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Flumen ambulaticus

### Size

4 meters tall (males) / 5 meters tall (females) / 5,5 meters long (males) / 6,87 meters long (females)

### Canonicity

Canon

A descendant of panoplovita, the water striders are gentle giants that live in the deep rivers of the tropical forests near the equator. Over the course of their evolution their cartilage inner structures have solidified into bone, and their exoskeletons have nearly fully diminished except for the plating on their feet and at the end of their main proboscis. Their main proboscis is far more prehensile, forming a trunk like structure that leads directly to the mouth and stomachs of the organism. The two lesser probosci near the base of the main proboscis are now sensory organs, sensitive to vibrations in the water. Their spiracles have shifted to be along their backs, allowing them to breathe while they are mostly submerged in the water. Two pairs of specialized spiracles have evolved at the base of the main proboscis, serving as a filter to spit out water from the poly matter it consumes.
Water striders are a sexually dimorphic species. The females are larger than the males, standing at an average of 15 feet tall at the shoulder while the males stand at an average of 12 feet at the shoulder. However, only the males have the brightly colored, bony fans along their backs. These fans grow taller and thicker with age. They reproduce sexually, with females carrying 1-2 pups at a time.
Their eyes have evolved to have pupils and are able to see in a much higher resolution than their compound eyed ancestors. They are sensitive to bright colors and can see moving objects in far more detail than their ancestors.
They communicate with low frequency hums and vibrations that carry through the water.
Their digestive systems consist of three separate chambers where poly matter ferments and digests over the course of a few days.
Their sheer size aids in protection against predators, despite their slow moving nature.
Aviphytidae

In the Aviphytidae there are two sub-families: Phytomedusinae and Pterystominae, all restricted to the northern hemisphere (Occidentis, Terra Septentrionis and Thron, as well as the Archa and Micha islands).

They all have mantles for flight, four limbs for walking, two limbs with eyes, a dorsal eye spot on their mantle, and several ventral pores for smelling and reproduction (via sexually reproducing spores).

They evolved from a species of Sun-Grazer (likely Tetraradiata) who lived on what would become the northernmost continent of Wallace II who lived on the tops of bone-trees, glided tree to tree with a mantle, and had an eye spot for finding sunlight. Their powered flight development as the result of migration: as the northern continent drifted further north, winters became like those in the modern arctic. To gain access to sunlight, they had to migrate to lower latitudes.

Diversification happened swiftly and the Pterystomines diverged from the Phytomedusinae by developing a proboscis that draws in bodily fluids and excretes waste. Their eyes also became fixed and most members are fully heterotrophic, unlike Phytomedusines who are all autotrophic. Both subfamilies had members that convergently evolved pseudo-wings from their mantle-supporters.

Examples include: *Phytomedusa*, a typical Phytomedusine; *Aviphytus*, a migratory Phytomedusine; *Osteovedella*, a parasitic Pterystomine that feeds off of the descendants of bone-trees; and *Anomalaquila*, the largest Aviphytid (2m wingspan) who preys upon small, motile Celestivites.
Doryplokamus

The doryplokamus (pronounced door-ee-ploe-kom-us) is a large carnivore measuring 5 meters in length and weighing about 430 kilograms. It resides in the plains and mainly hunts at night. Its three proboscises have become hunting instruments, with the middle one being able to inject a potent venom that weakens prey. This deadly predator can run up to 50 kilometers an hour, but can only maintain such a speed for only about a minute. The two feather-like structures on the back are used for courtship display.
Cyanosarcadon speculatas

Cyanosarcadon is unique in its ability to occupy both the niches of the sea and sky. It's large thin flippers also act as wings for flight which the creature uses to propel itself out of the water and into the sky to take in the atmospheric argon in order to restore its internal body pressure. It's body is dotted with small receptors to allow the creature to interact with it's environment. Cyanosarcadon reproduces with what we may perceive as a mouth. After fertilization the cell grows inside the father's facial pouch which is visible under its throat. However, scientists are unsure as to what the function of the bright purple crest on its head is exactly, as it cannot be used for display due to the Cyanosarcadon being blind. The success of this creature is due to its ability to fly and evade predators as well as occupy all corners the ocean very quickly. It's intelligence is comparable to our own cetaceans, as well as it's highly social nature. Field scientists report it's being one of the friendliest creatures they've come across.
Bobactus Tree

Ancestor: Sungrazer

The Bobactus Tree (Bow-backt-us), also known as **Falsabor corspina** (false-a-bore core-spine-a), ranging at around 3.7 meters in height, is a rather large Sidobosian that has convrrgently evolved with the Bone Tree, having a similar structure on top of their body, which is all that is visible in adults, and is related to the Prickly Probopctus and Catrilt. The juveniles are much smaller than the adults, ranging from 10-70 centimeters in height, and are scavengers, wandering around the hot desert of Occidentist, looking for oasises and corpses to feed on, they will burrow into the ground when night arrives or they feel threatened. The adults are sessile, staying in one spot for the rest of their life, and usually root around water sources, and hold tons of waters in their leafs. The adults have lost their mouth and eyes, as they nolonger need them, acquiring nutrients from the ground with their arms, which are now used like roots and have many, hairy arms covering their calcium tipped-feet.

In adults, only their spikey trunk is visible, preventing creatures from climbing up them to feed on their arms, which are very muscular and can be used to swat off predators. Once every year, they will fire out a cloud of spores from the top of their body, which look like rocks to prevent things from feeding on them.
Arborarctoid

Arborarctoid is a family of xenoprimates, one of the two in the sub order Stavropoda. This group contains only a species: *Enchromotherium picta* meaning "coloured painted face"

## Characteristics

As the name suggests its most prominent peculiarity is the bright red face covered in fleshy growths on the lips and around the face males develop reached the sexual maturity in addition to the hairy white tufts. Actually it displays this oddness during sexual display by shaking the head spasmodically or blowing loud raspberries toward the female,whereas competing males smack themselves.

Their diet is mostly made up of fruits and seeds.Lifespan can reach up to 70 years
Krepiterids

**Evolution:**
Their place on the tree of life isn't sure for now. They are ambulospeculids with some confusing traits that don't let them settle in any clade. But the best candidate is the oromolabia. The fossil record shows they were more widespread in the past, now scattered across the islands of Media Insula and the middle part of Media Insula itself.

**Charachteristics:**
The base characteristics are the following:

*Eight limbs*

*Small or no body plates*

*A jaw fused from two probuscuses (two or one lower mandable)*

*A glassball like eye with smaller ones around it*

**Subgroups:**
There are three subgroups with seven known families.

**Allotherids**

Leviathids

Mantichamelids

Aeorogorgids

**Xenolepids**

**Mammalosaurids**

Hypercarnivora

Vulcanotherids

Xenocarnivora

Achtocherids

## Allotherids

Their closer relationship is proven by the fused lower mandables and the presence of light, hollow bones (except Leviathids)

*Leviathids :*Small to large sized aquatic creatures of the group.They all ocupy their own special niche. They are wide spread across the seas near Media Insula.
Species:Placodentis, Hidrotitan

*Aerogorgids* :Mid to large sized flying creatures of the group. One the largest flying ambulospeculid of the planet belongs here. They have unique adaptations for piercing the skies. They live across Media Insula and the islands nier it.
Species:Megopteran, Necropteryx

*Mantichamelids* :Mostly small micropredators. They live in the islands of Micha.
Their body is strange and thin, resembling the photo organs of Celestiphytas. This whit their color changing ability helps them blend into their enverioment. They have heat sensory organs and independently movable eyes too.
Species:Manticherius, Mantichamelos

## Xenolepids

Small sized lizard like animals. A very diverse group with strange adaptations. Their diet is mostly smaller creatures. They are known to live across the islands and Media Insula itself. They live in mostly hot enverioments. They lay eggs what the males guard.
Species:Placosuchus, Geckomimus

## Mammalosaurids

A very diverse subgroup with mammal and stemmammal
like characteristics. The females hatch their eggs inside themselves and care for the young onwards.

*Hypercarnivora :*mid to large sized hyper-predators. They are known to live in the hotter and the more temperete zones of Media Insula. Their hunting styles differs between species. They have distinct grapping arms
Species:Megalochephalus, Velocidromeus

*Vulcanotherids:*Small to mid sized predators. They are adapted to live in vulcanic regions They have reduced the 2nd and the 3rd limb pair.
Species:Vulcanodon, Vulcanopix

*Xenocarnivora*:Small to mid sized predators. They occupy the mid tier predators of their enverioment. They have lengthened bodies and most of them can spit out some kind of fluid out of their mouth.
Species :Zeusterium

*Achtocherids :*mid sized arboreal creatures, most of them are omnivorous. They live in the subtropical bone jungles of Media Insula. The have invard facing thumbs.
Species :Carnipitechus, Longichus
Coral Worm

The coral worm, also known as *Carnovermis saevus* (meaning “furious meat-eating worm”), is a large, carnivorous ambush predator descended from the early ambulospeculates that colonized the land some 300 million years ago, and makes its home in the many tunnels, crevasses and narrow gullies of the coral groves located along the coasts of the shallow seas and southern archipelagos of the eastern continent. The coral worm has evolved specifically to take advantage of the coral groves. These massive coral-like masses provide ample amounts of shelter from various natural hazards, collect rain water in large, fresh water pools, providing the stage for a unique drama not seen elsewhere on Wallace II. Like the coral reefs of Earth's oceans, the coral groves of Wallace II could be considered their own enclosed ecosystem, and the coral worm sits at the top of the food chain as the apex predator. Depending on the animals sex and age, the coral worm can grow from 10.7 m (30.5 to 35.1 ft) to 12.8 m (42 ft) in length. The species is sexually dimorphic, with the female being the larger of the two sexes, and the more aggressive of the two. Males avoid females for most of the year, until they become sexually active. Upon said time, males will flock to the respective female engage in a 'mating ball', similar to Earth's snakes.

The coral worm is technically blind, having no discernible eyes visible on its exterior. It however does process a large mass of multi purpose sensory filaments around its neck that resemble a mane of hair. These 'whiskers' allow it to smell and taste the air, allowing it to locate prey without even moving as it lies in wait. It has two powerful forward limbs with large claws that help it to move and crawl through the the coral grove, and when it gets ready to pounce, it will coil its long, muscular body like a loaded spring, waiting motionless until its prey wanders too close, and then spring out of its hiding place, jaws open and curved teeth out-splayed. Like it's ancestors, it processes three tubes through which it feeds, however, they are located within epicenter of the flowering jaws of the animal. Once it has subdued its prey, the coral worm will move it to a safe location from which to feed.
Brachyphacien pecus

### Size

3 meters tall (males) / 2,5 meters tall (females) / 5 meters long (male) / 4,16 meters long (female)

### Canonicity

Canon

Brachyphaciem pecus(claw faced beast), or more commonly known as a "pincer-face deer"

Its habitat are plains and forests, live in herds. They are herbivores, evolved from the ambulospeculids, and take up the niche similar to animals like deers.

Their height ranges from about 3m(9.8ft) in males and 2.5m(8.2ft) in females, and can weigh up to 600kg(1322.8lb) in males and 500kg(1102.3lb) in females.

Two of their hindlimbs have evolved into tall, strong legs with hooves for locomotion, with some armor plates for protection. Their back is also covered in a row of armored plates for defence. On their chests are 4 pairs of tubes, which they use for breathing. Up at their necks, are 2 holes, one on each side of their necks, which have organs that enable them to hear, essentially making them earholes.
Their foremost limbs have evolved into lower mouthparts, with teeth-like structure on top, accompanied with their armored head on top, which has also evolved teeth-like ridges to grind and chew plants, which then are swallowed up by their 3 proboscises. The most distinctive feature of them, which got them their names, are the pair of second forelimbs on the sides of their head, which have evolved into long limbs ending with a pincer like that of some crustaceans and arthropods on earth. They use this pincers to help them in feeding, either by pulling up the grass-like celestiphyta when grazing, or pulling down branches from tall tree-like celstiphyta. They have two large horns on their heads, with males having larger ones than females, and a small, shorter horn which sits between the two large horns.

During mating season, males with headbutt each other with these horns, to mate with females. The females then enter gestation for a time period approximately 3 earth months, before laying 1-2 egg about 30cm in length, which they would put in large dirt nests, which they would incubate for 2 months before the eggs hatch. During this state, males and females take turns to incubate their eggs.

Early morphological assumptions suggested these creatures were relative of *Cristunguis bestia*, a maiadorsan, as evidenced by their simillar limb and mouth morphology. It is now regarded that those simillarities are a product of convergent evolution, and that these beasts are actually large pseudocampians.
Acucephal

The Knife Heads are found in desert/plain climates. Approximately 3 meters in length and 1.5 meters in height. A very social species known to hunt in packs. Like the dolphins of earth Knife Heads communicate with one another through body language and sounds. Its skull has a complex sinus system that allows them to create different sounds and whistles. Knife heads are known for a skin sac under its head that it inflates to create a huge red bubble of skin that would be either used for attracting mates or intimidation. As a pack hunter they kill much larger prey then a individual knife head, using its sharp skull to puncture its preys hard carapace or hide. After waiting for its prey to bleed out the Knife heads use their long barbed proboscis to feed through the puncture wounds. Due to the lack of teeth and jaw in order to digest the flesh it first secretes a acidic bile from its proboscis to soften the flesh to then ingest it. Knife Heads have been heard mimicking other species mating calls and cries to lure any unlucky prey to their den, but this is said to be very rare and has never been recorded. This may just be a myth passed around during the expeditions to Wallace II.
Daemonium

*Daemonium silvam*, the forest demon, is a Gomphiobian that lives in the forests of media insula .

They are 3 m tall  & 12 m long. The infants are 3 m long and 4ft tall.

Their intelligence is on par with earth crows, but live in smaller packs like wolves. There is mostly 10 in a pack, though there can be 20 or even 40. They have a leader called an apex, typically a larger male with a large female mate.

They can run at 37 miles an hour.

They have dense armour on its back to protect against larger foes. The armour is around 9 inches thick. It has 10 layers of skin, being 5 cm thick overall. The. Males have more armour than females, possibly so that females can more readily escape a bad situation.

They have 2 tube like tentacles that help rip through flesh then suck it up,  and another tentacle that they drink water with.
Epestrepseapotithalassa

Epestrepsiapotithalssa is a distant Ambulospeculida decedent that was fully terrestrial but at some point readopted an aquatic life (in a similar way to real world Cetacea) limbs fusing and certain parts of anatomy atrophying, but the species was then forced to once again return to the land, this time having to adapt different portions of its anatomy to move on land, as its former limbs were either too atrophied or repurposed
Intertesta

Common name-Intertesta
scientific name- Insiidis gomphiobus
Ancestor- base Gomphiobian dispeculate
Habitat- bone tree forests found in the area marked on the map
size- 2 meters long 1.5 meters tall
colouration- dark browns and greens used for camoflage
Diet- omniverous oppertunists subsisting off bone tree leaves and any smaller polyspeculates and dispeculates.
Social- lives in social groups of around 2 to 8 individuals communicating through flashing light in their tendrils and clicks made using thier jaws.
Reproduction- groups are run by an alpha male and female pair only the alphas will mate when it comes time to lay her eggs the female will find another creature and paralyse them with the sting at the end of its tail laying the eggs into them using an ovipositor located in the cloaca inbetween the back legs. The female will keep the animal alive until the young reach maturity inside roughly 3 young will be produced per clutch.
Lifecycle- The Intertesta begins life as a parasite seen in picture 3 the probiscis will not have formed into a jaw at this stage once ready to mature they will undergo metamorphasis inside the hosts body and will cut their way out once fully formed the mother will abandon them at this stage they will grow to their adult size in a year and attempt to form groups with other Intertesta.
features- the shell of the Intertesta has internalised around the ribs neck and upper legs of the creatures cartilaginous skeleton providing a stronger skeleton. two of the proboscis have formed into a jaw like structure to allow them to crush shells and latch onto struggling prey. the feet have gecko like pads giving them more grip when climbing bone trees the intertesta has lost use of a pair of arms the remain as vestigial limbs.
Judexadversuspuer Tharaznith

**Species Name: Tharaznith**

**Common Name: Dog Head Dangerhand**

**Avrage Size: 1,8 -2,7 Metres**

**Diet: Omnivore**

**Ancestor: gomphiobia**

One of the oddest members of the judexadversuspuer genes, this usually panther like group of animals has one member which is a victim of extreme environmental pressure.

This large dog like forager is an omnivorous ninja like animal with extreme speed, agility and deliberateness in how it moves.

It's long legs help it reach fruit and arboreal animals in the trees , as well as making them rather light on their feet. Their first two pairs of limbs are used solely for defence, swinging their arms around like massive swords.
Ignavus gigas

Name: Mitis Howler
Class: Ambulospeculida
Habitat: Temperate Forests
Size: 1.5m - 2.3m

Came from a group of ambulospeculids. It climbs up towering trees to sleep in the forest ceiling and enjoys bathing in sunlight. Because of this, it develops a mutual relationship with a polyspeculata wherein the plant grows on its body and serves as its main diet while in turn, helps with efficient pollination and photosynthesis.
Delgutitotherium

A medium sized marine predator (around 6 metres in length) that can he found in the vast majority of Wallace's open waters. It has 3 long, muscular organs that are specialised probosci. They are used for the gripping, crushing and swallowing of small prey and are often used in display towards the opposite sex. The brighter in colour and more healthier the organs, the more likely the individual will selected for reproduction. In this display, the male with usually flail their gripping organs around to catch the attention of a potential female partner. They have 2 sets of compound eyes and have the ability to perform a basic form of echolocation with their 2 lower mandibles. They do this by clicking and tapping them together quickly. They are covered in bits of boney carapace that are randomly placed on the individual's body through time. Their large, muscular flippers allow for extra control and push within the waters of Wallace ll.
Luminocollaris Lanceae

## "Rainbow-necked Lancer"

Luminocollaris Lanceae, more commonly known as the Rainbow-necked Lancer, is an extinct member of Ambulospeculida; existing roughly 270-220 million years ago. It was a small shoreline predator, it reached lengths of only 65-80cm, weighed 700g-1kg, and had a proportionally short wingspan of 50-70cm. It mainly fed on small aquatic Dispeculates.

## Notable visual characteristics

The Lancer earned its name from its long lance-like bony head, with a sharp tip for piercing armor and a hooked end to secure struggling prey. Two secondary proboscises were swept back beside the head, they were flexible but unretractable, used to manipulate food matter into its jawless mouth.

It had six compound eyes in total, with four located at the top of the head for upwards visibility & two at the bottom used for spotting prey while hunting.

Thanks to very well preserved fossils and careful analysis, we know that males sported bright iridescent bony plates on their necks for mating displays, which gave a nice contrast to its predominantly grey coloration.

Its two pairs of wings are made up of translucent membranes stretching in between two pairs of forelimbs.

The long lightweight tail, with its wide membranes, were used as a rudder when in flight, but was also a means of propulsion when the animal was in the water.

## Social behavior

Lancers lived together in large groups along the cliff sides close to shores, although they preferred to hunt alone & parental care for young was minimal. During mating seasons, neck plates became more vibrant & the males participated in "swordfighting" competitions, where they swiped their heads trying to overpower each other until the loser backed out.

## Anatomy

Lancers had two pairs of fused forelimbs that served as wings, while the hind limbs were plantigrade, with the knees bent forward to deliver a powerful spring action on takeoff.

For a very active predator, the Lancer had noticeably short wingspans which limited its range, but enabled it to reach high speeds when diving. They were also very agile flyers.

The short range meant that they couldn't hunt further out to sea, which greatly limited their adaptability once their hunting grounds became very competitive.

## Hunting behavior

*Luminocollaris Lanceae* primarily preyed on small aquatic Dispeculates, particularly the lightly or non-armored ones.

Lancers glided along strong updrafts above the ocean to conserve energy. Once prey is spotted, it then swiftly gains altitude using its small powerful wings before diving, giving it ample time to reorient itself to its target if needed. It used its pointed head to impale its prey, with the hooked tip keeping the meal secure while the Lancer swam to shore.

They were very picky predators, only going after low risk prey to protect their pointed heads from being damaged during a struggle.

This specialization, as well a fierce competition in the waters close to shore - the Lancers' main hunting grounds - eventually led to their extinction.
Altumbarba

Fully grown Altumbarba adults weigh between 400-500 kg, are .75-1 meters tall at the head and 1.5 meters long with females typically being larger. They spend most of their day lying in shallow bodies of water (coastlines, rivers, swamps) with most of their body, except their eyes and head-orifice, submerged in water. The most unique aspect of Altumbarba is their folded, leathery skin and their hair-like protrusions that capture small organisms similar to baleen whales. Fig. 2 shows how their head-orifice opens up to reveal their mouth and 2 smaller, extremely long tentacles that reach up to 3 meters in length and are extremely mobile and sticky. They comb the hair all over and return organisms they caught to their mouth (for the purpose of saving space, I didn't draw the entire tentacle as it looks the same through it's entire length.) Sometimes they will hunt for slow-moving creatures and large eggs stuck in tidepools during low tide using their two tentacles as lures and grabbing them with their forelimbs.

Females live in small 'herds' of 10-15 individuals and are led by an alpha female, most of the herd being her children. Males tend to live in smaller, more nomadic groups of 3-6 that wander to different groups of females and attempt to prove their worth by loading their hair up with as many organisms as they can and letting the females feed off them. Sometimes the male groups will be taken in by the females and given exclusive breeding rights if they continue to provide adequate meals. This leads to some territorial fights between the resident males and wandering individuals. Males fight by exposing their mouth, loudly vocalizing, attempting to flip one another over as well as pulling out hair using their strong forelimbs. Females take in the group that remains.
Garden whale

Garden whale or Garden ray (Hortusraja) is fully aquatic filter feeder approximately 18m in length with large manta ray like fins with symbiotic algae. It also able to echolocate large clouds of plankton with bulged structure on its head. On the bottom side of it's body there are retractable gonadal organs with reproductive cells. It lives in groups with 4-30 individuals. This creature lives in open equatorial oceans of Wallace II.
Pluteustega

**Pluteustega** or **Nautrustega**, known collectively as **cleaner wumbuses**, is a genus of panoplovita that is found globally in shallow, temperate waters and reefs. Members of this genus eat debris and parasites off of larger creatures in a mutualistic relationship where the wumbuses get fed and the other large creatures improve their hygiene. They live mostly in reefs near the equator in waters at a maximum depth of 1 meter. One station cannot have more than one adult. They meet with the opposite sex every month to mate. The small fry and juveniles stay with one of their maternal parent and leave when they reach adulthood. They mature at 9 months and live up to 3 years.

## Description

They are medium-sized creatures, ranging in size from 0.25 meters to 0.8 meters, with most species averaging 50 cm (80 cm max). They have plates on their back right behind their heads. Their spiracles are located underneath their back plates. Their compound pectoral fins are able to push backwards as defense. Their proboscises have lips that can close to create suction on the tips. Their eyes are sunken in to help focus on images.

## Cleaning

They are usually found at cleaning stations. One station can only have one adult wumbus. Cleaner wumbuses attract "clients" by waving their proboscises. Cleaner wumbuses clean to eat the parasites and debris for food. The bigger creatures recognize them by their coloration, back plates, and body movements. These cleaners have spots, or “stations” where larger beings come to rid themselves of parasites by having the cleaner wumbus eat any parasites on the surface of their bodies. They usually wave their proboscises to attract “clients”. Clients express their interest by positioning right above the station to allow the wumbus to access their body surface, spiracles, and sometimes proboscises. When a larger fish attempts to cheat and eat the wumbus, they use their compound pectoral fins to push backwards and escape.

## Species

The currently most recognized species in this genus are:

* Pluteustega malvius : Species grow up to 40 cm, have mauve-colored back plates, four pelvic fins and one anal fin per side.
* Pluteustega cynareaus : Species grow up to 50 cm, have thistle-colored back plates, three pelvic fins and two anal fins per side.
* Pluteustega lamius : Species grow up to 70 cm, have lavender-colored back plates, three pelvic fins and one anal fin per side.
Avemaris westonium

This is the ‘Grawk’, Avemaris westonium, which is descended from flying animals, but has returned to the sea. It feeds off of Sea Hoppers, which jump out of the water en masse when threatened and can stay suspended in the air thanks to their membranous structures. Grawks jump out of the water and glide, collecting Sea Hoppers in their tentacle mouthpieces and transferring them to the mouth.
Leophaethon

Leophaethon sp.

Carnivores, live in packs and in plains and rarely in forests. It fills the niche of hyenas on the Media Insula. Have grabby hands side of it belly to grad corpes for carrying and to lash on preys when hunting.

*Leophaethon macula* live on Media Insula solitarily in forest. Carnivorous and its diet is Sustansurisup. Another member of the *Leophaethon* genus.
Phalangesdontidae

Descendant of Celernantids

Length 7-45 cm (Smallest to largest)

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Habitats-

Amphibious, but primarily aquatic. Can be found in most still water environments with a few exceptions thriving in rivers and shallow coasts.

Feeding-

Feeds on small Dispeculates. Most common strategy is to submerge/hide body in debris or dense plant life. Forward facing compound eyes detect when suitable prey comes within range, then is caught with two very finger-like adapted proboscises and drawn into the third, which is merely an open orifice.

Breeding-

Fighting matches take place using lower proboscises to establish pecking order for breeding. Eggs are fertilized internally. Females will then leave the water using stiff fins, and lay eggs under soil near the water. Egg are abandoned upon being laid.
Pellisvagusidae

Descendant of Ambulospeculids

Family Pellisvagusidae (Wooly Snuffs)

Length: 2.4-4.8 m (Smallest to largest)

Habitat- Tundra, taiga, and humid continental areas of Terra Septentrionis.

Feeding- 3 long probosci rip up low plant life and ground within stomach using gastroliths.

Breeding- They are viviparous, giving live birth to multiple small cubs. Typically lives in dense herds to protect

young and nesting sites. Males duel with horns for dominance of herds.
Pastiolingua Pachyrhinotops

**Species Name: Pachyrhinotops**

**Common Name: Great Woolly Draydex**

**Avrage Size: .8 Meters At Shoulder Height**

**Diet: Hervivore**

**Ancestor: gomphiobia**

Another alone surviving Passover of the golden age of novisrltushasta, it survives on twigs and and fruit up in the harsh Cold continent of terra-septentrionis.

On the open tundra they galloping large heads, covering hundreds of miles every day in the endless search for food. They are often followed along by smaller herbivores that know if they follow the large beasts they'll eventually come across large areas of ground to feed on, as well as protection from the beasts they shadow.

They lay their eggs in the spring, so the young have plenty of time to develop before the terrible winter begins.

Then at the beginning of autumn when The calfs are old enough and large enough to fight off the cold, they begin their trek across the continent to grazing grounds north west.

During these migrations predators try to take advantage of the young and sick, but often times the most vulnerable of the head are kept in the centre with the largest and sturdiest members of the head around the outside ready to fend off attackers.
Sobekerius occultatum

Sobekerius is a genus of sobekerid alien, part of the clade ambulospeculidae. This familly branched off from their counterparts quite early on and took the niche of powerful ambush predators. Similar to early ambulospeculids, sobekerids have 4 pairs of legs, large plates covering their backs, and spiricles that are able to open and close. The largest species of sobekerids, Sobekerius occultatum, has an average length of 9 meters and weight of 2 tons. Sobekerius and its relatives live in the rainforests of Media Insula, and stick to the watery areas of the region.

1: Powerful jaws help the animal subdue its prey and prepare it for consumption.
2: The animal does not present teeth, but rather pointy ramifications on the jaws that resemble teeth.
3: Long filament used as bait when hunting aquatic prey. It folds when not needed.
4: Compound eyes positioned on the top of the skull. It can see what its biting but it mostly uses olfaction in hunting.
5: Heavy plates protect the aliens dorsal side during confrontations.
6: 4th plate functions as a pseudo dorsal fin.
7: Massive tail fluke for quick bursts of speed in the water. The tail is dragged when the animal is walking on land.
8: The lateral and ventral sides are covered in odd protective sheets that resemble scales, unique to the sobekeridae clade. Nicknamed „Loes„ ,these structures are mainly used for protection, but they also reduce drag when the alien is swimming.
9: 4 pairs of limbs, 2 for walking on land and 2 for maintaining balance in water.While swimming, the legs are tucked close to the aliens body. While walking, the flippers are folded and tucked close to the aliens body.
10: Display structures are present on the aliens throat in the form of thorns. Thorns are only found in male individuals, and fall off and grow back every year.
11: Hunting Behavior: A Sobekerius strikes a plastic dummy from below the waters surface.
12: Ontogeny: Similar to Earths amphibians, Sobekerius and its relatives lay and hatch from eggs that lack shells, and are incubated in freshwater. The babies are more gracile than their adult counterparts and have 4 pairs of flippers. They also lack spiricle lids. When reaching adolescence, young Sobekerius suffer a 2 week long metamorphosis, in which they morph their first and 3rd pair of flippers into legs, and grow spiricle lids.
Sky nymphus

The sky nymphus is closely related to the common nymphus. It lives at high altitudes and as such has evolved bigger body size, more powerful wings and coloration that helps it camouflage. It will only stop flying to rest or feed.

A nymphus will find a host using its 2 chemoreceptors. Then, it will pierce soft flesh with its proboscis and drink the internal juices. Nymphai have spontaneous swarming behaviour. The swarms can be damaging and even fatal depending on the organism they target.

They are covered with small spikes that can carry spores to new locations. Nymphai are also common prey and rely on the Allee effect to thrive.
Quartbulletidae

Common Name: Guido Pods

Scientific Name: Quartbulletidae

Creator: Goldjim

Clade: Tuberphyta

Habitat: Taiga and Tundra

Size: 6 inch diameter

Diet: Photovore

Reproduction: flowers/wind based transfer

They are a common family of Polyspeculates that cover the themselves when the outside world is too inhospitable. Their seeds fruit in a very similar way to dandelions and are well insulated to allow them to stay dormant until it’s safe to develop. As adults they also have an insulating inside to withstand the coldest winter months. They are often food for many Virtu dispeculates including the above mentioned Ningen. To protect themselves they often retreat into their shells though as mentioned before this is inefficient against the Ningen but it does allow them to survive attacks from other dispeculates that might attempt to snack on them.
Piranah plant

The Piranah plant is a celestiphyte of unknown affliation (likely Ophiophyta), living in desert and savannah habitats of the northern continents (Occidentis, Archa islands, Micha islands & Thron) of Wallace II.

While it does use photosynthesis, it is also carnivorous. Since it's habitat is usually dry and has little water, the Piranah Plant gets its hydration by eating other organisms. It closes its mouth-like stem inside a leaf-like shell. It displays brightly colored flower-like structures to attract pollinators or animals just trying to find food. When it feels something touching it's flowers, The Piranah Plant will open its shell and lunge its jaws at its prey. It drags its prey back into the shell, where it eats the animal and consumes it. The Piranah Plant is about 5 feet tall in its closed form, and the neck stem can stretch to lengths of 7 feet.
Pastiolingua Megalomimas

**Species Name: Megalomimas**

**Common Name: Megalo Draydex**

**Avrage Size: .2 -4,5 Metres**

**Diet: Herbivore**

**Ancestor: gomphiobia**

The large barrel shaped beast is one of the closest living relatives of the spring draydex, but unlike it's smaller cousin it has sacrificed speed and manoeuvrability, for sheer power.

males will often ram their heads into bone trees and rocks just to assert dominance over any animal they feel is watching.

As well as this, thy dazzle them with an impressive light show of blue, bio-luminescent bacteria are stored in the animals antlers, confusing and frightening any potential predators that may be desperate enough to even think about hunting such a mighty beast.

Their eyes are placed on the sides of the head as to allow as much field of view as possible, as well as this there eyes are able to swivel in the skull as to allow them to be on the lookout for any predators that may be unfamiliar with the raw power of this beast.

The eggs must remain moist and warm as to develop so the animal stuff is the eggs inside of a pouch underneath the tail after a couple of months the babies will emerge and start to socialise with other members of the group and gaining their protection and respect.
Rostium

These deep sea fishing nets descended from the Panoplovita and are somewhat common in deep sea trenches

## Rostium

a typical Rostium

Areas where you can find rostium

### Type

it is a type of Dispeculata , more specifically it descended from the Panoplvitans

## Diet

They are ferociously carnivorous and mainly feed on smaller Dispeculates and essentially anything else it can get its enormous net around

#### Hunting:

They don't actively hunt their prey but rather drift slowly through the water waiting to attract an unsuspecting sea dweller

once they land in the net , microscopic harpoon like structures on a cellular level stun its prey and inject venom into it

it uses its 2 secondary proboscises from here to force its prey into its primary probosces to be digested

They have one luminescent tentacle on each of their ''limbs'' which aids them in attracting their prey

## Growth

In their Juvenile stage they are rather vulnerable and greatly relies on sheer numbers , one adult Rostium lay on average over eight-hundred thousand eggs in a single spawning

the hatchlings start off as big as your average polyspeculata larva (around 0.2 mm) however those who do make it to adulthood may grow up to 6 feet (1.8 meters) long .

They live an average of 4 years

## Misc:

* Their name is from the latin word for venom / poison , ostium
Nupeus ciqurun

The Nupeus ciqurun unlike most life on Wallace II has lost almost
all of its exoskeleton except for on its head and neck in favor of speed and stamina.
Ciqurun usually travel in small herds of 6-8 but have been known to have up
to 50 during mating season, preferring dry open plains where they can watch
their surrounding and continue runnig for long periods of time.
 On their chest they have a red inflatable air-sack that when inflated makes
a loud cry to warn others of predators, attracting mates and scarring off rivals.
The filter fish

The filter fish is a heavily armoured fish around the size of a plecostomus. They live in all types of water but they are found in the large river and the big shallow sea at its mouth. Of course it also live in swamps, rivers, lakes, and other bodies of water around. It is a filter feeder and also an algae eater. The filter fish is very common. Reproduction would be the same as Earth's fish. Their main weakness would be their soft underbelly in which they lost the armor from in echange for increased speed, size, and mobilization.
Clodus crura

Clodus Crura (uneven or limp legs) is a descendant of the Panoplovitans, even if a distant one, its an Omnivorous animal, using its proboscis for both filter feeding and comsumption of other animals, while it eats both the main source of its nutrients is from other animals, this creature resembles a lot modern Earth crabs, specially in its claw, and both fill a similar niche, this specific species usually lives in more shallow waters near the tropic, the creature is very front heavy, however due to the lower gravity and being in the ocean this is negated, they also use their large claw as help for their thin legs, as with the old Panoplovitans this creature is heavily armored with a thick shell around its body, filled with several small residual spikes and bumps, these are mostly useless but make it harder for other sea creatures to catch it using their jaws, usually they are around 30cm tall but some have been observed to reach 55cm in height, for reproduction these crabs will go to even more shallow waters where they will transfer his sperm into a female's genital pores on her underside, this will lead the female release thousands of eggs and bury it, many wont survive all the way to the point the eggs hatch, and even when they do hatch they are the prey of many animals, leading the females to only have about 5 living children until they reach their adulthood (roughly 7 Earth years) but can live up to 30 years
Phytovorus Mimus

Picture by Giraudy

A Celernantid carnivore that lives in the shallow mid eastern sea (the Vadum Mare). It eats small ocean crawling creatures such as the small Anenamecaris to the left. It’s main habitat is in the dense sea forests but it occasionally migrated to more northern seas in the mid autumn to follow its prey which hide in the icy waters to breed. It’s dorsal half is covered in a thick bone carapace and it’s dorsal fin is bony as well. It’s 3 proboscises are aided by a “claw” like appendage at the end and it’s 2 front fins aid in creating a nest. It gets its name from the fact that it resembles the plant eating fauna around its habitat whilst tricking the smaller creatures into a false sense of security. 2 compound eyes face slightly up so it can watch for more dangerous predictors whilst hunting.
Prickly Probopctus

## Prickly Probopctus (Suspirunko musclium)

*Ancestor: Sungrazer*

 The Prickly Probopctus (prick-ly Pro-bop-tus), also known as Suspirunko musclium (Sus-purr-run-co), ranging at around 80 centimeters in height, it is the only member of its family that hasn’t convergently evolved with any Celestiphyta, instead, instead, becoming a unique predator, it is related to the Bobactus Tree and Catrilt. They are quite interesting, repurposing the front pair of limbs as dual-proboscises, uses them to pierce the skin of their prey and inject digestive enzymes into their body, then suck up their fluids. They have built a symbiosis where Bobactus Trees let them crawl on them, allowing it to leap from them, which allows the Prickly Proboptcus to hunt, and providing the Bobactus Tree with nutrients. They get their name from how their body is covered in sharp spines to deter predators. They have repurposed their hairy arms on their cartilage tips as suckers to stick to surfaces, and can also be used to burrow inti the ground once night hits, which then they will release many sensors resembling the whiskers of a cat, when something brushes up against them, it will burst out of the ground and attack whatever triggered them.

Once a year at night, an adult will search for a Scalimpit den, which then it will carefully crawl into it and count how many eggs there are, which then it will one by one, release the same amount of spores as the eggs minus one, then carefully put them into the wall then leave. Once maturing into their larval stage, they will decide the weekest, non-already-parasitized juvenile Scalimpit, then latch onto its back and dig its proboscis into it, and feed on its blood, and will do this until adulthood, they produce the same pheromones that the juvenile Scalimpits produce, and can also change their color based on the part they latch onto, which is to prevent the adults from attacking it. Once mature enough, they will kill all the adults and juveniles that were parasitized by them and leave to live as an adult, leaving only the unparasitized juveniles, which will then set out to build a new nest with five others.
Garida

Size range (0.3-1 metres)

Habitat: The deep oceans (Mare Orientalem, Teneborsa Aquam and Plagam Maris)

Garidae is a group of Panoplovita who have specialised for life in the deep sea and have developed fairly unique adaptations to an abyssal lifestyle. In their new home they no longer need armor due to the lack of common predators, as microfaunal food is scarce they have changed their feeding traits from filter-feeding to luring prey using bioluminescent tips on their filter-feeding tendrils, this is used to lure prey and then snatch them with the main mouth that is specialized to grab prey at a rapid speed. They can also communicate with their tendrils to broadcast signals, to scare off rivals or attract mates.
Spoiler queen

The „Scout Piercers“ or „spoiler Queens“ (for lack of a better name) are 8 legged carnivores with tree mouths descending from the Gomphioba family. The females grow to large sizes of around 6 meters in length and are fierce hunters, piercing their prey’s armor with their horn and claws. They grow by shedding their old solid armor and grow a new one. The females are aggressive and live solitary and meet only other females to get their eggs fertilized by other, new males then their own swarm, or to kill other queens and conquer their males or territory. The females lay their eggs in the ground. They are constantly surrounded by a swarm of flying males, who act as nurses and egg hatchers and as flying scouts to the femal queen. The males detect prey, other females or enemy’s from the air flying above. The males signal to the queen trough their tales; locations and distances of prey and so on. The males eat the left overs from the queens prey and feed the young hatched animals. If there is not enough successful hunts, they pray on the children. First all hatched animals are larvas, then flying, male scouts. When they grow larger they become egg hatchers and loose their ability to fly and become female princesses by a certain size. As princesses they become particularly vunerable to enemies, to the queen and to the flying males. At some point in their princess-hood they have to flee or being eaten by the queen. Only the fittest princesses manage to survive their „puberty“ and finally become queens with their own swarm. They have to survive their old regime and manage to flee while already being big enough to hunt and being able to lay eggs fully transformed to females. At first in their young adolescence they are alone and dig holes and caves. They have to survive by avoiding colonies in the open and still manage getting their eggs fertilized somehow by swarming males from forein colonies without being spotted by the scouts and the queen of the swarm. Males tend to flock around the biggest queens and leaving weak ones behind, even devouring them if they are injured. Young queens also often challenge bigger older queens and conquer the swarm of males after the victory.
Tegroimpetus magna

Tegroimpetus Magna - terrestial Gomphiobia descendant that feed mostly on biggest of bonetrees by using it's elongated proboscis a bit like a coliber is using it's tongue on flowers. Front limbs are used to help manipulate bonetrees "branches" and "leaves" and hind limbs purpose is mostly defensive. It formed a symbiotic relation with spieces of Polyspeculata that grow on it's back like a moss on a rock. "Moss" is posionous to predators and living on a back of Tegroimpetus allows it to spresd across continent. It's about 10 m tall.