Dorsopelta

## Dorsopelta positivus

Latest Mutations: Bigger = 4, More body segments = 3, more compound eyes = 1, a long, frontal appendage which allows me to ouch and move stuff = 6

This species is also a freshwater predator but has powerful mandibles capable of penetrating the calcium carbonate shells of bivalves (and molluscs if there were any in freshwater). The half-exoskeleton bearing animal also has a greater number of smaller lobes comprising it's two big ones, meaning extra manoeuvrability. Perhaps due to it's murky habitats, it has got much smaller eyes and lost it's compound eyes completely, making it's eyesight worse although it now has a pair of long antennae with touch receptors on. Another change is the increase in size.

Status: Unlisted

Habitat: Freshwater & Brackish Water in Tropical Very Humid Barrens, Tropical Monsoon Barrens, Tropical Wet-Dry Barrens, Tropical Winter Semi-Arid Barrens, Tropical Arid Barrens, Subtropical Very Humid Barrens, Subtropical Monsoon Barrens, Subtropical Wet-Dry Barrens, Subtropical Winter Semi-Arid Barrens, Subtropical Arid Barrens, Subtropical Very Arid Barrens, Warm Continental Arid Barrens, Warm Continental Very Arid Barrens, Warm Continental Arid Barrens, Subpolar Moderate Continental Arid Barrens, Subpolar Moderate Continental Arid Barrens, Polar Cool Oceanic Summer Semi-Humid Barrens

Niche: Predator, Opportunistic Scavenger

Diet: Any fresh meat it can get.

Size: 27cm (length - head to tail)

Nutritional Need: 196 x 27/100 = 52.9NP.

Food / Oxygen Requirement: 52.9 x 0.25 = 13NP per round (Needs to intake 13/0.7 = 18.6NP per round)/ 52.9 x 0.9 = 47.6NP

Abilities: Anti-Freeze. Exothermic. Foul Taste. Large-Body Circulation. Liquid Excretion. Low Pressure Tolerance. Osmoregulation (Freshwater). Permeable Skin. Solid Excretion. "Xenoarthropodusin" Toxin: Neurotoxin that kills nerves in minutes.

Perception: Sight 1 (sees blurrily at the front and sides, blue and green perception, front binocular vision). Chemoreception 1 (chemicals 1m from mouth). Touch 1.

Stats: Buoyancy 1 (Adjustable Buoyancy). Coordination 2. Dexterity 1. Digestion 2 (100% Meat, Digests 70%). Filtration 1. Immunity 1. Pierce Strength 4. Reach 1. Respiration 2 (Stationary Respiration, Cutaneous Respiration, need 10% less). Stamina 4. Strength 1. Support 2. Swim Agility 0.5. Swim Speed 3. Swim Stability 1. Toughness 1. UV Resistance 2. Walk Speed 0.5.

Intelligence / Behaviour: 1. Hungry > Search for food. 2. Food > Attack with mandibles. 3. Tired > Rest. 4. Pain > Swim away. 5. Maturity > Reproduce.

External Features: The top half of the cylindrical body is covered by half an exoskeleton, leaving the lower half unprotected. This skin contains blue melanin pigments. A pair of long antennae have touch receptors. Around the mouth is a pair of very tough, horizontal mandibles and a circle of chemoreceptors. It has two tiny eyes (camera eyes with calcite lenses that change shape and that have no blind spot) and the same model of eyes on stalks either side of the head. Blue and green come cells can be found in all these eyes. Along the body on each side are a series of many lobes combined into one. The rear of the body has an exoskeleton fantail and below that a hyponome.

Internal Features: Each cell in the body contains a relatively small number of piezolytes. Aquatic spiracles, one on each side behind the head lead from the outside to the inside. Glands near the skin secrete a foul fluid. Blood vessels run all throughout the body and in these vessels is an antifreeze (xylomannan fatty acid and polysaccharide). A system of muscles stretches across the body. The mandibles host "Xenoarthropodusin" neurotoxin glands. Near the lower wall can be found the gonads as well as the large protonephridium and near the upper wall is the enclosed swim bladder. Through the mostly lower half runs the monogastric digestive system, from the mouth through the tubes to the stomach and intestines. Ganglia in the head connect to a dual nerve cord along the dorsal half, which has many nerves branching off it to encompass the whole body.

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

Castes/Phases: Hermaphroditism.

Locomotion: Active (20NP). Undulates its lobes and fan tail and propels itself with the hyponome.

External Features: Half Exoskeleton (4NP, +1 Toughness, +2 Support, -Wriggling). Skin (3NP, +1 Immunity, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Stationary Respiration, +Cutaneous Respiration, +Permeable Skin). Medium Pigmentation (2NP, +2 UV Resistance). Long Antennae (4NP). Touch Receptors (2NP, +1 Touch). Mandibles (5NP, +4 Pierce Strength, +1 Digestion, +1 Dexterity, +1 Reach). Mouth (0NP, +1 Filtration). Chemoreceptors (2NP, +1 Chemoreception). Two Pairs of Camera Eyes w/ blue and green cone cells (22NP, +1 Sight, +Monocular Vision, +Binocular Vision, +Blue Perception, +Green Perception). Many Lobes (5NP, +1 Swim Speed, +1 Swim Stability, +0.5 Swim Agility). Fan Tail (4NP, +1 Swim Speed). Hyponome (7NP, +0.5 Swim Speed).

Internal Features: Piezolytes (5NP, +Low Pressure Tolerance). Aquatic Spiracles (0NP, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Ram Ventilation). Foul Fluid Gland (7NP, +Foul Taste). Closed Circulatory System (10NP, +2 Stamina, +Large-Body Circulation). Anti-Freeze Compound (2NP, +Anti-Freeze). Muscular System (7NP, +1 Strength, +0.5 Walk Speed, +0.5 Swim Speed, +Wriggling). Gonads (14NP, +Sexual Reproduction, +Hermaphroditism, +External Fertilization). Swim Bladder (7NP, +1 Buoyancy, +Adjustable Buoyancy). Large Nephridium (19NP, +Liquid Excretion, +Osmoregulation). Monogastric Digestive System (19NP, +1 Meat Digestion, +1 Veg Digestion, +1 Immunity, +Solid Excretion). Neurotoxin Gland (7NP, +"Xenoarthropodusin" Toxin). Centralised Nervous System (19NP, +2 Coordination).

Temporal Range: R.224 - Present (Atrobocean Stage of the Oliverian)

Distribution: Tartarus

Lifespan: 1-2 years

Predecessor: Tromaktikes garides

Classification: Dinocaroidesinae (sf), Deinognathusidae (f)

Discoverer: PositiveTower