Skylos

## Skylos skylos

Latest Mutations: Greater Social Intelligence = 3, More Efficient Digestion = 5 (muscular stomach, tightly coiled intestine), Something that enables us to spend longer times on the sand = 4 (waterproof spiracle ending), Eggs have shells = 5 (leathery outer layer, yolk)

The pincers of this species can crack even calcified exoskeletons, allowing to hunt previously inaccessible animals.

Status: Unlisted

Habitat: Freshwater & 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, Warm Continental Arid Barrens, Warm Continental Very Arid Barrens, Warm Continental Arid Barrens, Subpolar Moderate Continental Arid Barrens, Subpolar Moderate Continental Arid Barrens, Polar Cool Oceanic Summer Semi-Humid Barrens

Niche: Predator, Herbivore

Size: 6cm (length)

Nutritional Need: (160NP/10) x 6/10 = 26.9NP

Food / Oxygen Requirement: (26.9 x 0.6) x 0.86 = 13.9NP / 26.9NP

Abilities: Air Space. Anti-Freeze, Barrier Immune System, Can Roll Up, Circulation, Foul Taste. Gas Buoyancy. Liquid Excretion. Moderate UV Resistance, Moulting, Penetrates Hardness 2 (Pincers). Solid Excretion.

Perception: Chemoreception 1 (Senses chemicals from 1m away). Sight 1 (Clear vision to the sides, can perceive green and blue light). View Angle 1 (from one pair).

Stats: Buoyancy 1. Coordination 1. Desiccation Resistance 1.5. Dexterity 0.5. Digestion 2.6 (Can break down multicellular matter, can digest meat, 16% off). Filtration 0. Hardness 2. Intelligence 1. Jumping 1. Oxygen Storage 1. Respiration 1. Stamina 2. Strength 0.5. Support 1.5. Swim Speed 2.7. Walk Speed 1.5.

Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. When observing a predator; roll up. When hungry; look for prey. When ready to reproduce, look for other adults 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 five pairs of legs; the first are chelipeds which end in pincers (chela), the next are long and spindly with sharp stingers at the end, protruding close to the base on the outside of the chelipeds, and the final three are lined with paddles and used for walking. 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 and have valves with waterproof hairs at the opening. A closed circulatory system of blood vessels transports blue blood efficiently around the body. 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 muscular stomach, then into the tightly 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 and an ova. Throughout the whole body seeps a bitter fluid.

Reproduction: Sexual, Ovuliparity (External Fertilisation). 1,000 eggs. The eggs have a leathery outer layer and contain yolk.

Castes/Phases: None.

Locomotion: Walking. Paddling. Fluke Swimming. Hyponome Burst. Buoyancy Control. Active (20NP)

External Features: Blue structural colouration (2NP, +Moderate UV Resistance). Flexible, calcified, chitin exoskeleton (10NP, +2 Hardness, +1 Desiccation Resistance, +1 Support, No Cutaneous Respiration, +Moulting, +Can Roll Up). Skin (3NP, +Permeable Skin, +Cutaneous Respiration, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Barrier Immune System). Two lots of pincers (8NP, +Penetrates Hardness 2, +0.5 Dexterity, -1 Filtration). Mouth (+1 Filtration). Chemoreceptors (2NP, +1 Chemoreception). Two eyes with blue and green receptor cells (7NP, +1 Sight, +Perceives Blue and Green Light). Two compound eyes with blue and green receptor cells (7NP, +1 Sight, +1 View Angle, +Perceives Blue and Green Light). Five pairs of legs with paddle linings (4NP, +1 Walk Speed, +1 Jumping, +0.7 Swim Speed). Hyponome (7NP, +0.5 Swim Speed). Fan tail (4NP, +1 Swim Speed).

Internal Features: Valved Aquatic Spiracles (5NP, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +1 Oxygen Storage, +0.5 Desiccation Resistance), Closed Circulatory System (9NP, +1 Stamina, +Circulation). 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, +Crawling). Muscular Stomach (11NP, +1.2 Digestion, +Can Break Down Multicellular Matter, Can Digest Meat). Tightly Coiled Intestines (7NP, +1.4 Digestion, +Solid Excretion). Brain and nerve network (22NP, +1 Coordination, +1 Intelligence). Swim Bladder Without Duct (7NP, +1 Buoyancy, +Gas Buoyancy, +Air Space). Testes (5NP). Ova (5NP). Bitter Fluid (3NP, +Foul Taste).

Temporal Range: R.175 - Present (Nocturnus Stage of the Oliverian)

Distribution: Tartarus

Lifespan: 1 - 2 years

Predecessor: Gempliaori secarus

Classification: Gempliaorinae (sf), Gempliaoridae (f)

Discoverer: Skyguy