Chonifiltrus

## Chonifiltrus chonifiltrus

Latest Mutations: Funnel Shape

This squishy, funnel-shaped, yellow sponge dots the seafloor of Southern Hemisphere temperate seas. It is very numerous, especially as it can now reproduce by budding.

Status: NT

Habitat: Temperate Shallows, Temperate Upper Ocean

Niche: Sessile Filter-Feeder

Size: 18cm (height)

Nutritional Worth: (1.6 x 18 =) 29NP

Food / Oxygen Requirement: 17NP / 26np

Abilities: None.

Perception: None.

Intelligence / Behaviour: None.

External Features: The funnel-shaped, yellow-pigmented body is punctuated by numerous pores.

Internal Features: The body is supported by a layer of mesoglea and spicules of spongin. A hollow in the middle is lined with cilia.

Locomotion Type: None. (Movement Energy: 0NP)

Reproduction: Sexual, Ovuliparity (External Fertilisation). 1,000 eggs. Hermaphroditism.

Castes/Phases: None.

Physical Stats: Support = 1.5, UV Resistance = Weak, Filtration = 2

Systemic Stats: Circulation = 1, Excretion = 1

External Features: The funnel-shaped, yellow-pigmented (3NP, +Weak UV Resistance) body is punctuated by numerous pores (+1 Filtration, +1 Circulation, +1 Excretion).

Internal Features: The body is supported by a layer of mesoglea (6NP, +0.5 Support) and spicules of spongin (6NP, +1 Support). A hollow in the middle is lined with cilia (1NP, +1 Filtration).

Temporal Range: R.163 - Present (Nocturnus Stage of the Oliverian)

Distribution: Southern Hemisphere

Lifespan: 2 years

Predecessor: Acanthrosfungarus howardii

Classification:

Discoverer: StealthStyle

## Chonifiltrus shrutii

Latest Mutations: Tropical Tolerance

This is an oddly-shaped sponge that is supported by spongin spicules and is attached to rocks in the tropics. It has many pores that it filters water through.

Status: NT

Habitat: Tropical Ocean

Niche: Sessile Filter-Feeder

Size: 18cm

Nutritional Need: 17 x 18/100 = 3.1NP

Food / Oxygen Requirement: 3.1 x 0.25 = 0.8NP per round (Needs to intake 0.8/0.6 = 1.3NP per round)/ 3.1NP

Characteristics: Liquid Excretion. Solid Excretion. Only Works Underwater; sponge porous system.

Perception: N/A

Stats: Filtration 1 (18/4 = 4.5 x 1 = 4.5NP). Immunity 1. Support 1.5. UV Resistance 1. Viscosity 1. Warming -0.5.

Intelligence / Behaviour: N/A

External Features: The blue body is crossed by a syconoid sponge porous system with a holdfast at the bottom.

Internal Features: A layer of mesoglea is between the body walls, that contains spongin spicules and archaeocytes.

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

Castes/Phases: Hermaphroditism.

Locomotion: N/A

External Features: Light Pigmentation (2NP, +1 UV Resistance, -0.5 Warming). Sponge Porous System (0NP, +1 Filtration, +Liquid Excretion, +Solid Excretion, +Only Works Underwater). Holdfast (3NP, +1 Viscosity).

Internal Features: Mesoglea Layer (3NP, +1 Support). Spongin Spicules (4NP, +0.5 Support, +1 Toughness).

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

Distribution: Southern

Lifespan: 2 years

Predecessor: Chonifiltrus chonifiltrus

Classification:

Discoverer: StealthStyle

## Chonifiltrus bathyus

Latest Mutations: Deep Ocean Tolerance

This is a funnel-shaped spongin sponge that lives in the deep ocean between 500 and 1500m below the surface.

Status: Unlisted

Habitat: Deep Ocean (500 - 1500m)

Niche: Sessile Filter-Feeder

Diet: Any fresh meat it can get.

Size: 18cm (width)

Nutritional Need: 33 x 18/100 = 5.9NP

Food / Oxygen Requirement: 5.9 x 0.25 = 1.5NP per round (Needs to intake 1.5/0.6 = 2.5NP per round)/ 5.9NP

Abilities: High Pressure Tolerance. Liquid Excretion. Osmoconformer (Quite Low Salinity). Permeable Skin. Solid Excretion.

Perception: N/A

Stats: Digestion 1 (100% meat, digests 60%). Immunity 1. Filtration 1. Respiration 1 (Cutaneous Respiration, Stationary Respiration). Stamina 1. Support 1.5. Toughness 1. UV Resistance 1. Viscosity 1. Warming -0.5.

Intelligence / Behaviour: N/A

External Features: The blue body is crossed by a sponge porous system with a holdfast at the bottom.

Internal Features: Each cell contains piezolytes. It contains gonads. Spongin spicules line the frame and a layer of mesoglea is between the body walls.

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

Castes/Phases: Hermaphroditism.

Locomotion: N/A

External Features: Light Pigmentation (2NP, +1 UV Resistance, -0.5 Warming). Skin (3NP, +1 Immunity, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Stationary Respiration, +Cutaneous Respiration, +Permeable Skin). Sponge Porous System (0NP, +1 Filtration, +1 Digestion, +Liquid Excretion, +Solid Excretion, +Only Works Underwater). Holdfast (3NP, +1 Viscosity).

Internal Features: Piezolytes (5NP, +High Pressure Tolerance). Spongin Spicules (4NP, +0.5 Support, +1 Toughness). Mesoglea Layer (3NP, +1 Support). Gonads (14NP, +Sexual Reproduction, +Hermaphroditism, +External Fertilzation).

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

Distribution: Cosmopolitan

Lifespan: 4 years

Predecessor: Chonifiltrus chonifiltrus

Classification: Acanthrosfungarusinae (sf), Acanthrosfungarusidae (f)

Discoverer: StealthStyle

## Chonifiltrus murraysis

Latest Mutations: Deep Ocean Tolerance

This is a funnel-shaped spongin sponge that lives in the deep ocean between 500 and 1500m below the surface.

Status: Unlisted

Habitat: Deep Ocean (500 - 1500m)

Niche: Sessile Filter-Feeder

Diet: Any fresh meat it can get.

Size: 18cm (width)

Nutritional Need: 30 x 18/100 = 5.9NP

Food / Oxygen Requirement: 5.9 x 0.25 = 1.5NP per round (Needs to intake 1.5/0.6 = 2.5NP per round)/ 5.9NP

Abilities: Excretion, Liquid. Excretion, Solid. Exothermic. Osmoconformer (Quite Low Salinity). Permeable Skin. Pressure Tolerance, Very High. UV Resistance, Medium.

Perception: N/A

Stats: Digestion 1 (100% Meat, 70%). Filtration 0.5. Immunity 0.25. Respiration 1 (Cutaneous Respiration). Stamina 0.25. Support 1.5. Toughness 1. Viscosity 0.5.

Intelligence / Behaviour: N/A

External Features: The blue body is crossed by a sponge porous system with a holdfast at the bottom.

Internal Features: Each cell contains piezolytes. It contains gonads. Spongin spicules line the frame and a layer of mesoglea is between the body walls.

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

Castes/Phases: Hermaphroditism.

Locomotion: N/A

External Features: Medium Pigments (2.5NP, +Medium UV Resistance). Pinacocytes (2.5NP, +0.25 Immunity, +1 Respiration, +0.25 Stamina, +Cutaneous Respiration, +Permeable Skin). Sponge Pores (2.5NP, +0.5 Filtration, +1 Digestion, +Liquid Excretion, +Solid Excretion). Basipinacocytes (2.5NP, +0.5 Viscosity).

Internal Features: Piezolytes (2.5NP, +Very High Pressure Tolerance). Spongin Spicules (10NP, +1 Support, +1 Toughness). Mesohyl (2.5NP, +0.5 Support). Gonads (5NP, +Sexual Reproduction, +Sexes, +External Fertilisation).

Temporal Range: R. 273 - Present (Samadaran Stage of the Oliverian)

Distribution: Cosmopolitan

Lifespan: 4 years

Predecessor: Chonifiltrus chonifiltrus

Classification: Acanthrosfungarusinae (sf), Acanthrosfungarusidae (f)

Discoverer: StealthStyle