Asposomus

## Asposomus cirrus

**Info**

Status: NT

Temporal Range: R.126 - Present (Untrustolithic)

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

Distribution: Cosmopolitan

Niche: Benthic Filter-Feeder

Size: 3cm (length)

Nutritional Worth:

Predecessor: Ostracoderma densissima

Classification: Asposomusinae (sf), Ostracodermidae (f), Malacoidea (so), Violamata (c), Bilateria (p)

Perception: Decent vision with no depth perception either side, can sense chemicals up to ten metres away with accuracy.

Latest Mutations: Shell Valves

Info: The mantle of the animal from which the shell grows gradually become folded over the lower half of the body, creating an entirely shelled animal. The shell has two valves, one dorsal and one ventral which encase the body. The shell can be pulled open with an adductor muscle, and the tentacles stuck out to capture food. This top defense means they have even more protection than their shelled cousins, the Ostracoderma. They are very common throughout shallow temperate and polar seas.

Anatomy: The body is hidden inside a complete shell composed of dorsal and ventral valves. It is made of calcium carbonate, specifically calcite. The shell is quite thick and relatively heavy for its size. Inside the shell is a mouth surrounded by chemoreceptors - two small tentacles also protrude. There are three gill slits along the body. Under the body is a pair of sturdy, short fins. There is a small brain, attached to a single nerve cord, attached to webs of nerves. The gut is simple and leads straight to the anus. Hemolymph is distributed through the body to hemacoels, as the open circulatory system. It contains anti-freeze proteins.

Behaviour: This species is capable of processing information gathered from sense receptors and using that to form a picture of its surroundings. It can then respond to stimuli. It also has basic reasoning.

Discoverer: StealthStyle

**Stats**

Nutritional Worth: (8 x 3 =) 24NP

Food / Oxygen Requirement: 11NP / 19NP

Physical Stats: Stamina = 1, Attack = 1, Strength = 1.5, Support = 1, UV Resistance = Weak, Filtration = 2

Systemic Stats: Osmoregulation = 1 (quite high salinity), Respiration = 2 (cutaneous respiration, ram ventilation), Digestion = 2 (microbes), Circulation = 1, Excretion = 1, Immune System = 1, Coordination = 1, Reflexes = 1.

Abilities: Permeable Skin. Below Freezing Metabolism. Fluid Freeze Prevention.

Perception: Detects chemicals up to tens of metres away.

Locomotion Type: None.

Reproduction: Sexual, Ovuliparity (External Fertilisation). 1,000 eggs. Hermaphroditism.
Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. It knows to eat and avoid being harmed. The female responds to the stimuli of producing eggs by embedding them in her tentacles and tucking the tentacles under her body.

External Features: Cylindrical body completely covered on back by dorsal and ventral valves of thick calcite shell (9NP, +1 Defence, +3 Inflexibility, -1 Speed) with red pigmentation (3NP, +Weak UV Resistance). Thin skin layer (3NP, +1 Immune System, +1 Respiration, +Permeable Skin). A mouth (+1 Filtration) with chemoreceptors (1NP, +2 Chemoreception) and two tentacles (5NP, +1 Attack, +1 Filtration).

Internal Features: Each cell contains lysozymes (3NP, +Below Freezing Metabolism) in addition to enzymes. Three gill slits each side of head (8NP, +1 Respiration). Muscles on each side, attached to body wall (10NP, +1 Speed, +1 Strength, +0.5 Support). Gastrointestinal tract from mouth has stomach with digestive juices (4NP, +1 Digestion) followed by intestines (4NP, +1 Digestion) leading to exit. Brain (6NP, +1 Coordination) encased in head connects to one nerve cords which branch into network of nerves (8NP, +1 Reflexes). Notochord runs alongside (3NP, +0.5 Support, +0.5 Strength). Male and female gonads (6NP, +Sexual Reproduction, +Hermaphroditism). The hemacoel cavity, open circulatory system (+1 Stamina, +1 Circulation) has violet blood containing hemerythrin and anti-freeze proteins (3NP, +Fluid Freeze Prevention). Protonephridia (4NP, +1 Excretion, +1 Osmoregulation), connected to hemacoel, expels waste through pores.

## Asposomus atroboceanus

Latest Mutations: Bigger

Asposomus atroboceanus is a saltwater bivalve from the northern hemisphere temperate ocean. It is found down to 500m.

Status: Unlisted

Habitat: Subpolar Temperate Ocean, Polar Temperate Ocean

Niche: Sessile Filter-Feeder

Diet: Any particle of marine snow meat or organism 0.5mm big or smaller.

Size: 6cm (length - shell front to back)

Nutritional Need: 117 x 6/100 = 7NP.

Food / Oxygen Requirement: 7 x 0.25 = 1.8NP per round (Needs to intake 1.8/0.6 = 3NP per round)/ 7 x 0.9 = 6.3NP

Abilities: Adjustable Buoyancy. Anti-Freeze. Exothermic. Inflexible. Liquid Excretion. Osmoconformer (Quite High Salinity). Permeable Skin. Small-Body Circulation. Solid Excretion. Subzero Metabolism.

Perception: Chemoreception 2 (detects chemicals 5m from mouth).

Stats: Buoyancy -1. Clam Strength 1. Coordination 2. Desiccation Resistance 1. Digestion 1 (100% Meat, Digests 60%). Filtration 2. Immunity 2.  Respiration 2 (10% off, Cutaneous Respiration, Stationary Respiration). Stamina 3. Strength 1. Support 2. Swim Agility -1. Swim Speed -0.5. Toughness 3. UV Resistance 2. Walk Speed -0.5.

Intelligence / Behaviour: 1. Hungry > Wait for food. 2. Food > Stick cirri out of shell and filter. 3. Tired > Rest. 4. Pain > Close shell. 5. Maturity > Release gametes.

External Features: The red melanin-pigmented and cylindrical body is contained within an aragonite, horizontal, symmetrical bivalve shell secreted by the mantle. Around the mouth are cirri and a circle of chemoreceptors. Running down the body as are six pairs of gill slits.

Internal Features: Each cell in the body contains lysozymes and a small number of piezolytes. A system of muscles stretches across the body. Near the lower wall can be found the gonads as well as the saccate metanephridium. 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 single nerve cord along the ventral half, which has many nerves branching off it to encompass the whole body. Next to this is a notochord. In the middle of the body is a hemacoel with violet (hemerythrin) blood through which an anti-freeze (thrietol sugar alcohol) flows.

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

Castes/Phases: Hermaphroditism.

Locomotion: Sessile (0NP).

External Features: Skin (3NP, +1 Immunity, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Stationary Respiration, +Cutaneous Respiration, +Permeable Skin). Medium Pigmentation (2NP, +2 UV Resistance). Cylindrical (0NP). Bivalve Shell (14NP, +3 Toughness, +1 Clam Strength, +1 Desiccation Resistance, +1 Support, -1 Buoyancy, -1 Swim Speed, -1 Swim Agility, -1 Walk Speed, , +Inflexible, -Wriggling). Cirri (7NP, +1 Filtration). Mouth (0NP, +1 Filtration). Chemoreceptors (2NP, +2 Chemoreception).

Internal Features: Piezolytes (5NP, +Low Pressure Tolerance). Lysozymes (1NP, +Subzero Metabolism). Gills (4NP, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Ram Ventilation, +Only Works Underwater). Open Circulatory System (3NP, +Small-Body Circulation, +1 Stamina). Anti-Freeze Compound (2NP, +Anti-Freeze). Nephridium (11NP, +Liquid Excretion). Muscular System (7NP, +1 Strength, +0.5 Walk Speed, +0.5 Swim Speed, +Wriggling). Monogastric Digestive System (18NP, +1 Meat Digestion, +1 Veg Protein Digestion, +1 Immunity, +Solid Excretion). Centralised Nervous System (20NP, +2 Coordination, +Stimulus Response, +Subconscious Functions, +Body Movement Control). Notochord (4NP, +1 Support). Gonads (14NP, +Sexual Reproduction, +Hermaphroditism, +External Fertilzation).

Temporal Range: R. 221 - Present (Atrobocean Stage of the Oliverian)

Distribution: Tartarus

Lifespan: 1 - 2 years

Predecessor: Cilistoma caecus

Classification: Cilistominae (sf), Cilistomidae (f)

Discoverer: StealthStyle

## **Asposomus limus**

Latest Mutations: More Viscous, Mucus, Lose Antifreeze

This bivalve can tolerate water with stronger waves thanks to the sticky mucus it produces at it's base, giving it access to areas that other bivalves cannot access. It has no anti-freeze.

Status: Unlisted

Habitat: Temperate Ocean

Niche: Filter-Feeder

Size: 3cm (length - from cirri to end)

Nutritional Need: 92.5 x 3/100 = 2.8NP

Food / Oxygen Requirement: 2.8 x 0.25 = 0.7NP per round (Needs to intake 0.7/0.65 = 1.1NP per round)/ 2.8 x 0.9 = 2.5NP

Abilities: Exothermic. Liquid Excretion. Medium UV Resistance. Osmoconformer (Quite High Salinity). Permeable Skin. Small-Body Circulation. Solid Excretion. Subzero Metabolism.

Perception: Chemoreception 1.

Stats: Coordination 2. Desiccation Resistance 0.5. Dexterity 0.5. Digestion 0.5 (100% Meat, 65%). Filtration 1.5. Immunity 1. Respiration 2 (Cutaneous Respiration, Ram Ventilation, 90%). Stamina 3.5. Strength 0.5. Support 1.5. Swim Agility -0.5. Swim Speed 0. Toughness 3. Tunnelling 0.5. Walk Agility -0.5. Walk Speed 0. Viscosity 2.

Intelligence / Behaviour: 1. Hungry > N/A. 2. Food > Filter with cirri. 3. Tired > Rest. 4. Pain > Close up. 5. Maturity > Reproduce.

External Features: The body is hidden inside a complete shell composed of dorsal and ventral valves. It is made of calcium carbonate, specifically calcite. The shell is quite thick and relatively heavy for its size. Inside the shell is a mouth surrounded by chemoreceptors - two small tentacles also protrude. There are three gill slits along the body. Under the body is a pair of sturdy, short fins. Viscous mucus is produced at the base by a gland.

Internal Features: There is a small brain, attached to a single nerve cord, attached to webs of nerves. The gut is simple and leads straight to the anus. Hemolymph is distributed through the body to hemacoels, as the open circulatory system.

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

Castes/Phases: Hermaphroditism.

Locomotion: Sessile (0NP).

External Features: Transparent (0NP, +Transparent). Medium Pigments (2.5NP, +Medium UV Resistance). Membrane (2.5NP, +0.5 Swim Stability). Cilia (2.5NP, +0.5 Swim Speed). Skin (5NP, +0.5 Immunity, +1 Respiration, +0.5 Stamina, +Cutaneous Respiration, +Permeable Skin). Cirri (5NP, +0.5 Filtration, +0.5 Dexterity). Mouth (0NP, +1 Filtration). Chemoreceptors (2.5NP, +1 Chemoreception). Pinhole Eye (2.5NP, +0.5 Sight). Eyespot (2.5NP, +Light Sensing). Viscous Mucus Gland (5NP, +2 Viscosity).

Internal Features: Piezolytes (2.5NP, +Low Pressure Tolerance). Lysozymes (2.5NP, +Subzero Metabolism). Gills (5NP, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Ram Ventilation). Open Circulatory System (10NP, +2 Stamina, +Small-Body Circulation). Dorsal Vessel (5NP, +1 Stamina). Nephridium (5NP, +Liquid Excretion). Muscular System (10NP, +0.5 Strength, +0.5 Walk Speed, +0.5 Swim Speed, +0.5 Tunnelling, +Wriggling). Monogastric Digestive System (10NP, +0.5 Meat Digestion, +0.5 Veg Digestion, +0.5 Immunity, +Solid Excretion). Centralised Nervous System (10NP, +2 Coordination). Notochord (5NP, +1 Support). Gonads (5NP, +1 Evolution, +Sexual Reproduction, +Sexes, +External Fertilisation).

Temporal Range: R. 271 - Present (Samadaran Stage of the Oliverian)

Distribution: Southern Hemisphere

Lifespan: 2 years

Predecessor: Asposomus cirrus

Classification: Aspsomusinae (sf), Asposomusidae (f)

Discoverer: StealthStyle