Pholgnathus

## Pholgnathus lancus

Latest Mutations: Dorsal Vessel, Improve Smell

This is an arthropod that preys on soft animals in the temperate ocean of the Southern Hemisphere.

Status: LC

Habitat: Subpolar Temperate Ocean, Polar Temperate Ocean

Niche: Predator

Size: 11cm

Nutritional Need: 213 x 11/100 = 23.4NP.

Food / Oxygen Requirement: 23.4 x 0.25 = 5.9NP per round (Needs to intake 5.9/0.7 = 8.4NP per round)/ 23.4NP

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

Perception: Sight 2 (sees clearly up to 5m away at the sides, blue and green perception, monocular vision). Smell 2 (detects odours 5m from mouth). Chemoreception 1 (chemicals 1m from mouth). Touch 1. 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 1 (100% Meat, Digests 70%). Filtration 1. Immunity 2. Jumping 1. Pierce Strength 1. Reach 1. Respiration 1 (Stationary Respiration). Sharpness 1. Stamina 3. Strength 1. Support 2. Swim Agility 1. Swim Speed 1.5. Toughness 2. UV Resistance 2. Walk Speed 1.5.

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

External Features: It has a cylindrical body which has a calcite exoskeleton in nine plates with joint tissue in between. The skin underneath has blue irridiphore pigmentation. One pair of legs have chela on the end. Around the mouth are chemoreceptors and above is a rostrum and antennae. 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. Steering arms are situated on either side just behind the head. Not including the chelipeds, it has four pairs of legs, one to a segment. The rear of the body has a fan tail and below that a hyponome.

Internal Features: Each cell has low pressure piezolytes. The body is segmented and contains eight segments. It has aquatic spiracles. It has a hemacoel and a dorsal vessel. An anti-freeze xylomannan fatty acid and polysaccharide is in the blood. The body is supported by a system of muscles. It has gonads and a 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.

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

Castes/Phases: Hermaphroditism.

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

External Features: Exoskeleton (10NP, +2 Toughness, +1 Desiccation Resistance, +2 Support, -1 Respiration, -1 Stamina, +Moults, -Cutaneous Respiration, -Permeable Skin, -Wriggling). Skin (3NP, +1 Immunity, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Cutaneous Respiration, +Permeable Skin). Medium Pigmentation (2NP, +2 UV Resistance). Chela (5NP, +1 Dexterity, +1 Pierce Strength, +1 Reach). Mouth (0NP, +1 Filtration). Chemoreceptors (2NP, +1 Chemoreception). Odour Receptors (2NP, +2 Smell). Touch Receptors (2NP, +1 Touch). Camera Eye (11NP, +2 Sight, +Monocular Vision). Compound Eye (11NP, +1 Wide Vision, +1 Sight, +Monocular Vision). Legs (5NP, +1 Walk Speed, +1 Jumping, -0.5 Swim Speed, +Walking, +Paddling). Steering Arms (4NP, +1 Swim Agility). Rostrum (4NP, +1 Sharpness). Antenna (4NP). Fan Tail (4NP, +1 Swim Speed, +Paddling). Hyponome (7NP, +0.5 Swim Speed, +Hyponome Boosting, +Only Works Underwater).

Internal Features: Piezolytes (5NP, +Low Pressure Tolerance). Open Circulatory System w/ pump vessel (10NP, +Small-Body Circulation, +2 Stamina). 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). Gonads (14NP, +Sexual Reproduction,+External Fertilisation). Swim Bladder (7NP, +1 Buoyancy, +Adjustable Buoyancy, +Intolerant of more than Low Pressure). Nephridium (11NP, +Liquid Excretion). Monogastric Digestive System (19NP, +1 Meat Digestion, +1 Veg Protein Digestion, +1 Immunity, +Solid Excretion). Foul Fluid Gland (7NP, +Foul Taste). Centralised Nervous System (20NP, +2 Coordination, +Stimulus Response, +Subconscious Functions, +Body Movement Control).

Temporal Range: R.204 - Present (Agentian Stage of the Oliverian)

Distribution: Southern Hemisphere

Lifespan: 2 years

Predecessor: Cerceps cerceps

Classification:

Discoverer: StealthStyle

## Pholgnathus inogastus

Latest Mutations: Resistant to Entaopsin

Up until now, all species that used the deadly Entaopsin as a defence had no predators but since Pholgnathus inogastus evolved the ability to break down the toxin it has been able to eat them unharmed, giving it a source of prey no others can touch. It lives in the temperate ocean of the Southern Hemisphere.

Status: Unlisted

Habitat: Subpolar Temperate Ocean, Polar Temperate Ocean

Niche: Predator, Opportunistic Scavenger

Diet: Any fresh meat it can get.

Size: 11cm (length - head to end)

Nutritional Need: 198 x 11/100 = 21.8NP.

Food / Oxygen Requirement: 21.8 x 0.25 = 5.5NP per round (Needs to intake 5.5/0.6 = 9.2NP per round)/ 21.8NP.

Abilities: Anti-Freeze. Exothermic. Foul Taste. Small-Body Circulation. Liquid Excretion. Low Pressure Tolerance. Moults. Osmoconformer (High Salinity). Solid Excretion. Subzero Metabolism.

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

Stats: Buoyancy 1 (Adjustable Buoyancy). Coordination 2. Desiccation Resistance 1. Dexterity 1. Digestion 1 (100% Plants, Digests 60%). Filtration 1. Immunity 2. Jumping 1. Pierce Strength 1. Reach 1. Respiration 1 (Ram Ventilation). Sharpness 1. Stamina 3. Strength 1. Support 2. Swim Agility 1. Swim Speed 1.5. Toughness 2. UV Resistance 2. Walk Speed 1.5.

Intelligence / Behaviour: 1. Hungry > Search for food. 2. Food (algae) > Attack with chela. 3.  Tired > Rest. 4. Pain > Swim Away. 5. Maturity > Reproduce.

External Features: An exoskeleton with nine segments covers the the skin, which contains blue carotenoid pigments. There are two antennae protruding forwards in front of the mouth and it has chemoreceptors, odour receptors and touch receptors on it. A sharp rostrum also protrudes forwards. It has two eyes (camera eyes with calcite lenses that change shape and that have no blind spot) either side of the head. Behind these on each side is a (typical apposition) compound eye. Two chelipeds with claws are held at the front of the bod, followed by steering arms, and there are four pairs of legs. The rear of the body has an exoskeleton fantail and below that a hyponome.

Internal Features: Each cell in the body contains lysozyme a and a relatively small number of piezolytes. Spiracles lead into water-filled tubes. Glands near the skin secrete a foul fluid. Throughout the centre of the body is the hemacoel connected to the dorsal vessel, which have blood containing anti-freeze xylomannan fatty acid and polysaccharide and hemocyanin - meaning it is blue-green. A system of muscles stretches across the body. Near the lower wall can be found the gonads as well as the 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 intestines. Ganglia 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: None.

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

External Features: Exoskeleton (10NP, +2 Toughness, +1 Desiccation Resistance, +2 Support, -1 Respiration, -1 Stamina, +Moults, -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). Mouth (0NP, +1 Filtration). Chemoreceptors (2NP, +1 Chemoreception). Odour Receptors (2NP, +2 Smell). Touch Receptors (2NP, +1 Touch). Camera Eyes (11NP, +2 Sight, +Monocular Vision, +Binocular Vision). Compound Eyes (11NP, +1 Wide Vision, +1 Sight, +Monocular Vision). Chela (5NP, +1 Dexterity, +1 Pierce Strength, +1 Reach). Legs (5NP, +1 Walk Speed, +1 Jumping, -0.5 Swim Speed, +Paddling, +Walking). Steering Arms (4NP, +1 Swim Agility). Rostrum (4NP, +1 Sharpness). Antenna (4NP). Fan Tail (4NP, +1 Swim Speed). Hyponome (7NP, +0.5 Swim Speed).

Internal Features: Piezolytes (5NP, +Low Pressure Tolerance). Lysozymes (1NP, +Subzero Metabolism). Spiracles (0NP, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Ram Ventilation). Foul Fluid Gland (7NP, +Foul Taste). Open Circulatory System w/ dorsal vessel (10NP, +Small-Body Circulation, +2 Stamina). Anti-Freeze Compound (2NP, +Anti-Freeze). Muscular System (7NP, +1 Strength, +0.5 Walk Speed, +0.5 Swim Speed, +Wriggling). Gonads (14NP, +Sexual Reproduction, +Hermaphroditism, +External Fertilization). Swim Bladder (7NP, +1 Buoyancy, +Adjustable Buoyancy). Nephridium (11NP, +Liquid Excretion). Monogastric Digestive System (19NP, +1 Meat Digestion, +1 Veg Digestion, +1 Immunity, +Solid Excretion). Centralised Nervous System (19NP, +2 Coordination).

Temporal Range: R.234 - Present (Atrobocean Stage of the Oliverian)

Distribution: Southern Hemisphere

Lifespan: 2 years

Predecessor: Pholganthus lancus

Classification:

Discoverer: StealthStyle