Scutoskulus

## Scutosculus arditi

Latest Mutations: Scutes, Improve Chemoreception

Status: Extinct (Outcompeted)

Habitat: Temperate Shallows, Temperate Upper Ocean

Niche: Substrate Filter-Feeder

Size: 14cm (length)

Nutritional Need: (102NP/10) x 7/10 = 7.1NP

Food / Oxygen Requirement: (7.1 x 0.6) x 0.9 = 3.8NP / 7.1NP

Abilities: Anti-Freeze, Barrier Immune System, Circulation, Large-Body, Cutaneous Respiration. Foul Taste. Liquid Excretion. Moderate UV Resistance, Permeable Skin. Solid Excretion.

Perception: Chemoreception 2 (Senses chemicals from 5m away). Blurry Sight.

Stats: Burrowing 1. Coordination 1. Digestion 2 (Can break down multicellular matter, can digest meat, 10% off). Digging 1.5. Filtration 0. Flexibility 1. Intelligence 1. Respiration 1. Stamina 3. Strength 0.5. Support 1.

Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. When observing a predator; dig away. 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: Blue structural colouration gives the the cylindrical body a metallic, blue sheen. This covers the skin. The mouth has a sharp keratin beak and also has nearby chemoreceptors. On the side and front of the head are two pairs of pinhole eyes. The body ends in a fan tail, and below this is a hyponome.

Internal Features: An open circulatory system 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 hydrostatic skeleton. From the mouth, a tube leads to the stomach, then into the 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 an oily 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.

Castes/Phases: None.

Locomotion: Hydrostatic Movement. Active (20NP).

External Features: Elongated (+1 Digging, x0.5 of length in nutritional worth). Blue structural colouration (2NP, +Moderate UV Resistance). Skin (3NP, +Permeable Skin, +Cutaneous Respiration, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Barrier Immune System). Setae (2NP, +1 Digging). Mouth (+1 Filtration). Chemoreceptors (2NP, +2 Chemoreception). Two pinhole eyes (7NP, +Blurry Sight). Scutes (4NP, +0.5 Toughness, -0.5 Digging).

Internal Features: Closed Circulatory System (11NP, +1 Stamina, +Large-Body Circulation). Heart (11NP, +1 Stamina). Anti-Freeze Glycoproteins (2NP, +Anti-Freeze). Nephridium (7NP, +Liquid Excretion). Hydrostatic Skeleton (3NP, +1 Burrowing, +1 Flexibility, +1 Support, +0.5 Strength, +Hydrostatic Movement). Stomach (11NP, +1 Digestion, +Can Break Down Multicellular Matter, +Can Digest Meat). Intestines (7NP, +1 Digestion, +Solid Excretion). Brain and nerve network (22NP, +1 Coordination, +1 Intelligence). Testes (5NP). Ova (5NP). Bitter Fluid (3NP, +Foul Taste).

Temporal Range: R.178 - R.235 (Nocturnus Stage of the Oliverian)

Distribution: Southern Hemisphere

Lifespan: 2 years

Predecessor: Ahyponomus ahyponomus

Classification: Ahyonomusinae (sf), Ahyponomusidae (f)

Discoverer: StealthStyle

## Scutoskulus connerii

Latest Mutations: Tropical Tolerance

A worm covered in scutes that draws through the sediment of tropical oceans.

Status: NT

Habitat: Tropical Ocean

Niche: Sediment Filter Feeder

Size: 14cm

Nutritional Need: 124 x 7/100 = 8.7NP.

Food / Oxygen Requirement: 8.7 x 0.25 = 2.2NP per round (Needs to intake 2.2/0.7 = 1.5NP per round)/ 8.7NP

Characteristics: Anti-Freeze. Foul Taste. Large-Body Circulation. Liquid Excretion. Low Pressure Tolerance. Osmoconformer (High Salinity). Solid Excretion. Toxin.

Perception: Sight 1 (sees clearly for 1m from the sides, monocular vision). Chemoreception 2 (detects chemicals 5m from mouth).

Stats: Coordination 2. Digestion 2 (100% Meat, Digests 70%). Filtration 1. Immunity 2. Respiration 1 (Stationary Respiration). Stamina 3. Strength 1. Support 1. Toughness 1. Tunnelling 2.5. UV Resistance 2. Walk Speed 0.5.

Intelligence / Behaviour: Stimulus Response. Subconscious Functions. Body Movement Control. Tiredness = rest. Hunger hormones = move around. Pain = move away. Adult = Release mating hormones. Mating hormones = move. Mating hormones + own species chemicals = reproduce. Move signal = peristalsis. Food = move towards.

External Features: It has an elongated, cylindrical body, covered in chaetae and scutes. The skin has blue melanin pigmentation. It has a mouth and around it are a few chemoreceptors. On the side of the head is a pair of pinhole eyes. The rear of the body has a hyponome.

Internal Features: Each cell has low pressure piezolytes. There is a closed circulatory system with a heart. An anti-freeze xylomannan fatty acid and polysaccharide is in the blood. The body is supported by a hydrostatic skeleton. It has gonads and a protonephridium. There is a monogastric digestive system. A gland releases a foul fluid into the body fluids and another releases toxins. 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). Peristalsis.

External Features: Elongated (+1 Tunnelling, +Nutritional Worth x 0.5). Skin (3NP, +1 Immunity, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Stationary Respiration, +Cutaneous Respiration, +Permeable Skin). Chaetae (3NP, +1 Tunnelling). Medium Pigmentation (2NP, +2 UV Resistance). Scutes (4NP, +1 Toughness, -0.5 Tunnelling). Mouth (0NP, +1 Filtration). Chemoreceptors (2NP, +2 Chemoreception). Pinhole Eye (2NP, +1 Sight, +Monocular Vision).

Internal Features: Piezolytes (5NP, +Low Pressure Tolerance). Closed Circulatory System w/ heart (21NP, +Large-Body Circulation, +3 Stamina). Anti-Freeze Compound (2NP, +Anti-Freeze). Hydrostatic Skeleton (3NP, +1 Tunnelling, +1 Support, +1 Strength, +0.5 Walk Speed, +Peristalsis). Gonads (14NP, +Sexual Reproduction, +External Fertilization). Nephridium (11NP, +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 (19NP, +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: Entaops bicyclus

Classification:

Discoverer: StealthStyle

## Scutoskulus tropicae

Latest Mutations: Tropical Tolerance

Scutoskulus tropicae evolved from Scutoskulus arditi and is a worm with scutes growing along its body for protection. It crawls through the sediment which it swallows and filters food from. It is a slower mover than its smooth-skinned cousins but better protected.

Status: Unlisted

Habitat: Tropical Ocean

Niche: Filter-Feeder

Diet: Any fresh meat it can get.

Size: 14cm (length)

Nutritional Need: 139 x 7/100 = 9.7NP

Food / Oxygen Requirement: 9.7 x 0.25 = 2.4NP per round (Needs to intake 2.4/0.7 = 3.4NP per round) / 9.7NP

Abilities: Anti-Freeze. Exothermic. Foul Taste. Large-Body Circulation. Liquid Excretion. Low Pressure Tolerance. Permeable Skin. Solid Excretion. Subzero Metabolism.

Perception: Chemoreception 2 (5m from mouth). Sight 1 (Blurry Images from front, binocular vision, and side, monocular vision).

Stats: Coordination 2. Digestion 1. Immunity 2. Filtration 1. Respiration 1 (Cutaneous Respiration). Stamina 3. Strength 0.5. Support 1. Toughness 1. Tunnelling 2.5. UV Resistance 2. Walk Speed 0.5.

Intelligence / Behaviour: 1. Hungry > Search for food. 2. Food > Filter with mouth. 3. Tired > Rest. 4. Pain > Move away. 5. Maturity > Reproduce.

External Features: The scute-bearing skin of the elongated body contains blue melanin pigments and is coated in chaetae. It has a mouth which is surrounded by chemoreceptors. The head has a pair of pinhole eyes at the front and side.

Internal Features: Cells contain lysozymes and piezolytes. Blood vessels circulate around, helped by a heart, and the blood contains anti-freeze substances. The body is largely made up of a hydrostatic skeleton and a monogastric digestive system. Ganglion in the head connect to a nerve cord. There is also a nephridium and a foul fluid gland.

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

Castes/Phases: Hermaphrodites.

Locomotion: Active (20NP). Peristalsis.

External Features: Elongated Body (0NP, +1 Tunnelling). Scutes (4NP, +1 Toughness, -0.5 Tunnelling). Skin (3NP, +1 Immunity, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Stationary Respiration, +Cutaneous Respiration, +Permeable Skin). Medium Pigmentation (2NP, +2 UV Resistance). Chaetae (3NP, +1 Tunnelling). Mouth (0NP, +1 Filtration). Chemoreceptors (2NP, +2 Chemoreception). Pinhole Eye (2NP, +1 Sight, +Monocular Vision).

Internal Features: Piezolytes (5NP, +Low Pressure Tolerance). Lysozymes (1NP, +Subzero Metabolism). Hydrostatic Skeleton (3NP, +1 Tunnelling, +1 Support, +1 Strength, +0.5 Walk Speed, +Peristalsis). Closed Circulatory System w/ Heart (21NP, +2 Stamina, +Large-Body Circulation). Anti-Freeze Compound (2NP, +Anti-Freeze). Nephridium (11NP, +Liquid Excretion). Monogastric Digestive System (19NP, +1 Meat Digestion, +1 Veg Protein Digestion, +1 Immunity, +Solid Excretion). Centralised Nervous System (20NP, +2 Coordination, +Stimulus Response, +Subconscious Functions, +Body Movement Control). Gonads (14NP, +Sexual Reproduction, +Hermaphroditism, +External Fertilzation). Foul Fluid Gland (7NP, +Foul Taste).

Temporal Range: R.221 - Present (Atrobocean Stage of the Oliverian)

Distribution: Cosmopolitan

Lifespan: 1 year

Predecessor: Scutoskulus arditi

Classification: Ahyponomusinae (sf), Ahyponomusidae (f)

Discoverer: StealthStyle

## Scutoskulus verrucosen

Latest Mutations: Smaller, Lose Pigmentation, More Eggs

This pink-skinned worm, covered in scutes, live under the tropical ocean, where it filters the sediment for food by burrowing through it. Living here, it has lost it's pigmentation, leaving it pink. It is smaller but produces more eggs.

Status: Unlisted

Habitat: Subpolar Temperate Ocean, Polar Temperate Ocean

Niche: Sediment Filter-Feeder

Diet: Any fresh meat it can get.

Size: 10cm (length - proboscis to end)

Nutritional Need: 133 x 5/100 = 6.7NP

Food / Oxygen Requirement: 6.7 x 0.25 = 1.7NP per round (Needs to intake 1.7/0.6 = 2.8NP per round) / 6.7NP

Abilities: Anti-Freeze. Exothermic. Foul Taste. Large-Body Circulation. Liquid Excretion. Low Pressure Tolerance. Osmoregulation (Freshwater and Brackish Tolerance). Permeable Skin. Solid Excretion. Subzero Metabolism.

Perception: Chemoreception 2 (5m from mouth). Sight 1 (Blurry Images from front, binocular vision, and side, monocular vision).

Stats: Coordination 2. Digestion 1 (100% Meat, Digests 60%). Immunity 2. Filtration 1. Respiration 1 (Cutaneous Respiration). Stamina 3. Strength 1. Support 1. Toughness 0.5. Tunnelling 2.5. Walk Speed 0.5.

Intelligence / Behaviour: 1. Hungry > Search for food. 2. Food > Filter with mouth. 3. Tired > Rest. 4. Pain > Move away. 5. Maturity > Reproduce. 6. Light > head into darkness.

External Features: The skin of the elongated body contains no pigments so it is pink and is coated in chaetae and scutes. It has a mouth on a proboscis extending out from the rest of the body, which is surrounded by chemoreceptors. The head has four pinhole eyes at the front and side of the head.

Internal Features: Cells contain lysozymes and piezolytes. Blood vessels circulate around, helped by a heart, and the blood contains an anti-freeze xylomannan fatty acid and polysaccharide. The body is largely made up of a hydrostatic skeleton and a monogastric digestive system. Ganglion in the head connect to a dual dorsal nerve cord. There is also a large nephridium, gonads and a foul fluid gland.

Reproduction: Sexual. 10,000 eggs per spawning. External Fertilisation.

Castes/Phases: None.

Locomotion: Active (20NP). Peristalsis.

External Features: Skin (3NP, +1 Immunity, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Stationary Respiration, +Cutaneous Respiration, +Permeable Skin). Elongated Body (0NP, +1 Tunnelling). Chaetae (3NP, +1 Tunnelling). Mouth (0NP, +1 Filtration). Chemoreceptors (2NP, +2 Chemoreception). Pinhole Eyes (2NP, +1 Sight, +Monocular Vision, +Binocular Vision). Scutes (4NP, +0.5 Toughness, -0.5 Tunnelling).

Internal Features: Lysozymes (1NP, +Subzero Metabolism). Piezolytes (5NP, +Low Pressure Tolerance). Closed Circulatory System w/ Heart (21NP, +2 Stamina, +Large-Body Circulation). Anti-Freeze Compound (2NP, +Anti-Freeze). Hydrostatic Skeleton (3NP, +1 Tunnelling, +1 Support, +1 Strength, +0.5 Walk Speed, +Peristalsis). Monogastric Digestive System (19NP, +1 Meat Digestion, +1 Veg Protein Digestion, +1 Immunity, +Solid Excretion). Centralised Nervous System (20NP, +2 Coordination). Nephridium (11NP, +Liquid Excretion). Gonads (14NP, +Sexual Reproduction, +Hermaphroditism, +External Fertilzation). Foul Fluid Gland (7NP, +Foul Taste).

Temporal Range: R.239 - Present (Atrobocean Stage of the Oliverian)

Distribution: Southern Hemisphere

Lifespan: 2 years

Predecessor: Scutoskulus tropicae

Classification:

Discoverer: StealthStyle