Barrier Immunity, +Cutaneous Respiration). Yellow Pigments (2NP, +1 UV Resistance, +1 Cooling). Cirri (7NP, +1 Filtration). Chemoreceptors (2NP, +2 Chemoreception). Mouth (0NP, +1 Filtration). Teeth (4NP, +0.5 Sharpness, -0.5 Filtration). Jelly-Filled Dome (2NP, +Suspension). Gills (4NP, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Ram Ventilation, +Only Works Underwater). Membranes (2NP, +1 Swim Stability). Cilia (2NP, +0.5 Swim Speed, +Ciliated Paddling). Pinhole Eye (2NP, +1 Sight).

Internal Features: Water Vascular System (1NP, +1 Stamina, +1 Circulation, +1 Liquid Excretion). Ossicles (10NP, +3 Toughness). Lysozymes (5NP, +Subzero Metabolism). Gonads (14NP, +Sexual Reproduction, +Hermaphroditism). Anti-Freeze Substances (2NP, +Anti-Freeze). Muscular System (11NP, +0.5 Support, +0.5 Strength, +0.5 Walk Speed, +0.5 Swim Speed). Stomach (7NP, +1 Digestion). Intestine (7NP, +1 Digestion, +1 Solid Excretion). Notochord (4NP, +1 Support). Ganglion (10NP, +1 Coordination). Nerve Cord (10NP, +1 Coordination).

Temporal Range: R.193 - Current (Astathean Stage of the Oliverian)

Distribution: Northern Hemisphere

Lifespan: 2 years

Predecessor: Ossiculodermis carterii

Classification: Nersomusinae, Ossiculodermisidae

Discoverer: StealthStyle