Makriacheridae

**Makriacheridae**, commonly known as **Makriacherians**, are a family of Parvenatores under Pisostomoidea. They are one of two Pisostome families, the other being the Tsimacherians. They are distinguished by their general appearance similar to that of an Oligan, but with tentacles all around their bodies, as opposed to the more organized fashion of the Tsimacherians' tentacles. They evolved from Oligans, and eventually diversified into the Tsimacherians, which went extinct about 200 million years ago, and the modern-day Mangizetes (named after Greek "μην αγγίζετε" (min angízete), meaning "do not touch"), and are the most prominent Parvenatores in modern times, followed by the Micrakinitosans. They are named after the Greek for "long arms", "μακριά χέρια" (makriá chéria).

## Anatomy

The anatomy of a Makriacherian is quite internally similar to that of a Tsimacherian, but externally, they appear much like Oligans and Polloplans, which are much more predator than prey in their ecosystems, giving an effect of mimicry and drawing in potential predators.

Internally, Makriacherians have two primary parts: the head and the body. The head contains the skepsikardium (named after Greek for "thinking heart"), a brain-like organ, the skull, and the mouth, while the body contains everything else the animal needs to survive: its gemani (see Parvenatora), of which it has eight arranged in a circular pattern, much like that of the Tsimacherians, its extaperante, and its digestive and reproductive organs.

The skepsikardium is the primary organ used to guide a Micrakinitosan's movements, and appears only in Micrakinitosans and some Mangizetes. It function much like a brain, though it is not a true brain as it lacks true neurons cells and instead has primitive neuron-like cells. The skull is also not a skull by some definitions, though is a bone-like structure that serves to protect the skepsikardium, or "brain". It is made of primarily calcium, and the animal acquires this calcium through the pores in its skin, as the oceans of Hume III have calcium compounds, comparable to the salty waters of Earth. The mouth of a Makriacherian is a spidge, making it a Parvenatore by definition. It cannot open or close, and it leads to the simple digestive track, which consists only of an esophagus-like tube leading from the mouth to the stomach, a stomach, and an anus.

Rather than extracting wastes and taking those to a different system like the human body system and that of many other animals on Earth, it extracts all useful nutrients the animal can eat, and all wastes are simply carried further to the anus, where they can be excreted. Makriacherians, like Tsimacherians, have eight gemani, and these work no differently to those of the Tsimacherians or any other Parvenatores. The reproductive system of a Makriacherian is simple sexual reproduction, and utilizes broadcast spawning, the releasing of sperm and eggs into the water in hopes that it will meet will those of the opposite gender and same species.

## Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalisaliena

Superphylum: Xenololigana

Phylum: Limusa

Class: Denstima

Order: Parvenatora

Suborder: Radiatora

Superfamily: Pisostomoidea

Family: **Makriacheridae**

Genera and species under Makriacheridae:

*Kokkinaima* (red extaca)

* *K. kokkinaima* (black and blue)
* *K. prasinus* (green)
* *K. aprasinus* (black)

*Galazoaimatos* (blue extaca)

*Periergobleaima* (translucent blue extaca)

*Portoaimus* (orange extaca)

*Roz* (pink extaca)

*Makriacheria* (purple extaca)