Leptotheca

## Leptotheca indens

Latest Mutations: Closed Circulatory System, Lose Teeth

Status: Unlisted

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

Niche: Pelagic Filter-Feeder

Size: 5cm (length)

Nutritional Need: 161 x 5/100 = 8.1NP

Food / Oxygen Requirement: 8.1 x 0.25 = 2NP per round (Needs to intake 2/0.7 = 2.9NP per round)/ 8.1 x 0.9 = 7.3NP

Abilities: Anti-Freeze. Subzero Metabolism.

Perception: Sight 2 (Clear Sight to 5m from sides). Chemoreception 2 (5m from mouth).

Stats: Buoyancy 1. Coordination 2. Desiccation Resistance 2. Digestion 2. Filtration 2. Flexibility -1. Immunity 1 (Barrier Immunity). Liquid Excretion 1. Respiration 1 (Cutaneous Respiration, Ram Ventilation, Only Works Underwater). Solid Excretion 1. Stamina 3. Support 3.5. Strength 0.5. Swim Agility 1. Swim Speed -0.5. Toughness 3. UV Resistance 2. Walk Speed -1.

Intelligence / Behaviour:

External Features: The body up to the head is covered in a shell. The skin contains red pigments. Tentacles covered in threads and suckers protrude in front of the mouth, which is surrounded by chemoreceptors. A pair of camera eyes on stalks extends from the head. A swivel in hyponome is present at the posterior end of the shell.

Internal Features: The cells contain lysozymes. The gonads are located close to the body wall. Blood vessels circulate around the body, helped by the dorsal vessel, and anti-freeze substances travel in the blood. A muscular system supports the body. There is a stomach which leads into the intestines. Ganglion in the head are connected to a nerve cord that is protected by a notochord. There is also a nephridium. In the septa of the phragmocone are found the gills.

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

Castes/Phases: Sexes.

Locomotion: Active (20NP). Hyponome Burst. Tentacle Burst.

External Features: Shell (10NP, +3 Toughness, +2 Desiccation Resistance, +2 Support, -1 Flexibility, -1 Swim Speed, -1 Walk Speed). Skin (3NP, +1 Immunity, +Barrier Immunity, +Cutaneous Respiration). Red Pigments (2NP, +2 UV Resistance). Tentacles With Threads and Suckers (7NP, +1.5 Filtration, +1 Viscosity). Mouth (0NP, +1 Filtration). Chemoreceptors (2NP, +3 Chemoreception). Camera Eye (10NP, +2 Sight). Gills (4NP, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Ram Ventilation, +Only Works Underwater). Swivelling Hyponome (7NP, +1 Swim Agility, +0.5 Swim Speed).

Internal Features: Lysozymes (5NP, +Subzero Metabolism). Gonads (7NP, +Sexual Reproduction). Blood Vessels (7NP, +1 Stamina, +2 Circulation). Dorsal Vessel (11NP, +1 Stamina). 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). Nephridium (11NP, +1 Liquid Excretion). Phragmocone (4NP, +1 Buoyancy).

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

Distribution: Southern Hemisphere

Predecessor: Collodopodus lynni

Classification: Coliteuthisinae (sf), Nimiastomidae (f)

Lifespan: 2 years

Discoverer: StealthStyle