Gempliaori

## Gempliaori pollakra

**Info**

Status: LC

Temporal Range: R.150 - Present (Nocturnis Stage of the Oliverian)

Habitat: Tropical Rainforest, Tropical Monsoon Forest, Savannah, Hot Steppe, Subtropical Desert, Chaparral, Temperate Forest, Taiga Freshwater & Estuaries

Distribution: Tartarus Brackish and Freshwater

Niche: Predator

Lifespan: 1 - 2 years

Size: 8cm (length)

Nutritional Worth: (9.6 x 8 =) 77NP

Predecessor: Ocuteras segmipano

Classification: Gempliaoriinae (sf), Ocuterasidae (f), Mandibulata (so), Critteroidea (sc), Bilateria (p)

Perception: Blurry vision with no depth perception on either side, blurry front vision with depth perception. Can perceive blue and green light.

Latest Mutations: Tougher Complete Exoskeleton = 6, Kidneys = 3, Legs = 6

Info: Arthropods seem to have evolved not once but several times. Five pairs of legs in total protrude from the body, with the front pair becoming chelipeds (ending in pincers). These can be used for grasping or light attacks. The back legs can help a little with swimming, as they are each lined with a longitudinal paddle. Furthermore, these legs can carry them out of water, although only briefly as they have to breathe and remain hydrated - but this is what they usually do to find an isolated pool to moult in. They now are one of the best defended organisms in Ezta, with a complete exoskeleton that is calcified for extra hardness but is flexible enough because of the chitin that it could roll up into a ball.

Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. It knows to eat and avoid being harmed.

External Features: It has a cylindrical body with blue pigmentation, a proboscis and protected by a jointed, tough chitin, calcified exoskeleton. Slightly longer chitinous pincers protrude from around the mouth. There are chemoreceptors on the proboscis. It also has two eyes on the front of the head and one compound eye on each side. Two receptor types means it has dichromatic colour vision. Spiracles sit behind the head. It has four pairs of legs built for walking but with a lining like a long paddle down each one. Another pair of legs at the head ends in small chela (pincers). There is a chitinous fan-tail, above a hyponome, at the rear.

Internal Features: Each cell contains lysozymes in addition to enzymes. A network of vascular blood vessels circulates blue blood containing hemocyanin and anti-freeze proteins - the spiracles link to the major blood vessels. Also, a network of protonephridia expels waste through pores. Muscles on each side of the body are attached to the body wall. The gastrointestinal tract from the mouth has a muscular stomach with digestive juices followed by coiled intestines leading to the anus. A brain encased in the head connects to two nerve cords which branch into a network of nerves. There is a swim bladder in the middle, not connected to the gut. It hosts both male and female gonads. The body contains a coelom cavity, filled with a bitter fluid.

Discoverer: Jellyfishmon

**Stats**

Nutritional Worth: (12.2 x 8 =) 98NP

Food / Oxygen Requirement: 41NP / 88NP

Physical Stats: Speed = 4, Stamina = 2, Attack = 2.2, Defence = 3.5 (tough chitin-calcite composite), Strength = 1, Support = 0.5, Desiccation Resistance = 0.5, UV Resistance = Weak, Filtration = 0

Systemic Stats: Osmoregulation = 2 (Brackish, Freshwater Tolerance), Respiration = 1 (cutaneous respiration), Digestion = 3 (meat and plants), Circulation = 2, Excretion = 1, Coordination = 1, Reflexes = 1. Immune System = 1 (physical barrier)

Abilities: Permeable Skin. Below Freezing Metabolism. Fluid Freeze Prevention. Bitter Taste. Roll Up. Graspers.

Perception: Sight. Detects chemicals up to tens of metres away. Can perceive blue and green light.

Locomotion Type: Fluke Swimming. Hyponome Burst. Buoyancy Control.

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

Castes/Phases: None.

Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. It knows to eat and avoid being harmed.

External Features: Cylindrical body with blue pigmentation (3NP, +Weak UV Resistance), proboscis and tough, jointed chitin exoskeleton (12NP, +3 Defence, +2 Desiccation Resistance, -1 Respiration, +Roll Up). Thin skin layer (3NP, +1 Immune System, +1 Respiration, +Permeable Skin). Fairly long, chitin pincers (3NP, +1.2 Attack, -Filtration) over mouth (+1 Filtration), chemoreceptors (1NP, +2 Chemoreception) on proboscis. Two eyes (8NP, +Sight) on front of head, one compound eye also on each side. Has blue and green light receptor cells. (+Blue & Green perception). Spiracles (+0.5 Respiration) through chitin behind head. Chitinous fan-tail (3NP, +1 Speed), above hyponome (5NP, +1 Speed, +1 Osmoregulation) at rear. Five legs (20NP, +1 Speed, +1 Attack, +Graspers) in total protrude from the body, with the front pair becoming chelipeds (ending in pincers) and the rest lined with paddles.

Internal Features: Each cell contains lysozymes (3NP, +Below Freezing Metabolism) in addition to enzymes. Network of vascular blood vessels (12NP, +2 Stamina, +2 Circulation) circulates and blue blood contains hemocyanin and anti-freeze proteins (3NP, +Fluid Freeze Prevention) - the spiracles link to major blood vessels. Network of protonephridia (4NP, +1 Excretion, +1 Osmoregulation) expels waste through pores. Muscles on each side of the body, attached to body wall (10NP, +1 Speed, +1 Strength, +0.5 Support). Gastrointestinal tract from mouth has muscular stomach with digestive juices (4NP, +1.5 Digestion) followed by coiled intestines (4NP, +1.5 Digestion) leading to exit. Brain (6NP, +1 Coordination) is encased in head connects to two nerve cords which branch into network of nerves (8NP, +1 Reflexes). Swim bladder (4NP, +Buoyancy Control) in middle, not connected to gut. Male and female gonads (6NP, +Sexual Reproduction, +Hermaphroditism) Body contains coelom cavity, filled with a bitter fluid (+0.5 Defence, +Bitter Taste).

## Gempliaori secarus

Latest Mutations: Increase Size = 2, Larger, Stronger Claws = 4, Gender = 4

Although smaller than its predecessor, Gempliaori secarus has proportionately larger chela (claws) which are also stronger and sharper. However, these are not quite strong enough to penetrate the armour of its contemporary species and the other species have such undefended skin that Gempliaori pollakra could also cut them. They have an alternative style of reproduction to G. pollakra, with males and females until they are late in life when they become hermaphroditic. This means that they do not breed as much, but that there is a greater mixture of genes.

Status: Unlisted

Habitat: Tropical Rainforest, Tropical Monsoon Forest, Savannah, Hot Steppe, Subtropical Desert, Chaparral, Temperate Forest, Taiga Freshwater & Estuaries

Niche: Herbivore

Size: 6cm (length)

Nutritional Worth: (9.6 x 6 =) 58NP

Food / Oxygen Requirement: 24NP / 52NP

Abilities: Permeable Skin. Below Freezing Metabolism. Fluid Freeze Prevention. Bitter Taste. Roll Up. Graspers. Can penetrate smooth chitin.

Perception: Sight. Detects chemicals up to tens of metres away. Can perceive blue and green light.

Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. It knows to eat and avoid being harmed.

External Features: It has a cylindrical body with blue pigmentation, a proboscis and protected by a jointed, tough chitin, calcified exoskeleton. Slightly longer chitinous pincers protrude from around the mouth. There are chemoreceptors on the proboscis. It also has two eyes on the front of the head and one compound eye on each side. Two receptor types means it has dichromatic colour vision. Spiracles sit behind the head. It has four pairs of legs built for walking but with a lining like a long paddle down each one. Another pair of legs at the head ends in chela (pincers). There is a chitinous fan-tail, above a hyponome, at the rear.

Internal Features: Each cell contains lysozymes in addition to enzymes. A network of vascular blood vessels circulates blue blood containing hemocyanin and anti-freeze proteins - the spiracles link to the major blood vessels. Also, a network of protonephridia expels waste through pores. Muscles on each side of the body are attached to the body wall. The gastrointestinal tract from the mouth has a muscular stomach with digestive juices followed by coiled intestines leading to the anus. A brain encased in the head connects to two nerve cords which branch into a network of nerves. There is a swim bladder in the middle, not connected to the gut. It hosts both male and female gonads. The body contains a coelom cavity, filled with a bitter fluid.

Locomotion Type: Fluke Swimming. Hyponome Burst. Buoyancy Control.

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

Castes/Phases: Male & Female until late life (Identical) (+1 Evolution)

Physical Stats: Speed = 4, Stamina = 2, Attack = 2.2, Defence = 3.5 (tough chitin-calcite composite), Strength = 1, Support = 0.5, Desiccation Resistance = 0.5, UV Resistance = Weak, Filtration = 0

Systemic Stats: Osmoregulation = 2 (Brackish, Freshwater Tolerance), Respiration = 1 (cutaneous respiration), Digestion = 3 (meat and plants), Circulation = 2, Excretion = 1, Coordination = 1, Reflexes = 1. Immune System = 1 (physical barrier)

External Features: Cylindrical body with blue pigmentation (3NP, +Weak UV Resistance), proboscis and tough, jointed chitin exoskeleton (12NP, +3 Defence, +2 Desiccation Resistance, -1 Respiration, +Roll Up). Thin skin layer (3NP, +1 Immune System, +1 Respiration, +Permeable Skin). Fairly long, chitin pincers (3NP, +1.2 Attack, -Filtration) over mouth (+1 Filtration), chemoreceptors (1NP, +2 Chemoreception) on proboscis. Two eyes (8NP, +Sight) on front of head, one compound eye also on each side. Has blue and green light receptor cells. (+Blue & Green perception). Spiracles (+0.5 Respiration) through chitin behind head. Chitinous fan-tail (3NP, +1 Speed), above hyponome (5NP, +1 Speed, +1 Osmoregulation) at rear. Five legs (20NP, +1 Speed, +1 Attack, +Graspers, +Penetrate smooth chitin) in total protrude from the body, with the front pair becoming chelipeds, and the rest lined with paddles.

Internal Features: Each cell contains lysozymes (3NP, +Below Freezing Metabolism) in addition to enzymes. Network of vascular blood vessels (12NP, +2 Stamina, +2 Circulation) circulates and blue blood contains hemocyanin and anti-freeze proteins (3NP, +Fluid Freeze Prevention) - the spiracles link to major blood vessels. Network of protonephridia (4NP, +1 Excretion, +1 Osmoregulation) expels waste through pores. Muscles on each side of the body, attached to body wall (10NP, +1 Speed, +1 Strength, +0.5 Support). Gastrointestinal tract from mouth has muscular stomach with digestive juices (4NP, +1.5 Digestion) followed by coiled intestines (4NP, +1.5 Digestion) leading to exit. Brain (6NP, +1 Coordination) is encased in head connects to two nerve cords which branch into network of nerves (8NP, +1 Reflexes). Swim bladder (4NP, +Buoyancy Control) in middle, not connected to gut. Male and female gonads (6NP, +Sexual Reproduction, +Hermaphroditism) Body contains coelom cavity, filled with a bitter fluid (+0.5 Defence, +Bitter Taste).

Temporal Range: R.157 - Present (Nocturnus Stage of the Oliverian)

Distribution: Tartarus Brackish and Freshwater

Lifespan: 1 - 2 years

Predecessor: Gempliaori pollakra

Classification: Gempliaoriinae (sf), Ocuterasidae (f), Mandibulata (so), Critteroidea (sc), Bilateria (p)

Discoverer: Jellyfishmon

## Gempliaori setobrachius

Latest Mutations: Bristles

Using the bristles on its arm, this species of Gempliaori fitters food from the water from its position on the floor.

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

Niche: Benthic Filter-Feeder

Size: 6cm (length)

Nutritional Need: (125NP/10) x 6/10 = 7.5NP

Food / Oxygen Requirement: (7.5 x 0.6) x 0.9 = 4.1NP / 7.5NP

Abilities: Moderate UV Resistance, Pincers Penetrate Hardness 1, Moulting, Can Roll Up. Osmoregulation (Brackish, Freshwater Tolerance), Circulation, Excretion.

Perception: Chemoreception 2 (Senses chemical particles from 5m away, only vague sense of direction), Sight 1 (Clear sight to the sides), Perceives Blue and Green.

Stats: Respiration 1, Coordination 1. Digestion 1.2 (Can Break Down Multicellular Matter, Can Digest Meat, Can Digest Plants, 10% less), Immunity (Immunity Physical Barrier), Support 1.5, Intelligence 1, Desiccation Resistance 1, Hardness 3. Walk Speed 0.5, Swim Speed 2.7, Stamina 1, Jumping 1, Strength 0.5, Dexterity 0.5, Filtration 0.5. Evolution 1 (4 mutations).

Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. When feeling pain; roll up into a ball. When hungry; look or sense for algae, Icthyotelus or Sarcodiscus. When ready to reproduce, sense for pheromones of opposite sex and move towards them, then attempt to mate with the source.

External Features: Iridiphore pigments give the calcified exoskeleton with many plates covering the cylindrical body a metallic, blue sheen. This covers the skin. The mouth has a pair of mandibles (chelicera) and also has nearby chemoreceptors. On the side of the head are a pair of lens eyes and behind them a pair of compound eyes. The exoskeleton sports five pairs of legs; the first are chelipeds covered in bristles which end in pincers (chela), the next four are lined with paddles and used for walking. The exoskeleton ends in a fan tail, and below this is a hyponome.

Internal Features: Spiracles at the edge of the body draw in water past gill-like structures. A closed circulatory system of blood vessels transports blue blood efficiently around the body. Anti-freeze glycoproteins circulate in the body fluids. A nephridium funnels out chemical waste and expels it through a pore. The body is supported by a system of muscles. From the mouth, a tube leads to the stomach, then into the coiled intestines and finally to the anus. A brain in the head connects to a nerve cord, which itself is connected to nerves like rungs of a ladder. In the centre of the body is a swim bladder, while below can be found testes (in a male or hermaphrodite) or an ova (in a female or hermaphrodite). Throughout the whole body seeps a bitter fluid.

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

Castes/Phases: Male & Female until late life (Identical) (+1 Evolution)

Locomotion: Walking. Paddling. Fluke Swimming. Hyponome Burst. Buoyancy Control.

External Features: Blue pigments (1 + 1NP, Moderate UV Resistance). Flexible, calcified, chitin exoskeleton (10 + 0NP, +3 Hardness, +1 Desiccation Resistance, +1 Support, No Cutaneous Respiration, Moulting, Can Roll Up). Skin (2 + 1NP, Permeable Skin, Cutaneous Respiration, +1 Respiration, Immunity Physical Barrier). Two lots of pincers (8 + 0NP, Penetrates Hardness 1, +0.5 Dexterity, -1 Filtration). Mouth (0 + 0NP, +0.5 Filtration). Chemoreceptors (1 + 1NP, +2 Chemoreception). Two eyes with blue and green receptor cells (2 + 5NP, +1 Sight, Perceives Blue and Green Light). Two compound eyes with blue and green receptor cells (2 + 5NP, +1 Sight, Perceives Blue and Green Light). Five pairs of legs with paddle linings, but front pair have no paddles, are covered in bristles and end in strong claws (6 + 0NP, +1 Walk Speed, +1 Jumping, +1 Filtration, +0.7 Swim Speed). Hyponome (3 + 7NP, +0.5 Swim Speed). Fan tail (4 + 0NP, +1 Swim Speed).

Internal Features: Aquatic Spiracles (3 + 5NP, +1 Respiration), Closed Circulatory System (2 + 7NP, +1 Stamina, Circulation). Anti-Freeze (1 + 1NP). Nephridium (3 + 10NP, Osmoregulation, Excretion). Muscles (3 + 0NP, +0.5 Walk Speed, +0.5 Swim Speed, +0.5 Support, +0.5 Strength, Allows Crawling). Stomach (3 + 7NP, Can Break Down Multicellular Matter, Can Digest Meat). Coiled Intestines (3 + 5NP, +1.2 Digestion). Brain and nerve network (6 + 14NP, +1 Coordination, +1 Intelligence). Swim Bladder (3 + 5NP). Testes (1 + 5NP, Male and Hermaphrodite Castes Only). Ova (1 + 5NP, Female and Hermaphrodite Castes Only). Bitter Fluid (2 + 1NP).

Temporal Range: R.168 - Present (Nocturnus Stage of the Oliverian)

Distribution: Olympia

Lifespan: 1 - 2 years

Predecessor: Gempliaori secarus

Classification: Gempliaorinae (sf), Gempliaoridae (f)

Discoverer: StealthStyle

## Gempliaori osakai

Latest Mutations: Lose Lysozymes, Lose Anti-Freeze, Bigger

This is a species of filter-feeding hyperarthropod. It is slowly bigger than it's predecessor and has no lysozymes or anti-freeze.

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, Subpolar Oceanic Warm Temperate Summer Semi-Arid Barrens, Subpolar Continental Warm Temperate Arid Barrens, Subpolar Continental Warm Temperate Very Arid Barrens, Polar Oceanic Cool Temperate Humid Barrens

Niche: Filter-Feeder

Diet: Any fresh meat it can get.

Size: 9cm (length - head to end)

Nutritional Need: 188 x 9/100 = 16.9NP.

Food / Oxygen Requirement: 16.9 x 0.25 = 4.3NP per round (Needs to intake 4.3/0.8 = 5.4NP per round)/ 16.9NP.

Abilities: Exothermic. Foul Taste. Large-Body Circulation. Liquid Excretion. Low Pressure Tolerance. Moults. Osmoregulation (Brackish and Freshwater). Roll Up. Solid Excretion.

Perception: Sight 2 (sees clearly up to 5m away at the front and sides, blue and green perception, side monocular vision, front binocular vision). Chemoreception 2 (chemicals 5m from mouth). Wide Vision 1 (wide field of view from sides that catches peripheral movement, monocular vision).

Stats: Buoyancy 1 (Adjustable Buoyancy). Coordination 2. Desiccation Resistance 1. Dexterity 1. Digestion 3 (100% Plants, Digests 80%). Evolution 1. Filtration 2. Immunity 1. Jumping 1. Pierce Strength 1. Reach 1. Respiration 1 (Ram Ventilation). Stamina 2. Strength 1. Support 2. Swim Speed 1.7. Toughness 2. UV Resistance 2. Walk Speed 1.5.

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

External Features: A highly jointed, calcified exoskeleton with nine segments covers the the skin, which contains blue caretonoid pigments. Around the mouth is a pair of weak, horizontal mandibles and a circle of chemoreceptors. It has two eyes (camera eyes with calcite lenses that change shape and that have no blind spot) on either side of the head. Behind these on each side is a (typical apposition) compound eye. Blue and green come cells can be found in all these eyes. Two chelipeds with weak, bristly claws are held at the front of the body and there are four pairs of paddle-lined legs. 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. Spiracles lead into water-filled tubes. 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. 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 coiled 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: Almost identical male and females.

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

External Features: Highly Jointed Calcified Exoskeleton (10NP, +2 Toughness, +1 Desiccation Resistance, +2 Support, -1 Respiration, -1 Stamina, +Moults, +Roll Up, -Cutaneous Respiration, -Permeable Skin, -Wriggling). Skin (3NP, +1 Immunity, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Stationary Respiration, +Cutaneous Respiration, +Permeable Skin). Medium Pigmentation (2NP, +2 UV Resistance). Mandibles (5NP, +1 Pierce Strength, +1 Digestion, +1 Dexterity, +1 Reach). Mouth (0NP, +1 Filtration). Chemoreceptors (2NP, +2 Chemoreception). Camera Eyes w/ blue and green cone cells (11NP, +2 Sight, +Monocular Vision, +Binocular Vision, +Blue Perception, +Green Perception). Compound Eyes w/ blue and green cone cells (11NP, +1 Wide Vision, +1 Sight, +Monocular Vision, +Blue Perception, +Green Perception). Chela (5NP, +1 Dexterity, +1 Pierce Strength, +1 Reach). Legs w/ paddles (5NP, +1 Walk Speed, +1 Jumping, -0.3 Swim Speed, +Paddling, +Walking). Fan Tail (4NP, +1 Swim Speed). Hyponome (7NP, +0.5 Swim Speed). Bristles (3NP, +1 Filtration).

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

Temporal Range: R.239 - Present (Atrobocean Stage of the Oliverian)

Distribution: Olympia

Lifespan: 1-2 years

Predecessor: Gempliaori setobranchius

Classification: Hydroambulinae (sf), Hydroambulidae (f)

Discoverer: StealthStyle