Erythrotheca

## Erythrotheca pictoferus

Latest Mutations: Closed Circulatory System, Heart, Bigger

This species is surprisingly agile, with a hyponome at the head that can be swivelled around independently to allow the animal to move in any direction quickly. The fins have been lost to reduce drag when it swims fast. It now has four tentacles from which threads hang and these can be used for bursts of speed. It also has a closed circulatory system. All this makes it a very effective pelagic filter-feeder, well-defended by its speed and shell.

Status: Unlisted

Habitat: Subpolar Temperate Shallows, Subpolar Temperate Upper Ocean, Polar Temperate Shallows, Polar Temperate Upper Ocean

Niche: Pelagic Filter-Feeder

Size: 7.5cm (length)

Nutritional Need: 168 x 7.5/100 = 12.6NP

Food / Oxygen Requirement: 12.6 x 0.25 = 3.2NP per round (Needs to intake 3.2/0.7 = 4.6NP per round)/ 12.6 x 0.9 = 11.3NP

Abilities: Anti-Freeze. Subzero Metabolism.

Perception: Sight 2 (Clear Sight to 5m from sides). Chemoreception 2 (5m from mouth).

Stats: Buoyancy 1. Coordination 2. Desiccation Resistance 2. Digestion 2. Filtration 2. Flexibility -1. Immunity 1 (Barrier Immunity). Liquid Excretion 1. Respiration 1 (Cutaneous Respiration, Ram Ventilation, Only Works Underwater). Solid Excretion 1. Stamina 3. Support 3.5. Strength 0.5. Swim Agility 1. Swim Speed -0.5. Toughness 3. UV Resistance 2. Walk Speed -1.

Intelligence / Behaviour:

External Features: The body up to the head is covered in a thick shell. The skin contains red pigments. Tentacles covered in threads protrude in front of the mouth, which is surrounded by chemoreceptors. A pair of camera eyes on stalks extends from the head. A swivel in hyponome is present at the posterior end of the shell.

Internal Features: The cells contain lysozymes. The gonads are located close to the body wall. Blood vessels circulate around the body, helped by the heart, and anti-freeze substances travel in the blood. A muscular system supports the body. There is a stomach which leads into the intestines. Ganglion in the head are connected to a nerve cord that is protected by a notochord. There is also a nephridium. In the septa of the phragmocone are found the gills.

External Features: Thick Shell. Skin. Red Pigments. Tentacles With Threads. Mouth. Chemoreceptors. Camera Eye. Gills. Swivelling Hyponome.

Internal Features: Lysozymes. Gonads. Blood Vessel. Heart. Anti-Freeze Substances. Muscular System. Stomach. Intestine. Notochord. Ganglion. Nerve Cord. Nephridium. Phragmocone.

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

Castes/Phases: Hermaphrodites.

Locomotion: Active (20NP). Hyponome Burst. Tentacle Burst.

External Features: Thick Shell (10NP, +3 Toughness, +2 Desiccation Resistance, +2 Support, -1 Flexibility, -1.5 Swim Speed, -1 Walk Speed). Skin (3NP, +1 Immunity, +Barrier Immunity, +Cutaneous Respiration). Red Pigments (2NP, +2 UV Resistance). Tentacles With Threads (7NP, +1.5 Filtration). Mouth (0NP, +1 Filtration). Chemoreceptors (2NP, +2 Chemoreception). Camera Eye (10NP, +2 Sight). Gills (4NP, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Ram Ventilation, +Only Works Underwater). Swivelling Hyponome (7NP, +1 Swim Agility, +0.5 Swim Speed).

Internal Features: Lysozymes (5NP, +Subzero Metabolism). Gonads (14NP, +Sexual Reproduction, +Hermaphroditism). Blood Vessels (7NP, +1 Stamina, +2 Circulation). Heart (11NP, +1 Stamina). Anti-Freeze Substances (2NP, +Anti-Freeze). Muscular System (11NP, +0.5 Support, +0.5 Strength, +0.5 Walk Speed, +0.5 Swim Speed). Stomach (7NP, +1 Digestion). Intestine (7NP, +1 Digestion, +1 Solid Excretion). Notochord (4NP, +1 Support). Ganglion (10NP, +1 Coordination). Nerve Cord (10NP, +1 Coordination). Nephridium (11NP, +1 Liquid Excretion). Phragmocone (4NP, +1 Buoyancy).

Temporal Range: R.193 - Present (Astathean Stage of the Oliverian)

Distribution: Southern Hemisphere

Predecessor: Coliteuthis edentulus

Classification: Coliteuthisinae (sf), Nimiastomidae (f)

Lifespan: 2 years

Discoverer: StealthStyle