Salcaedis

## Salcaedis corcillum

Latest Mutations: Tropical Tolerance = 5, Intelligence = 6, Heart = 5, Stronger Mandibles = 2

This species has become marine, occupying the tropics around the Uteenessa Ocean. It can only hunt soft-bodied creatures because it has rather blunt and weak pincers. The soft-bodied species that live here are much smaller and do not provide a nutritional meal for adults, so it mainly grazes and has no predators to hinder its grazing. When reproducing, they return to certain sites in estuaries based in the tropics across both Olympia and Tartarus. This is thanks to their ability to remember long-term events.

Status: Unlisted

Habitat: Tropical Shallows, Tropical Upper Ocean & Brackish Water in Tropical Very Humid Barrens, Tropical Monsoon Barrens, Tropical Wet-Dry Barrens, Tropical Winter Semi-Arid Barrens, Tropical Arid Barrens, Subtropical Very Humid Barrens, Subtropical Monsoon Barrens, Subtropical Wet-Dry Barrens, Subtropical Winter Semi-Arid Barrens, Subtropical Arid Barrens, Subtropical Very Arid Barrens

Niche: Predator, Herbivore

Size: 13cm (length)

Nutritional Need: (133NP/10) x 13/10 = 14.8NP

Food / Oxygen Requirement: (14.8 x 0.6) x 0.9 = 8NP / 14.8NP

Abilities: Moderate UV Resistance, Pincers Penetrate Hardness 0, Moulting, Can Roll Up. Osmoregulation (High Salinity, Brackish Tolerance), Circulation, Excretion. Long-Term Memory.

Perception: Chemoreception 2 (Senses chemical particles from 5m away, only vague sense of direction), Sight 1 (Clear sight to the sides), Perceives Blue and Green.

Stats: Respiration 1, Coordination 1. Digestion 1.2 (Can Break Down Multicellular Matter, Can Digest Meat, Can Digest Plants, 10% less), Immunity (Immunity Physical Barrier), Support 1.5, Intelligence 1, Desiccation Resistance 1, Hardness 3. Walk Speed 2, Swim Speed 4.1, Stamina 2, Jumping 1, Strength 0.5, Dexterity 0.5, Filtration -0.5. Evolution 2 (5 mutations).

Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. When feeling pain; roll up into a ball. When hungry; look or sense for algae or animals. In Early Spring, when ready to reproduce, move to brackish water and gather in specific breeding sites (+1 Evolution) and then sense for pheromones of opposite sex and move towards them, then attempt to mate with the source.

External Features: Iridiphore pigments give the calcified exoskeleton with many plates covering the cylindrical body a metallic, blue sheen. This covers the skin. The mouth has a pair of mandibles (chelicera) and also has nearby chemoreceptors. On the side of the head are a pair of lens eyes and behind them a pair of compound eyes. The exoskeleton sports ten pairs of legs; the first are chelipeds which end in long, serrated pincers (chela), the next four are lined with paddles and used for walking and the final five are smaller, forked (biramous) swimmerets, also with paddles. The exoskeleton ends in a fan tail, and below this is a hyponome.

Internal Features: Spiracles at the edge of the body draw in water past gill-like structures. A closed circulatory system of blood vessels transports blue blood efficiently around the body, pumped by a two-chambered heart. Anti-freeze glycoproteins circulate in the body fluids. A nephridium funnels out chemical waste and expels it through a pore. The body is supported by a system of muscles. From the mouth, a tube leads to the stomach, then into the coiled intestines and finally to the anus. A brain in the head connects to a nerve cord, which itself is connected to nerves like rungs of a ladder. In the centre of the body is a swim bladder, while below can be found testes (in a male or hermaphrodite) or an ova (in a female or hermaphrodite). Throughout the whole body seeps a bitter fluid.

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

Castes/Phases: Male & Female until late life (Identical) (+1 Evolution)

Locomotion: Walking. Paddling. Fluke Swimming. Hyponome Burst. Buoyancy Control.

External Features: Blue pigments (1 + 1NP, Moderate UV Resistance). Flexible, calcified, chitin exoskeleton (10 + 0NP, +3 Hardness, +1 Desiccation Resistance, +1 Support, No Cutaneous Respiration, Moulting, Can Roll Up). Skin (2 + 1NP, Permeable Skin, Cutaneous Respiration, +1 Respiration, Immunity Physical Barrier). Two lots of pincers (8 + 0NP, Penetrates Hardness 0, +0.5 Dexterity, -1 Filtration). Mouth (0 + 0NP, +0.5 Filtration). Chemoreceptors (1 + 1NP, +2 Chemoreception). Two eyes with blue and green receptor cells (2 + 5NP, +1 Sight, Perceives Blue and Green Light). Two compound eyes with blue and green receptor cells (2 + 5NP, +1 Sight, Perceives Blue and Green Light). Five pairs of legs with paddle linings, but front pair have no paddles and end in strong claws (4 + 0NP, +1 Walk Speed, +1 Jumping, +0.7 Swim Speed). Hyponome (3 + 7NP, +0.5 Swim Speed). Five pairs of forked arthropod swimmerets with paddle linings (4 + 0NP, +1.4 Swim Speed, +0.5 Walk Speed). Fan tail (4 + 0NP, +1 Swim Speed).

Internal Features: Aquatic Spiracles (3 + 5NP, +1 Respiration), Closed Circulatory System (2 + 7NP, +1 Stamina, Circulation). Anti-Freeze (1 + 1NP). Nephridium (3 + 10NP, Osmoregulation, Excretion). Muscles (3 + 0NP, +0.5 Walk Speed, +0.5 Swim Speed, +0.5 Support, +0.5 Strength, Allows Crawling). Two-Chambered Heart (3 + 7NP, +1 Stamina), Stomach (3 + 7NP, Can Break Down Multicellular Matter, Can Digest Meat). Coiled Intestines (3 + 5NP, +1.2 Digestion). Brain and nerve network (6 + 21NP, +1 Coordination, +1 Intelligence, Long-Term Memory). Swim Bladder (3 + 5NP). Testes (1 + 5NP, Male and Hermaphrodite Castes Only). Ova (1 + 5NP, Female and Hermaphrodite Castes Only). Bitter Fluid (2 + 1NP).

Temporal Range: R.171 - Present (Nocturnus Stage of the Oliverian)

Distribution: Uteenessa Ocean, Tartarus and Olympia

Lifespan: 1 year

Predecessor: Hydroambula decapodus

Classification: Hydroambulinae (sf), Gempliaoridae (f)

Discoverer: Jellyfishmon

## Salcaedis tenuis

Latest Mutations: Stronger Mandibles

Status: Unlisted

Habitat: Tropical Shallows, Tropical Upper Ocean & Brackish Water in Tropical Very Humid Barrens, Tropical Monsoon Barrens, Tropical Wet-Dry Barrens, Tropical Winter Semi-Arid Barrens, Tropical Arid Barrens, Subtropical Very Humid Barrens, Subtropical Monsoon Barrens, Subtropical Wet-Dry Barrens, Subtropical Winter Semi-Arid Barrens, Subtropical Arid Barrens, Subtropical Very Arid Barrens

Niche: Predator

Size: 13cm

Nutritional Need: 210 x 13/100 = 27.3NP.

Food / Oxygen Requirement: 27.3 x 0.25 = 6.8NP per round (Needs to intake 6.8/0.7 = 9.7NP per round)/ 27.3NP

Characteristics: Anti-Freeze. Foul Taste. Inflexible. Intolerant of more than low pressure. Large-Body Circulation. Liquid Excretion. Low Pressure Tolerance. Moults. Osmoregulation (High Salinity, Brackish Salinity). Rolls Up. Solid Excretion.

Perception: Sight 2 (sees clearly up to 5m away at the sides, blue and green perception, monocular vision). Chemoreception 2 (chemicals 5m from mouth). Wide Vision 1 (wide field of view from sides that catches peripheral movement, monocular vision).

Stats: Buoyancy 1 (Adjustable Buoyancy). Coordination 2. Desiccation Resistance 1. Dexterity 1. Digestion 2 (100% Meat, Digests 70%). Evolution 1 (5 votes). Filtration 0. Immunity 2. Jumping 1. Pierce Strength 2. Reach 1. Respiration 1 (Stationary Respiration). Stamina 4. Strength 1. Support 2. Swim Speed 2.1. Toughness 2. UV Resistance 2. Walk Speed 1.7.

Intelligence / Behaviour: Stimulus Response. Subconscious Functions. Body Movement Control. Tiredness = rest. Hunger hormones = move around. Pain = roll up. Adult = Release mating hormones. Mating hormones = move to brackish water breeding sites. Mating hormones + own species chemicals = reproduce. Move signal in water = hyponome boost and paddle with fan tail. Move signal against a surface = walk. ??? = move towards, close cheliped over it.

External Features: It has a cylindrical body which has a calcified, calcite exoskeleton in fourteen plates with joint tissue in between. The skin underneath has blue irridiphore pigmentation. One pair of legs have chela on the end. In front of the circular mouth is are mandibles and around it are a few chemoreceptors. On either side of the head is a camera eye with calcite lens that changes shape and has no blind spot and a typical apposition compound eye, which both contain blue and green cone cells. Not including the chelipeds, it has four pairs of paddle-lined legs, one to a segment. Behind that is five pairs of biramous, paddle-lined swimmerets, one to a segment. The rear of the body has a fan tail and below that a hyponome.

Internal Features: The body is segmented and contains fourteen segments. It has aquatic spiracles. Blood vessels travel past every cell, carrying blue blood caused by hemocyanin, and the single circuit has a two-chambered heart. An anti-freeze xylomannan fatty acid and polysaccharide is in the blood. The body is supported by a system of muscles. It has a sex-appropriate gonad and a large protonephridium. There is a enclosed, one-chambered swim bladder in the dorsal side. There is a monogastric digestive system. A gland releases a foul fluid into the body fluids. Ganglia in the head lead into a dual dorsal nerve cord that has many nerves branching off. A cerebrum has memory neurons.

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

Castes/Phases: Genders.

Locomotion: Active (20NP). Paddling, Hyponome Boosting. Walking.

External Features: Calcified Exoskeleton (10NP, +2 Toughness, +1 Desiccation Resistance, +2 Support, -1 Respiration, -1 Stamina, +Rolls Up, +Moults, +Inflexible, -Cutaneous Respiration, -Permeable Skin, -Wriggling). Skin (3NP, +1 Immunity, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Cutaneous Respiration, +Permeable Skin). Medium Pigmentation (2NP, +2 UV Resistance). Serrated Chela (5NP, +1 Dexterity, +2 Pierce Strength, +1 Reach, +1 Sharpness). Mandibles (5NP, +2 Pierce Strength, +1 Digestion, +1 Dexterity, +1 Reach, -1 Filtration). Mouth (0NP, +1 Filtration). Chemoreceptors (2NP, +2 Chemoreception). Camera Eye w/ blue and green cone cells (11NP, +2 Sight, +Monocular Vision, +Blue Perception, +Green Perception). Compound Eye w/ blue and green cone cells (11NP, +1 Wide Vision, +1 Sight, +Monocular Vision, +Blue Perception). Paddle-Lined Legs (5NP, +1 Walk Speed, +1 Jumping, -0.3 Swim Speed, +Walking, +Paddling). Fan Tail (4NP, +1 Swim Speed, +Paddling). Paddle-Lined Swimmerets (5NP, +0.4 Swim Speed, +0.2 Walk Speed, +Paddling). Hyponome (7NP, +0.5 Swim Speed, +Hyponome Boosting, +Only Works Underwater).

Internal Features: Piezolytes (5NP, +Low Pressure Tolerance). Closed Circulatory System w/ heart (21NP, +3 Stamina, +Large-Body Circulation). Anti-Freeze Compound (2NP, +Anti-Freeze). Aquatic Spiracles (0NP, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Ram Ventilation, +Only Works Underwater). Muscular System (7NP, +1 Strength, +0.5 Walk Speed, +0.5 Swim Speed, +Wriggling). Sexual Caste Gonads (7NP, +1 Evolution, +Sexual Reproduction, +Genders, +External Fertilisation). Swim Bladder (7NP, +1 Buoyancy, +Adjustable Buoyancy, +Intolerant of more than Low Pressure). Large Nephridium (19NP, +Liquid Excretion, +Osmoregulation). Monogastric Digestive System (19NP, +1 Meat Digestion, +1 Veg Protein Digestion, +1 Immunity, +Solid Excretion). Foul Fluid Gland (7NP, +Foul Taste). Centralised Nervous System with Memory Neurons (26NP, +2 Coordination, +1 Memory, +Stimulus Response, +Subconscious Functions, +Body Movement Control).

Temporal Range: R.197 - Present (Astathean Stage of the Oliverian)

Distribution: Tartarus, Olympia, Aeaea and All Oceans

Lifespan: 1 year

Predecessor: Salcaedis corcillum

Classification: Hydroambulinae (sf), Hydroambulidae (f)

Discoverer: StealthStyle

## Salcaedis wilsonii

Latest Mutations: Improve Digestion

This species is a herbivorous 'arthropod' native to the waterways of Delphi. Like it's relatives it has odour receptors inside it's spiracles. It has a calcified exoskeleton and can curl up into a ball. This species is brown.

Status: Unlisted

Habitat: Tropical Shallows and Brackish Water in Tropical Very Humid Barrens, Tropical Monsoon Barrens, Tropical Wet-Dry Barrens, Tropical Arid Barrens, Subtropical Very Humid Barrens, Subtropical Monsoon Barrens, Subtropical Wet-Dry Barrens, Subtropical Winter Semi-Arid Barrens

Niche: Predator or Opportunistic Scavenger

Diet: Any fresh meat it can get.

Size: 13cm (length - head to end)

Nutritional Need: 207 x 13/100 = 22.8NP.

Food / Oxygen Requirement: 22.8 x 0.25 = 5.7NP per round (Needs to intake 5.7/0.8 = 7.2NP per round)/ 22.8NP.

Abilities: Anti-Freeze. Exothermic. Foul Taste. Large-Body Circulation. Liquid Excretion. Low Pressure Tolerance. Moults. Osmoregulation (Brackish and High Salinity). Roll Up. Solid Excretion.

Perception: Sight 2 (sees clearly up to 5m away at the front and sides, blue and green perception, side monocular vision, front binocular vision). Chemoreception 2 (chemicals 5m from mouth). Wide Vision 1 (wide field of view from sides that catches peripheral movement, monocular vision).

Stats: Buoyancy 1 (Adjustable Buoyancy). Coordination 2. Desiccation Resistance 1. Dexterity 1. Digestion 3.5 (100% Meat, Digests 85%). Evolution 1. Filtration 1. Immunity 1. Jumping 1. Pierce Strength 1. Reach 1. Respiration 1 (Ram Ventilation). Stamina 2. Strength 1. Support 2. Swim Speed 2.1. Toughness 2. UV Resistance 2. Walk Speed 1.7.

Intelligence / Behaviour: Memory 1. 1. Hungry > Search for food. 2. Food > Graze with mandibles and chela. 3.  Tired > Rest. 4. Pain > Swim Away. 5. Maturity & Late Spring & At Mating Site (+1 Evolution) > Reproduce.

External Features: A highly jointed, calcified exoskeleton with nine segments covers the the skin, which contains blue melanin pigments. Around the mouth is a pair of weak, horizontal mandibles and a circle of chemoreceptors. It has two eyes (camera eyes with calcite lenses that change shape and that have no blind spot) on either side of the head. Behind these on each side is a (typical apposition) compound eye. Blue and green come cells can be found in all these eyes. Two chelipeds with weak claws are held at the front of the body and there are four pairs of paddle-lined legs followed by forked, paddle-lined swimmerets. The rear of the body has an exoskeleton fantail and below that a hyponome.

Internal Features: Each cell in the body contains a relatively small number of piezolytes. Spiracles lead into water-filled tubes. Glands near the skin secrete a foul fluid. Blood vessels run all throughout the body, pumped by a two-chambered heart, and in these vessels is an antifreeze (xylomannan fatty acid and polysaccharide). A system of muscles stretches across the body. Near the lower wall can be found the gonads as well as the large protonephridium and near the upper wall is the enclosed swim bladder. Through the mostly lower half runs the monogastric digestive system, from the mouth through the tubes to the stomach and coiled intestines. Ganglia, with memory neurons, in the head connect to a dual nerve cord along the dorsal half, which has many nerves branching off it to encompass the whole body.

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

Castes/Phases: Almost identical male and females.

Locomotion: Active (20NP). Paddles with legs, swimmerets and fan tail, boosts with hyponome.

External Features: Highly Jointed Calcified Exoskeleton (10NP, +2 Toughness, +1 Desiccation Resistance, +2 Support, -1 Respiration, -1 Stamina, +Moults, +Roll Up, -Cutaneous Respiration, -Permeable Skin, -Wriggling). Skin (3NP, +1 Immunity, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Stationary Respiration, +Cutaneous Respiration, +Permeable Skin). Medium Pigmentation (2NP, +2 UV Resistance). Mandibles (5NP, +1 Pierce Strength, +1 Digestion, +1 Dexterity, +1 Reach). Mouth (0NP, +1 Filtration). Chemoreceptors (2NP, +2 Chemoreception). Camera Eyes w/ blue and green cone cells (11NP, +2 Sight, +Monocular Vision, +Binocular Vision, +Blue Perception, +Green Perception). Compound Eyes w/ blue and green cone cells (11NP, +1 Wide Vision, +1 Sight, +Monocular Vision, +Blue Perception, +Green Perception). Chela (5NP, +1 Dexterity, +1 Pierce Strength, +1 Reach). Legs w/ paddles (5NP, +1 Walk Speed, +1 Jumping, -0.3 Swim Speed, +Paddling, +Walking). Paddle-Lined Swimmerets (5NP, +0.4NP Swim Speed, +0.2 Walk Speed, +Paddling). Fan Tail (4NP, +1 Swim Speed). Hyponome (7NP, +0.5 Swim Speed).

Internal Features: Piezolytes (5NP, +Low Pressure Tolerance). Spiracles (0NP, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Ram Ventilation). Foul Fluid Gland (7NP, +Foul Taste). Closed Circulatory System w/ heart (21NP, +1 Stamina, +Large-Body Circulation). Anti-Freeze Compound (2NP, +Anti-Freeze). Muscular System (7NP, +1 Strength, +0.5 Walk Speed, +0.5 Swim Speed, +Wriggling). Gonads (7NP, +1 Evolution, +Sexual Reproduction, +Sexes, +External Fertilization). Swim Bladder (7NP, +1 Buoyancy, +Adjustable Buoyancy). Large Nephridium (19NP, +Liquid Excretion, +Osmoregulation). Monogastric Digestive System w/ coiled intestines (19NP, +2.5 Meat Digestion, +2.5 Veg Digestion, +1 Immunity, +Solid Excretion). Centralised Nervous System (19NP, +2 Coordination). Memory Neurons (6NP, +1 Memory).

Temporal Range: R.244 - Present (Samadaran Stage of the Oliverian)

Distribution: Olympia, Delphi, Tartarus, Aeaea

Lifespan: 1 - 2 years

Predecessor: Salcaedis corcillum

Classification: Hydroambulinae (sf), Hydroambulidae (f)

Discoverer: StealthStyle