Atkinsonia

## Atkinsonia primus

Latest Mutations: Tougher Eggs, Sexes, Crop

While it wanders the open ocean in search of microbes to filter, Atkinsonia can store food from plentiful places in its crop. It also searches for the opposite sex, a new development for this species. When it does reproduce, the eggs are tougher to withstand the wear and tear of the ocean better.

Status: U

Habitat: Tropical Upper Ocean, Tropical Shallows

Niche: Pelagic Filter-Feeder

Size: 15cm (length)

Nutritional Worth: (137/10) x (15/10) = 20NP

Food / Oxygen Requirement: (20 x 0.6) x 0.9 = 10.8NP / 18NP

Abilities: Anti-Freeze. Barrier Immune System. Circulation. Cutaneous Respiration. Food Storage. Liquid Excretion. Moderate UV Resistance. Permeable Skin.

Perception: Chemoreception 2 (Senses chemicals 5m away). Sight 1 (Clear vision all around)

Stats: Agility 0.5. Buoyancy 1. Coordination 1. Digestion 2 (can break down multicellular matter, 10% off). Inflexibility 3. Intelligence 1. Filtration 2.5. Respiration 2 (10% off). Stamina 2.5. Strength 1. Support 1. Toughness 3. Evolution 1 (4 votes).

Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. It knows to eat and avoid being harmed. The female responds to the stimuli of producing eggs by embedding them in her tentacles and tucking the tentacles under her body.

External Features: It has a cylindrical body almost completely covered by a torpedo-shaped, thick calcite shell, with red pigmentation in the thin skin layer. A mouth is surrounded by chemoreceptors and four tentacles covered in threads. There is also a pair of stalks with an eye on each side of the head. A hyponome is also found on the head and can be swivelled in multiple directions independently.

Internal Features: Behind the head are three 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 crop, then 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. A testes and an ova can be found in females and males respectively. The shell is split into chambers with a siphuncle running through it, forming a phragmocone.

Locomotion Type: Hyponome Burst. Buoyancy. Active (20NP)

Reproduction: Sexual, Ovuliparity (External Fertilisation). 1,000 tougher eggs. Hermaphroditism.

Castes/Phases: Male and Female. (+1 Evolution)

External Features: Red pigments (2NP, +Moderate UV Resistance). Skin (3NP, +Permeable Skin, +Cutaneous Respiration, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Barrier Immune System). Conical Thick Calcite Shell (10NP, +3 Toughness, +3 Inflexibility, -1 Swim Speed). Mouth (+1 Filtration). Chemoreceptors (2NP, +2 Chemoreception). Eyes (7NP, +1 Sight). Tentacles With Threads (7NP, +1.5 Filtration, Weapon). Swivelling Hyponome (7NP, +0.5 Swim Speed, +0.5 Agility).

Internal Features: Gills (4NP, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina). Open Circulatory System (6NP, +Circulation, +0.5 Stamina). Anti-Freeze Glycoproteins (2NP, +Anti-Freeze). Nephridium (7NP, + Liquid Excretion). Longitudinal Muscles (3NP, +0.5 Walk Speed, +0.5 Swim Speed, +0.5 Support, +0.5 Strength, Allows Crawling). Crop (4NP, +Food Storage). Stomach (10NP, +1 Digestion, +Can Break Down Multicellular Matter). Intestines (7NP, +1 Digestion). Brain and nerve network (22NP, +1 Coordination, +1 Intelligence). Notochord (4NP, +0.5 Support, +0.5 Strength). Testes (5NP, Male Only). Ova (5NP, Female Only). Phragmocone (+1 Buoyancy).

Temporal Range: R.190 - Present (Astathean Stage of the Oliverian)

Distribution: Cosmopolitan

Predecessor: Coliteuthis largus

Classification: Coliteuthisinae (sf), Nimiastomidae (f)

Lifespan: 1 year.

Discoverer: StealthStyle

## Atkinsonia major

Latest Mutations: Bigger

This is a relatively large cephalopod-like animal which lives in a shell and feeds with tentacles while using a hyponome to move along the seafloor. It's a benthic filter-feeder that lives on the continental shelf around Tartarus.

Status: Unlisted

Habitat: Tropical Shallows (Upper 50m)

Niche: Benthic Filter-Feeder

Size: 30cm (length)

Nutritional Need: 151 x 30/100 = 23NP

Food / Oxygen Requirement: 23 x 0.25 = 5.8NP per round (Needs to intake 5.8/0.7 = 8.3NP per round)/ 23 x 0.8 = 18NP

Characteristics: Adjustable Buoyancy. Anti-Freeze. Cutaneous Respiration. Food Storage. Inflexible. Intolerant of more than 50m deep. Liquid Excretion. Only Works Underwater; gills and hyponome. Osmoconformer (High Salinity). Permeable Skin. Stationary Respiration. Small-Body Circulation. Solid Excretion.

Perception: Sight 2 (see clearly 5m on either side, monocular vision). Chemoreception 2 (detects chemicals 5m from mouth).

Stats: Buoyancy 0.5. Coordination 2. Desiccation Resistance 1. Digestion 2.5. Evolution 1. Filtration 2.5. Immunity 2. Respiration 3. Stamina 4. Strength 1. Support 3. Swim Agility 1. Swim Speed -1.2. (Toughness 3 = Shell). UV Resistance 2. Walk Speed -0.5.

Intelligence / Behaviour: Stimulus Response. Hunger hormones = move around. Pain = move around. Move signal = hyponome boost. Tiredness = rest. Masticephalus chemicals = use cirri to filter water into mouth. Mating hormones = move around. Coliteuthis carnivorus chemicals w/ mating hormones = reproduce.

External Features: At the front is the thread-bearing cirri, followed by the circular mouth and chemoreceptors. It has a thick, conical shell on the back, made of calcite. This is secreted by the mantle, which is a layer on the skin. The skin contains red melanin pigmentation. A pair of camera eyes that focus by moving the lens but have a blind spot, sit on stalks through holes in the shell. Flaps of skin line the sides. At the back of the shell is a hyponome, capable of swivelling.

Internal Features: The hyponome pumps water into the mantle cavity, which contains the six pairs of gills and the phragmocone with a wide siphuncle. A crop lays behind the mouth. The body has a hemoacoel and a few small blood vessels from the gills and saccate metanephridium. It has sex-appropriate gonads. It has muscles across the body. It has a stomach attached to the coiled intestine. From the ganglia in head is a single, ventral nerve cord with nerves running off. The nerve cord is shielded by the notochord.

Reproduction: Sexual Reproduction. External Fertilization. 1,000 eggs per spawning. Tough eggs.

Castes/Phases: Sexes.

Locomotion: Active (20NP). Hyponome Boosting.

External Features: Medium Pigmentation (2NP, +2 UV Resistance). Thick Shell (11NP, +3 Toughness, +1 Desiccation Resistance, +2 Support, -1 Buoyancy, -1.2 Swim Speed, -1 .2 Swim Agility, -1.2 Walk Speed, +Inflexible, -Wriggling). Skin (3NP, +1 Immunity, +Barrier Immunity, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Cutaneous Respiration, +Permeable Skin). Mouth (0NP, +1 Filtration). Chemoreceptors (2NP, +2 Chemoreception). Camera Eye (11NP, +2 Sight, +Monocular Vision). Swivelling Hyponome (7NP, +1 Swim Agility, +0.5 Swim Speed, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Stationary Respiration, -Ram Ventilation, +Hyponome Boosting, +Only Works Underwater). Thread-Bearing Cirri (7NP, +1.5 Filtration).

Internal Features: Gills (4NP, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Ram Ventilation, +Only Works Underwater). Crop (4NP, +Food Storage). Open Circulatory System (3NP, +Small-Body Circulation, +1 Stamina). Anti-Freeze Compound (2NP, +Anti-Freeze). Nephridium (11NP, +Liquid Excretion). Muscular System (7NP, +1 Strength, +0.5 Walk Speed, +0.5 Swim Speed, +Wriggling). Monogastric Digestive System (19NP, +1.5 Meat Digestion, +1.5 Veg Protein Digestion, +1 Immunity, +Solid Excretion). Centralised Nervous System (20NP, +2 Coordination, +Stimulus Response). Notochord (4NP, +1 Support). Phragmocone (4NP, +1.5 Buoyancy, +Adjustable Buoyancy, +Intolerant of more than 50m deep). Gonads (7NP, +1 Evolution, +Sexual Reproduction, +Sexes, +External Fertilisation).

Temporal Range: R. 211 - Present (Agentian Stage of the Oliverian)

Distribution: Tartarus

Lifespan: 1 year

Predecessor: Atkinsonia primus

Classification:

Discoverer: StealthStyle

## Atkinsonia punctatus

Latest Mutations: Tan Colour, Males have black spots

This is a cephalopod crawling through the upper 50m of the seas around southern Tartarus, filtering with it's tentacles, almost invulnerable living in its hard shell. It's a tan colour and the males have black spots on their flaps.

Status: Unlisted

Habitat: Subpolar Temperate Ocean, Polar Temperate Ocean (Upper 50m)

Niche: Benthic Filter-Feeder

Diet: Any fresh meat it can get.

Size: 30cm (length - front to back)

Nutritional Need: 140 x 30/100 = 46.2NP

Food / Oxygen Requirement: 46.2 x 0.25 = 11.6NP per round (Needs to intake 11.6/0.65 = 16.5NP per round)/ 46.2 x 0.8 = 37NP

Abilities: Adjustable Buoyancy. Anti-Freeze. Exothermic. Inflexible. Intolerant of more than 50m deep. Food Storage. Liquid Excretion. Osmoconformer (Quite High Salinity). Permeable Skin. Small-Body Circulation. Solid Excretion. Subzero Metabolism.

Perception: Chemoreception 2 (detects chemicals 5m from mouth). Sight 2 (see clearly 5m on either side, monocular vision).

Stats: Buoyancy 0.5. Coordination 2. Desiccation Resistance 1. Digestion 1.5 (100% Meat, Digests 65%). Evolution 1. Filtration 2.5. Immunity 2. Respiration 3 (Cutaneous Respiration, Stationary Respiration). Stamina 3. Strength 1. Support 3. Swim Agility 0. Swim Speed 0. Toughness 0 (3 - Shell). UV Resistance 2. Walk Speed -0.5.

Intelligence / Behaviour: 1. Hungry > Search for food. 2. Food > Filter with cirri. 3. Tired > Rest. 4. Pain > Swim away. 5. Maturity > Reproduce.

External Features: At the front are the four thread-bearing cirri, followed by the circular mouth and chemoreceptors. It has a thick, conical shell on the back, made of calcite. This is secreted by the mantle, which is a layer on the skin. The skin contains tan melanin pigmentation. A pair of camera eyes that focus by moving the lens but have a blind spot, sit on stalks through holes in the shell. Flaps of skin line the sides. At the back of the shell is a hyponome, capable of swivelling.

Internal Features: Each cell contains lysozymes and piezolytes. The hyponome pumps water into the mantle cavity, which contains the six pairs of gills and the phragmocone with a wide siphuncle. A crop lays behind the mouth. The body has a circuit of blood vessels pumped by a dorsal vessel which pass the gills and saccate metanephridium, containing anti-freeze threitol sugar alcohol. It has gonads in the lower part of the body and muscles across the body. There is a stomach attached to the coiled intestine. From the ganglia in the head is a single, ventral nerve cord with nerves running off. The nerve cord is shielded by the notochord.

Reproduction: Sexual Reproduction. External Fertilization. 1,000 eggs per spawning. Tougher Eggs.

Castes/Phases: Sexes. Males: Have black spots on flaps.

Locomotion: Active (20NP). Hyponome Boosting.

External Features: Medium Pigmentation (2NP, +2 UV Resistance). Shell (11NP, +3 Toughness, +1 Desiccation Resistance, +2 Support, -1 Buoyancy, -1 Swim Speed, -1 Swim Agility, -1 Walk Speed, +Inflexible, -Wriggling). Skin (3NP, +1 Immunity, +Barrier Immunity, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Cutaneous Respiration, +Permeable Skin). Cirri w/ threads (7NP, +1.5 Filtration). Mouth (0NP, +1 Filtration). Chemoreceptors (2NP, +2 Chemoreception). Camera Eye (11NP, +2 Sight, +Monocular Vision). Swivelling Hyponome (7NP, +1 Swim Agility, +0.5 Swim Speed, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Stationary Respiration, -Ram Ventilation, +Hyponome Boosting, +Only Works Underwater).

Internal Features: Lysozymes (1NP, +Subzero Metabolism). Piezolytes (5NP, +Low Pressure Tolerance). Gills (4NP, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Ram Ventilation, +Only Works Underwater). Phragmocone (4NP, +1.5 Buoyancy, +Adjustable Buoyancy, +Intolerant of more than 50m deep). Crop (4NP, +Food Storage). Open Circulatory System (3NP, +Small-Body Circulation, +1 Stamina). Anti-Freeze Compound (2NP, +Anti-Freeze). Nephridium (11NP, +Liquid Excretion). Gonads (7NP, +1 Evolution, +Sexual Reproduction, +Sexes, +External Fertilisation). Muscular System (7NP, +1 Strength, +0.5 Walk Speed, +0.5 Swim Speed, +Wriggling). Monogastric Digestive System (19NP, +1.5 Meat Digestion, +1.5 Veg Protein Digestion, +1 Immunity, +Solid Excretion). Centralised Nervous System (20NP, +2 Coordination, +Stimulus Response). Notochord (4NP, +1 Support).

Temporal Range: R. 225 - Present (Atrobocean Stage of the Oliverian)

Distribution: Southern Tartarus Coast

Lifespan: 2 years

Predecessor: Atkinsonia major

Classification: Coliteuthisinae (sf), Nimiastomaidae (f)

Discoverer: StealthStyle

## Atkinsonia bakerii

Latest Mutations: Lose lysozymes

This is a cephalopod crawling around the upper 50m of the seas around Olympia, filtering with it's tentacles, almost invulnerable living in its hard shell. It has no lysozymes.

Status: Unlisted

Habitat: Subpolar Temperate Ocean, Polar Temperate Ocean (Upper 50m)

Niche: Benthic Filter-Feeder

Diet: Any fresh meat it can get.

Size: 15cm (length - front to back)

Nutritional Need: 139 x 15/100 = 20.9NP

Food / Oxygen Requirement: 20.9 x 0.25 = 5.2NP per round (Needs to intake 5.2/0.65 = 8NP per round)/ 20.9 x 0.8 = 16.7NP

Abilities: Adjustable Buoyancy. Anti-Freeze. Exothermic. Inflexible. Intolerant of more than 50m deep. Food Storage. Liquid Excretion. Osmoconformer (Quite High Salinity). Permeable Skin. Small-Body Circulation. Solid Excretion.

Perception: Chemoreception 2 (detects chemicals 5m from mouth). Sight 2 (see clearly 5m on either side, monocular vision).

Stats: Buoyancy 0.5. Coordination 2. Desiccation Resistance 1. Digestion 1.5 (100% Meat, Digests 65%). Evolution 1. Filtration 2.5. Immunity 2. Respiration 3 (Cutaneous Respiration, Stationary Respiration). Stamina 3. Strength 1. Support 3. Swim Agility 0. Swim Speed 0. Toughness 0 (3 - Shell). UV Resistance 2. Walk Speed -0.5.

Intelligence / Behaviour: 1. Hungry > Search for food. 2. Food > Filter with cirri. 3. Tired > Rest. 4. Pain > Swim away. 5. Maturity > Reproduce.

External Features: At the front are the four thread-bearing cirri, followed by the circular mouth and chemoreceptors. It has a thick, conical shell on the back, made of calcite. This is secreted by the mantle, which is a layer on the skin. The skin contains red melanin pigmentation. A pair of camera eyes that focus by moving the lens but have a blind spot, sit on stalks through holes in the shell. Flaps of skin line the sides. At the back of the shell is a hyponome, capable of swivelling.

Internal Features: Each cell contains lysozymes and piezolytes. The hyponome pumps water into the mantle cavity, which contains the six pairs of gills and the phragmocone with a wide siphuncle. A crop lays behind the mouth. The body has a circuit of blood vessels pumped by a dorsal vessel which pass the gills and saccate metanephridium, containing anti-freeze threitol sugar alcohol. It has gonads in the lower part of the body and muscles across the body. There is a stomach attached to the coiled intestine. From the ganglia in the head is a single, ventral nerve cord with nerves running off. The nerve cord is shielded by the notochord.

Reproduction: Sexual Reproduction. External Fertilization. 1,000 eggs per spawning. Tougher Eggs.

Castes/Phases: Sexes.

Locomotion: Active (20NP). Hyponome Boosting.

External Features: Medium Pigmentation (2NP, +2 UV Resistance). Shell (11NP, +3 Toughness, +1 Desiccation Resistance, +2 Support, -1 Buoyancy, -1 Swim Speed, -1 Swim Agility, -1 Walk Speed, +Inflexible, -Wriggling). Skin (3NP, +1 Immunity, +Barrier Immunity, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Cutaneous Respiration, +Permeable Skin). Cirri w/ threads (7NP, +1.5 Filtration). Mouth (0NP, +1 Filtration). Chemoreceptors (2NP, +2 Chemoreception). Camera Eye (11NP, +2 Sight, +Monocular Vision). Swivelling Hyponome (7NP, +1 Swim Agility, +0.5 Swim Speed, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Stationary Respiration, -Ram Ventilation, +Hyponome Boosting, +Only Works Underwater).

Internal Features: Piezolytes (5NP, +Low Pressure Tolerance). Gills (4NP, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Ram Ventilation, +Only Works Underwater). Phragmocone (4NP, +1.5 Buoyancy, +Adjustable Buoyancy, +Intolerant of more than 50m deep). Crop (4NP, +Food Storage). Open Circulatory System (3NP, +Small-Body Circulation, +1 Stamina). Anti-Freeze Compound (2NP, +Anti-Freeze). Nephridium (11NP, +Liquid Excretion). Gonads (7NP, +1 Evolution, +Sexual Reproduction, +Sexes, +External Fertilisation). Muscular System (7NP, +1 Strength, +0.5 Walk Speed, +0.5 Swim Speed, +Wriggling). Monogastric Digestive System (19NP, +1.5 Meat Digestion, +1.5 Veg Protein Digestion, +1 Immunity, +Solid Excretion). Centralised Nervous System (20NP, +2 Coordination, +Stimulus Response). Notochord (4NP, +1 Support).

Temporal Range: R. 239 - Present (Atrobocean Stage of the Oliverian)

Distribution: Olympia Coast

Lifespan: 1 year

Predecessor: Atkinsonia primus

Classification: Coliteuthisinae (sf), Nimiastomaidae (f)

Discoverer: StealthStyle

## Atkinsonia penicillus

Latest Mutations: Improve Chemoreception, Move Chemoreceptors

This is a cephalopod crawling through the upper 50m of the seas around southern Tartarus, attacking prey with it's tentacles, almost invulnerable living in its hard shell. It better chemoreceptors and these are placed  on each of the many threads on it's tentacles that it can use to sweep across the ocean floor to sense food.

Status: Unlisted

Habitat: Subpolar Temperate Ocean, Polar Temperate Ocean (Upper 50m)

Niche: Benthic Filter-Feeder

Diet: Any fresh meat it can get.

Size: 30cm (length - front to back)

Nutritional Need: 140 x 30/100 = 42NP

Food / Oxygen Requirement: 42 x 0.25 = 10.5NP per round (Needs to intake 10.5/0.65 = 16.2NP per round)/ 42 x 0.8 = 33.6NP

Abilities: Adjustable Buoyancy. Anti-Freeze. Exothermic. Inflexible. Intolerant of more than 50m deep. Food Storage. Liquid Excretion. Osmoconformer (Quite High Salinity). Permeable Skin. Small-Body Circulation. Solid Excretion. Subzero Metabolism.

Perception: Chemoreception 3 (detects chemicals 50m from mouth). Sight 2 (see clearly 5m on either side, monocular vision).

Stats: Buoyancy 0.5. Coordination 2. Desiccation Resistance 1. Digestion 1.5 (100% Meat, Digests 65%). Evolution 1. Filtration 3. Immunity 2. Respiration 3 (Cutaneous Respiration, Stationary Respiration). Stamina 3. Strength 1. Support 3. Swim Agility 0. Swim Speed 0. Toughness 0 (3 - Shell). UV Resistance 2. Walk Speed -0.5.

Intelligence / Behaviour: 1. Hungry > Search for food. 2. Food > Filter with cirri. 3. Tired > Rest. 4. Pain > Swim away. 5. Maturity > Reproduce.

External Features: At the front are the six thread-bearing cirri, followed by the circular mouth and chemoreceptors. It has a thick, conical shell on the back, made of calcite. This is secreted by the mantle, which is a layer on the skin. The skin contains red melanin pigmentation. A pair of camera eyes that focus by moving the lens but have a blind spot, sit on stalks through holes in the shell. Flaps of skin line the sides. At the back of the shell is a hyponome, capable of swivelling.

Internal Features: Each cell contains lysozymes and piezolytes. The hyponome pumps water into the mantle cavity, which contains the six pairs of gills and the phragmocone with a wide siphuncle. A crop lays behind the mouth. The body has a circuit of blood vessels pumped by a dorsal vessel which pass the gills and saccate metanephridium, containing anti-freeze threitol sugar alcohol. It has gonads in the lower part of the body and muscles across the body. There is a stomach attached to the coiled intestine. From the ganglia in the head is a single, ventral nerve cord with nerves running off. The nerve cord is shielded by the notochord.

Reproduction: Sexual Reproduction. External Fertilization. 1,000 eggs per spawning. Tougher Eggs.

Castes/Phases: Sexes.

Locomotion: Active (20NP). Hyponome Boosting.

External Features: Medium Pigmentation (2NP, +2 UV Resistance). Shell (11NP, +3 Toughness, +1 Desiccation Resistance, +2 Support, -1 Buoyancy, -1 Swim Speed, -1 Swim Agility, -1 Walk Speed, +Inflexible, -Wriggling). Skin (3NP, +1 Immunity, +Barrier Immunity, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Cutaneous Respiration, +Permeable Skin). Cirri w/ threads (7NP, +2 Filtration). Mouth (0NP, +1 Filtration). Chemoreceptors (2NP, +3 Chemoreception). Camera Eye (11NP, +2 Sight, +Monocular Vision). Swivelling Hyponome (7NP, +1 Swim Agility, +0.5 Swim Speed, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Stationary Respiration, -Ram Ventilation, +Hyponome Boosting, +Only Works Underwater).

Internal Features: Lysozymes (1NP, +Subzero Metabolism). Piezolytes (5NP, +Low Pressure Tolerance). Gills (4NP, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Ram Ventilation, +Only Works Underwater). Phragmocone (4NP, +1.5 Buoyancy, +Adjustable Buoyancy, +Intolerant of more than 50m deep). Crop (4NP, +Food Storage). Open Circulatory System (3NP, +Small-Body Circulation, +1 Stamina). Anti-Freeze Compound (2NP, +Anti-Freeze). Nephridium (11NP, +Liquid Excretion). Gonads (7NP, +1 Evolution, +Sexual Reproduction, +Sexes, +External Fertilisation). Muscular System (7NP, +1 Strength, +0.5 Walk Speed, +0.5 Swim Speed, +Wriggling). Monogastric Digestive System (19NP, +1.5 Meat Digestion, +1.5 Veg Protein Digestion, +1 Immunity, +Solid Excretion). Centralised Nervous System (20NP, +2 Coordination, +Stimulus Response). Notochord (4NP, +1 Support).

Temporal Range: R. 239 - Present (Atrobocean Stage of the Oliverian)

Distribution: Southern Tartarus Coast

Lifespan: 2 years

Predecessor: Atkinsonia major

Classification: Coliteuthisinae (sf), Nimiastomaidae (f)

Discoverer: StealthStyle