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[Crystalizedmire]

1. The meatball develops a simple digestive system(presuming we have some sort of mouth hole)
2. the meatball develops a simple circulatory system to help power muscles
3. Speciate the meatball:
    a)Flatten body for better aerodynamics
    b)Develop eyes

[Imp]

Mouldy Pea:

work to evolve a respiration pathway, including oxygen-tolerant enzymes, their electron transport proteins like cytochromes and oxidases that can reduce O2 down to water molecules when it's in excess as well as electron transport chains that use oyxgen as the final electron acceptor (cytochrome c oxidase-related, quinones) - and move towards aerobic respiration pathways.

Work to evolve oxygen detox pathways and mechanisms like superoxide dismutase, catalase, and peroxidases so we can handle all the reactive oxygen species we're about to explode with.

Work on membrane complexity, cellular and edge-of-organism so we can have adapted fatty membranes, stable with mostly saturated fatty acids and embedded antioxidant molecules and repair mechanisms near the membranes.

The Wrapper:

Hang in there for now, hopefully the mouldy peas are successfully detoxing this oxygen challenge so living on their surfaces is easy and pleasant.

[Imp]

Hey, those of us with LC/50,  both of mine (Imp's) and BlackPaladin's...

Are we LC or are we NT?  Are we 51?

      LC/100-51: Least concern. This species
      enjoys their high and healthy
      population counts. Not in any direct 
      threat.
      NT/50-31: Near Threatened. Not quite in
      danger, but could be in a better
      situation than it is.

[Magmacube_tr]

Hey, those of us with LC/50,  both of mine (Imp's) and BlackPaladin's...

Are we LC or are we NT?  Are we 51?

LC. It is a mistake on my part. NT starts below 50.

[Crystalizedmire]

Just to clarify, ss can only add to votes, right?

[Magmacube_tr]

Just to clarify, ss can only add to votes, right?

No. You can use it as both an individual vote and an addition.

[TricMagic]

From the Pea
1: Evolve 25 different scent sensors, one for each scent in the water.
2: Evolve 25 nerves connected to the scent sensors.
3 Evolve 25 legs to slowly crawl along the floor.

[Leonardo8]

I am overpopulated already? NICE!

Vote 1: Develop a muscular system, specialized cells that can expand and contract in synch to create a slug-like movement.
Vote 2: Create a vascular system with tube-like cells radiating from center of the body, near the digestive foot, to more efficiently distribute nutrients to the rest of the body
Vote 3: Create vacuoles in the digestive cells full of digestive enzymes that can be easily secreted out of the body. This helps the flat penny regulate the amount of liquid it releases on its food, increasing the overall energy efficiency.

[Aeranthos]

Oh hey, I just noticed this! Cool to see this is up again!

Anyways, since the pea is still here, I'll speciate off of that and,

1: The chemoreceptors is just a good idea in general, so I'll have that.

2: Follow that with a basic nervous system to help better transmit information around the body.

3: And lastly, maybe the foundations of muscles as to help with movement.

It's fun to see this back, by the way, I look forward to seeing what happens next!

[Leonardo8]

Question: If i use exaptation to add functions to an already existing feature, do i get the +1 even if the original feature is not vestigial, but perfectly functional?

[brangerlon]

Well then... From the Pea

1. Develop fins to increase surface area

2. Develop a reproductive chamber that creates small larvae

3. Evolve small cellular strips to filter feed 

[Magmacube_tr]

Question: If i use exaptation to add functions to an already existing feature, do i get the +1 even if the original feature is not vestigial, but perfectly functional?

Yes. You can build off of existing things, within reason. A fin can become a leg with a +1 bonus

[Magmacube_tr]

Turn 2


The Events

Events start next turn


The Actions

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Naturegirl1999
   1) Chemotaxis: 4
   2) Phototaxis: 2
   3) A radula: 1

Imp (neeerrrrd)
   1) Photosynthesis-integrated respiration: 5+1= capped at 5
   2) Oxygen resistance: 2
   3) Isolative membrane: 2

Leonardo8
   1) Muscles: 2
   2) Vascular network: 3
   3) Digestive enzyme glands: 2+1=3

BlackPaladin99 (Sorry but I kinda waited too long.)
   1) ...
   2) ...
   3) ...

Crystalizedmire
   1) A simple digestive system: 3
   2) Circulatory system: 3
   3) Speciate the above:
     A) More hydrodynamic body: 2
     B) Phototaxis:1

TricMagic
   1) Speciate from Pea, and evolve 25 chemoreceptors: 2
   2) Nervous system composed of 25 nerve circuits connected to the receptors: 2
   3) 25 legs: 3

Aeranthos
   1) Speciate from Pea, and evolve chemotaxis: 5
   2) Nervous system: 4
   3) Muscles: 5

brangerlon
   1) Speciate from Pea, and evolve fins: 4
   2) Reproductive chamber to produce small larva: 3
   3) Strands to filter feed: 2

The World

The seamount is already crowded. The adaptive radiation is still on full swing. The environment is just about the same, if less fertile because of the amount of consumers currently existing.


The Pea is already gone. Not a big surprise.

The Underwater Peak | Rocky Seafloor Biome | (10/10 species)

Spoiler: Local Species (click to show/hide)

Summary: A bespeckled cluster of mostly unspecialised cells half a centimeter in diameter, with two sets of mobile cilia and two strips of reddish tissue on its front. It eats detrius off of rocks. It has a set of hardened protrusions under its strips that it drags along the seafloor.
Nervous System: It has no nervous system.
Senses: It has two strips of chemoreceptive cell on its front and a number of photoreceptive spots on its back.
Locomotion: A tuff of cilia on the back to push itself forward, and a fan of longer cilia on the bottom for steering.
Digestive System: It has no digestive system.
Respiratory System: It has no respiratory system.
Cardiovascular System: It has no cardiovascular system.
Reproductive System: It splits into two once large enough.
Ecology: Benthic detrivore.
Modifiers: N/A

Summary: A green cluster of unspecialised cells a centimeter in diameter, covered in an oily membrane. It eats detrius off of rocks and stores the chloroplasts it takes from algea. It's cells have several internal adaptations that allows it to effectively metabolise oxygen and partially resist excess amounts of it.
Nervous System: It has no nervous system.
Senses: It has no senses.
Locomotion: Celluar movements.
Digestive System: It has no digestive system.
Respiratory System: It uses the oxygen produced by its own photosynthesizing.
Cardiovascular System: It has no cardiovascular system.
Reproductive System: It splits into two once large enough.
Ecology: Benthic detrivore.
Modifiers: +20 from regulatory symbiote.

Summary: A thin film of unspecialised cells of variable size with a sticky protein coating to attach to its host. It is an obligate symbiote of Moldy Pea and eats its chloroplast runoff and outer membrane.
Nervous System: It has no nervous system.
Senses: It has no senses.
Locomotion: Celluar movements.
Digestive System: It has no digestive system.
Respiratory System: It has no respiratory system.
Cardiovascular System: It has no cardiovascular system.
Reproductive System: It grows with its host and splits into two along with it.
Ecology: Symbiote to Moldy Pea. Benthic.
Modifiers: Population bound to host in 1/1 ratio.

Summary: A flat, round proto-animal two centimeters in diameter. It eats detrius off of rocks.
Nervous System: It has no nervous system.
Senses: It has a patch of chemoreceptors on its front that allows it to detect more nutririous zones and steer course.
Locomotion: Muscular foot on the underside of the body.
Digestive System: It's underside is lined with digestive cells that secrete enzymes depending on the amount of food.
Respiratory System: It has no respiratory system.
Cardiovascular System: It has a series of internal canals that transport nutrients throught the body, powered by the contractions of the underside muscles.
Reproductive System: It splits into two once large enough.
Ecology: Benthic detrivore.
Modifiers: N/A

Summary: A cluster of unspecialised cells a centimeter in diameter. It eats detrius off of rocks.
Nervous System: It has no nervous system.
Senses: It has no senses.
Locomotion: Celluar movements.
Digestive System: It has digestive cilia that secrete digestive enzymes around it ceaselessly. This harms it by self-digestion.
Respiratory System: It has no respiratory system.
Cardiovascular System: It has no cardiovascular system.
Reproductive System: It splits into two once large enough.
Ecology: Benthic detrivore.
Modifiers: N/A

Summary: A small, flat proto-animal three centimeters in diameter. It eats detrius off of rocks.
Nervous System: It has a decentralised nervous system. It is a being of pure reflex.
Senses: It is covered in tiny mechanoreceptive hairs.
Locomotion: Crawling by muscle power, using the friction of its hairs.
Digestive System: It has a digestive orifice leading to a one-way stomach.
Respiratory System: It has no respiratory system.
Cardiovascular System: It has a simple circulatory system powered by its muscle contractions.
Reproductive System: It splits into two once large enough.
Ecology: Benthic detrivore.
Modifiers: N/A

Summary: A small proto-animal two centimeters in diameter. It eats detrius off of rocks. It is highly light-evasive, and tends to swim off of the seamount often.
Nervous System: It has a decentralised nervous system. It is a being of pure reflex.
Senses: It is covered in tiny mechanoreceptive hairs and spots of photoreceptive cells.
Locomotion: Crawling by muscle power, using the friction of its hairs.
Digestive System: It has a digestive orifice leading to a one-way stomach.
Respiratory System: It has no respiratory system.
Cardiovascular System: It has a simple circulatory system powered by its muscle contractions.
Reproductive System: It splits into two once large enough.
Ecology: Benthic detrivore.
Modifiers: N/A

Summary: A blob of mostly unspecialised cells a centimeter in diameter, with 25 protrusions around it. It eats detrius off of rocks.
Nervous System: It has a decentralised nervous system composed of 25 nerve circuits.
Senses: It has 25 chemoreceptive spots.
Locomotion: 25 protrusions that flex using celluar flows.
Digestive System: It has no digestive system.
Respiratory System: It has no respiratory system.
Cardiovascular System: It has no cardiovascular system.
Reproductive System: It splits into two once large enough.
Ecology: Benthic detrivore.
Modifiers: N/A

Summary: A small proto-animal a centimeter in diameter, with a pit on its front. It eats detrius off of rocks.
Nervous System: It has a decentralised nervous system.
Senses: It has a sense of smell by an olfactory pit on its front.
Locomotion: Crawling using muscle power.
Digestive System: It has no digestive system.
Respiratory System: It has no respiratory system.
Cardiovascular System: It has no cardiovascular system.
Reproductive System: It splits into two once large enough.
Ecology: Benthic detrivore.
Modifiers: N/A

Summary: A proto-animal three centimeters in length, with two large sails on its sides and thin strands that grow underneath it. It eats detrius on the water collumn.
Nervous System: It has no nervous system.
Senses: It has no senses.
Locomotion: Two sails that catch currents.
Digestive System: It has several long tendrils that it uses to increase it surface area for feeding.
Respiratory System: It has no respiratory system.
Cardiovascular System: It has no cardiovascular system.
Reproductive System: It has an internal chamber that continuosly produces small, neotenic larvae.
Ecology: Benthic detrivore.
Modifiers: N/A

The Cladogram

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

8 people. A fucking record- holy shit. The seamount is already full... Alright, next turn will be an expansion independent from the event dice. Otherwise things will become absurdly competitive.

[TricMagic]

The Yirmibesh
Evolve 25 cores devoted to specific forms of food processing.
Evolve 25 gills to grab oxygen from water.
Evolve 25 veins for transferring oxygen through the body.

[Imp]

Oxidised Pea

Open Circulatory system.  We got the oxygen and hopefully some extra sugars from our chloroplasts. We spread it around well inside - and pores to give a little sugar to our symbiont, who probably doesn't spend much time eating.
Thicker muscular body.  We got the oxygen to support this; chloroplasts likely shuttle to the light-exposed surface of our body, but we're gettin' bigger.
Thicker and tougher radula.  We got teeth and we learn how to better use them, cause Imp's a happy neeerrrrd who now thinks it best to chews them.

Edited to classify circulatory system... I think a closed one is a leap too far for now   but I didn't exactly be clear.