Septempollicems

**Septempollicems**, (meaning seven toes in Latin) are a superclass that can also be called **Septempollicema**, **Septempollicemia**, and **Septempollicem**. They evolved 326,333,333 years ago and their point of origin is south Primaterra, and contain the extant classes of Agrioderma (only one living species), Olisthirodermia, Folidotodermia, Fterotodermia, Gounia, Ypsilistasia, Frynoskorpia and Pennadermia (more will be added later), and extinct classes Xenosynapsid, Dinoavesia, Stelechosypsilistasia, and Dracosaurs.

   Septempollicems are a superclass on Hume III, even though their name means seven toes their Ilektrikapodia ancestors could have anywhere between seven and ten toes, they have a special ability akin to that of an electric eel, they have this because their common ancestor (**Ilektrika pezoporos)** had this ability, but most of them have either reduced this ability or have completely gotten rid of it, the reason for this is speculated to be because maybe it wasn't worth having, because it hurts them every time they use it, and if they use it too much they'll kill themselves, the ones that do still have it use it sparingly, some lineages have kept it the exact same as their ancestor without changing it, other lineages have reduced it, others have gotten rid of it entirely and never got it back, others have gotten rid of it and re-evolved it back again, and one lineage has actually increased the power of this ability, the lineage that would eventually lead to The Night Beast. But some of the clades that do keep it but reduce it have found a way to use it more, by losing the neuro-physiological capacity for a conscious awareness of **pain**. But i know what you're thinking, if they can't feel pain then how will they know to stop and not accidentally kill themselves? Well by reducing it down to a non deadly level of voltage, around the same level of voltage as these shocking gum prank toys, that way it can use it all it wants without dieing. But I know what you're still thinking, how will they know to stop so they don't burn themselves, if the electricity doesn't kill them the burns will, and the answer is they may not be able to feel pain, but they can still feel and once they feel they're starting to burn themselves they will stop. But if a predator that also can't feel pain catches them the electricity defense won't work, well the answer to that is it will start to burn the predator too, and once at happens the predator will drop them.

## Levels of how much each class kept the electric ability,

Agrioderma 100%

Olisthirodermia 88%

Folidotodermia 75%

Fterotodermia 25%

Gounia 50%

Ypsilistasia 99%

Frynoskorpia 50%

Pennadermia 1%

Xenosynapsid unknown

Dinoavesia unknown

Dracosauria unknown

Stelechosypsilistasia unknown.

Some lineages have even evolved a way to Channel all the electricity into one point, like the end of the whisacles or the end of the hand giving more of a controlled shock that does less damage to the organism using it and more damage to the prey items.

## Aposematism and Albinaelectriamatism.

Like on Earth and on basically every other alien planet that exists, there is Aposematism, the advertising by an animal to potential predators that it is not worth attacking or eating, it exists on Hume III as well, but Hume III also has something that has not been found on any other planet yet, Albinaelectriamatism. Aposematism occurs in poisonous animals, on Earth, they typically come in bright red-orange, red, orange, or yellow, and sometimes for (example the monarch) beautiful patterns of black and orange, or black and any other color, or just beautiful patterns of any color combination. On Tira 292b they can come in bright greens, blues, green-blue, blue-green, yellow, and a pretty pattern of black and all these colors. On Hume III they can come in bright red-orange, red, orange, or yellow, and sometimes for (example the monarch) beautiful patterns of black and orange, or black and any other color, or just beautiful patterns of any color combination, greens, blues, green-blue, blue-green, yellow, and a pretty pattern of black and all these colors. Albinaelectriamatism creatures usually come in just plain white, or white with a pretty pattern, typically with black, or maybe gray, sometimes another color, but mostly just those, like how Aposematism shows that the animal is poisonous and should not be ingested, Albinaelectriamatism shows that the creature can generate high voltages of electricity and should not be ingested, because of such, Predators have instinctively learned to avoid these creatures the same way they do with poisonous ones, and because of this, some creatures just like they do with the poisonous ones, have evolved white fur as defensive mimicry. This means that unlike on Earth, albino creatures actually have a higher chance of survival, on Earth, albino creatures typically stick out which makes them easier for predators to catch, and the fact that albino creatures are basically blind they're basically a free meal, and rarely ever make it to adulthood, but because of Albinaelectriamatism on Hume III, not only do albino creatures Thrive, but there are some species that are entirely albino on Hume III.

## Convergent Evolution.

Just like the Exipodia of Pandora, a lot of Septempollicems somewhat resemble Earth creatures, though most are too alien to have an Earth equivalent. To give some examples of animals similar to Earth creatures from the well-known planet Pandora, Titanotheris hammercephalis has convergently evolved with brontotheriidae, Bansi has convergently evolved with pterosaurs, Leonopteryx rex convergently evolved with the Andean condor, Scorpiobattus volansii convergently evolved with bats, Prolemuris convergently evolved with lemurs, monkeys, apes, and other primates on Earth, Caniferratus costatus has convergently evolved with wolves or coyotes, Thanatora ferox convergently evolved with lions, Equidirus hoplites convergently evolved with horses, Fanisaurus pennatus convergently evolved with lizards, Sexcruscervus caeruleus has convergently evolved with deer or antelope, Bovindicum monocerii has convergently evolved with cows or Buffalo, and Xenohomo pandorus (The Na'vi) convergently evolved with homo sapiens (Humans). Examples of convergent evolution in Septempollicems with Earth animals include Longuscollia, convergently evolving long necks, similar to sauropods and giraffes, Venerandum has convergently evolved with foxes, Xenocrocodilian has convergently evolved with crocodiles, though they are not the only group to evolve this way as the crocodile body plan has evolved a few times on Earth, and a few times on Hume III, including the clay that would later give rise to Terradelfinia, Xenotemnospondyli has convergently evolved with temnospondyli, and Otypos captiosus (Aununa) have convergently evolved with Homo sapiens (Humans). the lizard/salamander body plan has evolved a few times, the snake body plan has evolved a few times too, but the most notable time it did was the clade Ophumeidia, which contains all Hnakes, one clade of Hnakes has convergently evolved with amphisbaenians (worm lizards) to become worms again, Kelyfipiso has convergently evolved with Turtles, Kelyfipiso contains all the Tubtles, Raptor (bird of prey) body plan has evolved a few times on Hume III, same thing with the Raptor (Dinosuar) body plan, Dimetrodon's body plan of having a huge sale on their back has evolved a couple of times, Porcupine/Hedgehog body plan of having quills all over your back has evolved a handful of times, ostrich body plan has evolved a couple of times, the rat body plan has not only evolved in Septempollicemia many times, but it has evolved all throughout Hume III in many of the different superclasses, the dog and cat body plan have evolved a few times mostly in Gounia, the kangaroo body plan has evolved once in the species Kangawolf, this has not ever happened in Tetrapods, but it has evolved in Insects, the mantis body plan or at least just mantis arms have evolved many times in Septempollicema, the gorilla body plan has evolved a few times, and finally the shark/dolphin body plan has evolved at least four times in Septempollicemia.

Just like how **Karcharias** had a short cut to the land by not having to worry about evolving hardshelled eggs because they already give live brith, Septempollicems had a short cut too, by Agrioderma already having rough waterproof scaly skin. Unlike **Karcharia** and Tetrapods which had Amphibians and Olisthiroskarcharias as their first classes, both of these classes are defined by their smooth scaleless skin that they have to keep mosit, since Agrioderma has scaly skin, they were able to took to the land a bit faster then Tetrapods were, but it still took Septempollicems a long time to take over the land, just not as long as it took Tetrapods.

## Intelligents Level

Unlike Tetrapods, Septempollicems had a head start when it comes to intelligents, ***Tiktaalik roseae*** probably wasn't very smart, so it took tetrapods a while to get any kind of smarts, with Amphibians and Reptiles being regarded as the dumb ones, while Birds and Mammals are regarded as the smart ones. But since Ilektrika pezoporos had the intelligents of a house cat, which is near human levels of intelligents, meaning they basically started with high intelligents already. Which means more Septempollicems can proform Bird and Mammal levels of puzzle solving skills, tool use, parental care, and many other things that only smart animals can do. But that doesn't mean all of them are basically human, just like how there are dumb mammals (Koalas), and some smart reptiles (Tegus), there are some dumb septempollicems, but there's a reason for this, intelligents takes energy, a lot more energy then less intelligents or no intelligents does. The only reason why humans are as smart as they are is because humans formed a symbiotic relationship with some Archaeans and bacteria that give us more energy from the food we eat. So ironically losing intelligents may just be the more intelligent choice, depending on the lifestyle the animal is trying to live.

## Anatomy

Septempollicems are as their name suggests creatures with seven toes, but that's not the only thing worth noting about them. The most notable thing about them is that next to near all of them have electric abilities to some degree, this is because their ancestor ([[Ilektrika pezoporos notios]]) had the ability to generate electricity at High Enough voltages to either incapacitate or kill, perhaps maybe even slightly stronger than the electric eel. Not all modern-day Septempollicems have this ability some clades still have it but it's been greatly decreased, for example Kavai owo is a species that has reduced its electric abilities down to only being able to make its fur stick up to make itself look bigger to predators. Other clades such as predators have lost the ability to use electricity due to their big prey also having the ability, building up a tolerance, and not being affected by the electric voltage, but some predators do maintain the electrical ability to kill smaller prey that isn't immune to it (for example, the night Beast can administer 800 to 10,000 volts of electricity (Which is the highest voltage of any Septempollicem ever)). Herbivorous clades of creatures have the ability to use electricity for self-defense, but some predators have built up a tolerance towards their electricity (The Night Beasts), so some of these pray creatures I've also lost the ability, but others like Kavai owo has repurposed the ability towards another method of use. Now onto its namesake, most Septempollicems have seven toes, but not all do, some clades have reduced their toes down to three, and one species has reduced them down to two, (The Night Beasts), and one clade has even gone down to just one and has turned it into a hoof. The next thing about them is they have six legs, some clades walk, run, and jump, on all six legs, others have repurposed the front pair of legs into grabbing arms to grab high tree branches, or grab a hold of the prey, or even reach down into burrows to grab small prey or even eggs, and Walk, and Run, and Jump on only four legs, some clades have done this with the first two sets of legs only leaving them two legs to walk, run, and jump on. Now in some clades, they have reduced, or completely lost the middle pair of legs, either by simply reducing them till they were no more, or some kind of weird biological glitch where they got deleted (for example the bodies of the Tardigrade (water bears)), or fusion with either the front or back pair of legs. Reasons for why this may happen, A.R.F. scientists are unsure but here are some theories. Theory number one, running on four legs is more efficient than running on six, Theory number two, so the middle pair of limbs could be used to grip onto mates better during mating, which we see some species doing. Some clades lost the middle pair of Limbs some lost the front pair of Limbs and some have lost the back pair of Limbs many clades have convergently evolved only four legs independently of each other in many different ways, some clades even have only two legs that they have also convergently got independently of each other and many different ways (for example, The Night Beasts), some clades have even lost all their limbs entirely, and rather strangely on two separate occasions, this has only happened two times ever, in two separate clades that are so distantly related from each other, these two unrelated clades have evolved the middle pair of Limbs into a set of arms. Those two clades are Brachosuchusia and Terradelfinia. The tale, next to near all Septempollicems has a tail, but some don't, moving on. Now on to the facial region, just about all Septempollicems have eyes on stalks but some have reduced the stalks, some even have eyes on their head and have completely forgone the eyestalks, some keep the eyestalks but have the ability to retract them like a snail, and some have even lost their eyes entirely, (The Night Beasts). Instead of nostrils all Septempollicems have special appendages called whisacles, most clades have prehensile whisacles, meaning they can use them like how an octopus uses their tentacles to grab stuff, some clades elongated their whisacles to the point where they could be used like arms (for example the night Beast), other clades reduce them for whatever reason losing the prehensility. Now for their insides, when it comes to breathing since they don't have nostrils most just breathe through their mouth, but this can be problematic since it's the same tubes that they eat food with, same problem as with tetrapods but worse because they don't have a backup system (aka nostrils) to breathe through in case their mouth gets something stuck in it, so to come back this, two separate times in Septempollicema they have evolved operculum, just like Cathibians. The two times this evolved in Septempollicema was once in Agrioderma, and once in Folidotodermia, and would evolved into the subclass Narepapillia, which would give rise to the species Captiosus sapiens. Their Bones are made up of a framework of a protein called collagen, with a mineral called calcium phosphate that makes the framework hard and strong, like vertebrates on Earth. The internal organs of Septempollicems are very similar to tetrapods on Earth, with organs performing very similar, if not the exact same functions, with one exception, most Septempollicems have three pairs of abdominal organs that produce electricity: the main organ, Hunter's organ, and Sachs' organ, some have lost these organs due to not using electricity anymore, others have just reduced them, like Kavai owo. The brain is located in the center of the head, where it is attached to the eyes, ears, and worm-like appendages. These appendages are called whisacles, the whisacles send electrical signals to other parts of the body telling them what to do, making them somewhat like additional brains. For example, when prey is near and bites or attempts to bite the whisacles, rather than sending signals to the brain which then tells the rest of the body to attack, they will send the signals themselves. Whisacles are prehensile in most clades, most clades have prehensile whisacles, meaning they can use them like how an octopus uses their tentacles to grab stuff, some clades elongated their whisacles to the point where they could be used like arms, other clades reduce them for whatever reason losing the prehensility, they're also used to smell, how good their senes of smell is depends on the clade and the size of the whisacles, bigger whisacles can pick up more smells from farther away, while smaller whisacles can't pick up smells from as far away. Some species have bioluminescent whisacles.

## Intelligent Races in Septempollicema

Otypos captiosus

Delfini terra

Captiosus sapiens

## Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalisaliena

Phylum: Xenochordata

Subphylum: Psariaskoulikion

Infraphylum: Eupsariaskoulikion

Megaclass: Epithymia

Clade: Idiotamcaptionemviventem

Clade: Ilektrikapodia

Clade: Septempollicemiformes

Superclass: **Septempollicems**

Superclasses, classes, and clades under Septempollicemia:

Superclass Septempollicemia

* Class Agrioderma

* Class: Olisthirodermia

Clade Gallinaeveteris

* Clade Xenosauropsids
	+ Class Folidotodermia
	+ Class Fterotodermia

* Class Gounia

* Class Ypsilistasia

* Class Frynoskorpia

Add your own clades and classes here