Positivozous

## Positivozous ambiguous

Latest Mutations: 6 = Mutation 1:Better eyes, 5 = Mutation 2:Gender, 5 = Mutation 3: Hard eggs

The eyes which can see improved distances and which are placed forward on the head are useless in this deep ocean, so it is unclear why this deep sea arthropod evolved them. It also has genders, which means it has to work double as hard to find mates in the sparse deep. On the other hand, it's reproduction is better than it's predecessors because it produces more eggs and they are covered in leathery layer to protect them. It is a predator of the deep.

Status: Unlisted

Habitat: Deep Ocean (500-1500m deep)

Niche: Predator, Opportunistic Scavenger

Diet: Any fresh meat it can get.

Size: 11cm (length - head to end)

Nutritional Need: 157.5 x 11/100 = 20.2NP.

Food / Oxygen Requirement: 20.2 x 0.25 = 5.1NP per round (Needs to intake 5.1/0.6 = 8.5NP per round)/ 20.2NP.

Abilities: Anti-Freeze. Excretion, Liquid. Excretion, Solid. Foul Taste. Permeable Skin. Pressure Tolerance, Low. Small-Body Metabolism. Subzero Metabolism. UV Resistance, Medium.

Perception: Chemoreception 0.5. Peripheral Vision 0.5. Sight 2. Smell 0.5. Touch 0.5.

Stats: Coordination 2. Desiccation 1. Dexterity 0.25. Digestion 0.5. Evolution 1. Immunity 1. Jumping 0.5. Filtration 1. Pierce Strength 0.5. Reach 0.25. Respiration 2 (Cutaneous Respiration, Stationary Respiration). Sharpness 1. Stamina 2.7. Strength 0.5. Support 1. Swim Agility 1.3. Swim Speed 1.5. Toughness 2. Tunnelling 0.5. Walk Speed 1.5.

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

External Features: An exoskeleton with nine segments covers the the skin, which contains blue carotenoid pigments. There are two antennae protruding forwards in front of the mouth and it has chemoreceptors, odour receptors and touch receptors on it. A sharp rostrum also protrudes forwards. It has two eyes (camera eyes with calcite lenses that change shape and that have no blind spot) at the front of the head. Behind these on each side is a (typical apposition) compound eye. Two chelipeds with claws are held at the front of the bod, followed by steering arms, and there are four pairs of legs. The rear of the body has an exoskeleton fantail and below that a hyponome.

Internal Features: Each cell in the body contains lysozyme a and a relatively small number of piezolytes. Spiracles lead into water-filled tubes. Glands near the skin secrete a foul fluid. Throughout the centre of the body is the hemacoel, which have blood containing anti-freeze xylomannan fatty acid and polysaccharide and hemocyanin - meaning it is blue-green. A system of muscles stretches across the body. Near the lower wall can be found the gonads as well as the protonephridium. 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 tough eggs per spawning.

Castes/Phases: Sexes - almost identical.

Locomotion: Active (20NP). Paddles with legs and fan tail, boosts with hyponome.

External Features: Exoskeleton (10NP, +2 Toughness, +1 Desiccation, +1 Support, -1 Respiration, -1 Stamina, -Cutaneous Respiration, -Permeable Skin, -Wriggling). Skin (5NP, +0.5 Immunity, +1 Respiration, +0.5 Stamina, +Cutaneous Respiration, +Permeable Skin). Medium Pigments (2.5NP, +Medium UV Resistance). Mouth (0NP, +1 Filtration). Chemoreceptors (2.5NP, +0.5 Chemoreception). Olfactory Receptors (2.5NP, +0.5 Smell). Touch Receptors (2.5NP, +0.5 Touch). Camera Eye (5NP, +2 Sight). Compound Eye (5NP, +0.5 Sight, +0.5 Peripheral Vision). Chela (5NP, +0.5 Pierce Strength, +0.25 Dexterity, +0.25 Reach). Legs (5NP, +1 Walk Speed, +0.5 Jumping, -0.5 Swim Speed). Steering Arms (5NP, +1 Swim Agility). Rostrum (5NP, +1 Sharpness). Antenna (5NP). Fan Tail (5NP, +1 Swim Speed). Hyponome (5NP, +0.5 Swim Speed, +0.3 Swim Agility, +1 Respiration, +0.2 Stamina, +Stationary Respiration, +Hyponome Boosting)

Internal Features: Piezolytes (2.5NP, +Low Pressure Tolerance). Lysozymes (2.5NP, +Subzero Metabolism). Spiracles (5NP, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina). Foul Fluid Gland (5NP, +Foul Taste). Open Circulatory System (10NP, +2 Stamina, +Small-Body Circulation). Anti-Freeze Compound (2.5NP, +Anti-Freeze). Muscular System (10NP, +0.5 Strength, +0.5 Walk Speed, +0.5 Swim Speed, +0.5 Tunnelling, +Wriggling). Gonads (5NP, +1 Evolution, +Sexual Reproduction, +Sexes, +External Fertilisation). Nephridium (5NP, +Liquid Excretion). Monogastric Digestive System (10NP, +0.5 Meat Digestion, +0.5 Veg Digestion, +0.5 Immunity, +Solid Excretion). Centralised Nervous System (10NP, +2 Coordination).

Temporal Range: R.263 - Present (Samadaran Stage of the Oliverian)

Distribution: Cosmopolitan

Lifespan: 4 years

Predecessor: Maurcolus repus

Classification:

Discoverer: PositiveTower