Game: Thrive Rules of Nature Competition/Species

As descendants of Thrivittifera, all species started with eye spots (+1 Stealth), muscular tissues (+1 Speed) a filter mouth (+1 Strength), a digestive tract, and a diffuse nervous system.

Fulgurmortis coronafera
This is doomlightning's species.

Mutation History

 * Rotifer-like Corona
 * Epidermis
 * Pharyngeal Slits
 * Cephalization
 * Silicone Scales (+1 Strength)
 * Water Vascular System
 * Closed Vascular System
 * Branchiostegal Gills
 * Radula
 * Mucus Glands (+1 Strength; counters Venom)
 * Internal Fertilization
 * Hibernation
 * Chemoreception
 * 7 Hydro-Pump Legs (+1 Swimming and Walking Speed)
 * Nephridium (Salt Retention)
 * Enhanced Eyespots (+1 Stealth)
 * Serial Hermaphroditism
 * Hydrostatic Leg Support (+1 Walking Speed)
 * Liver
 * Hearing Organs (+1 Stealth)
 * Chelicerae
 * Silicone Osteoderm (+1 Strength)
 * Mesothermy
 * Adipose Tissue

Legendicus transitorum
This is fralegend015's species. It was formerly known as Legendicus vigorosus before becoming terrestrial on Round 8.

Mutation History

 * Lateral Muscles (+2 Speed due to gills)
 * Grinding Teeth
 * 8 Fins (+1 Speed)
 * Gills
 * Tail Muscles (+1 Speed)
 * Circulatory System
 * Omnivorism
 * Motor Ganglia (+1 Speed)
 * Enhanced Eyespots (+1 Stealth)
 * Denser Tail Muscles (+1 Speed)
 * Thicker Skin (+1 Strength)
 * Structural Spine (+1 Speed)
 * Foregut
 * Enzyme Glands
 * Fin Bones (+1 Swimming and Walking Speed)
 * Gill-Lung Spiracles
 * Kidneys (Salt Retention)
 * Leg Bones (+1 Walking Speed)
 * Sexual Reproduction
 * More Motor Ganglia (+1 Walking Speed)
 * Terrestrial Legs (-1 Swimming Speed, +1 Walking Speed)
 * Fused Posterior Legs (-1 Swimming Speed, +1 Walking Speed)
 * Bipedalism (-1 Swimming Speed, +1 Walking Speed)
 * Toothed Tongue-Jaws
 * Increased Size (Small)
 * Lensed Eyes (+1 Stealth)

Hexapinna verrucosus
This is aah31415's species. It was formerly known as Sequentioscriptus vasculus before its six fins became more foot-like on Round 10.

Mutation History

 * Grinding Teeth
 * Bloodstream
 * Chemoreception
 * Gills
 * Six Fins (+2 Speed due to gills)
 * Freshwater Adaptation
 * Neural Ganglia
 * Simple Heart
 * Basic Jaw
 * Improved Digestive System
 * Nostrils (+1 Stealth)
 * Enhanced Eyespots (+1 Stealth)
 * Horizontal Tailfin (+1 Speed)
 * Coaxial Spinal Cords
 * Vertebra (+1 Swimming Speed)
 * Lobed Fins (+1 Swimming and Walking Speed)
 * Lensed Eyes (+1 Stealth)
 * Scales (+1 Strength)
 * Sexual Reproduction
 * Fin Claws (+1 Strength)
 * Metachrotic Chromatophores (+1 Stealth)
 * Color Vision (+1 Stealth)
 * Digging Claws (+1 Stealth)

Aclaronomenus ascendilus
This is Nonametoseehere's species.

Mutation History

 * Swim Bladder
 * Tail (+2 Speed due to Algae Assimilation)
 * Enhanced Eyespots (+1 Stealth)
 * Grinding Teeth
 * Adhesive Tongue
 * Algae Habitation
 * Algae Assimilation
 * Simple Brain
 * Hydrogen Sack (+1 Flight Speed)
 * Neural Claws
 * Water-Storing Stem
 * Mover Caste (+2 Flight Speed due to cerebellum)
 * Salt Retention
 * Manipulatory Caste
 * Bioluminescent Communication
 * Archive Caste (has Intermediate Brain)
 * Blanket-Forming Caste
 * Lensed Eyes (+1 Stealth)
 * Sexual Reproduction
 * Missile Cast (+1 Strength)
 * Rain Dishes on Producers
 * 8 Spiked Wings on Producers (+1 Strength)
 * Cerebellum
 * Viviparity
 * Increased Missile Caste (Small)
 * Wings (+1 Speed)

Evolumia analysia
This is TeaKing's species. It was formerly known as Chemorecepta serpentis before becoming more nervously-complex on Round 3.

Mutation History

 * Elongation (+1 Speed)
 * Chemoreception
 * Grinding Teeth
 * Tail (+1 Speed)
 * Simple Brain
 * Enhanced Eyespots (+1 Stealth)
 * Gills
 * Efficient Muscles (+1 Speed from gills)
 * Notochord
 * Open Circulatory System
 * Serrated Fins (+1 Strength)
 * Disruptive Camouflage (+1 Stealth)
 * Omnivorism
 * Jaws
 * Neurotoxin Glands (+1 Strength)
 * Nostrils (+1 Stealth)
 * Lensed Eyes (+1 Stealth)
 * Electric Organ (+1 Strength, counters Electroreceptors)
 * Sexual Reproduction
 * Vertebra (+1 Strength)
 * Thicker Skin (+1 Strength)
 * Efficient Gills
 * Bony Pectoral Fins (+2 Speed from efficient gills)
 * Blue Camouflage (+1 Stealth)
 * Paired Hunting (*1.5 Strength)
 * Lung

Minacia chirodropoides
This is UndyingHazard's species. It branched off from Chemorecepta serpentis on Round 2.

Mutation History

 * Elongation (+2 Speed due to gills)
 * Chemoreception
 * Nematocysts (+1 Strength)
 * Sharp Teeth
 * Paired Single-Chambered Hearts
 * Gills
 * Undulating Flaps (+1 Speed)
 * Venomous Tentacles (+1 Strength)
 * Thicker Skin (+1 Strength)
 * Compartmentalized Gut
 * Enhanced Eyespots (+1 Stealth)
 * Grinding Teeth
 * Nostrils (+1 Stealth)
 * Neural Ganglia
 * Lensed Eyes (+1 Stealth)
 * Electroreceptors (+1 Stealth)
 * Freshwater Tolerance
 * Simple Brain
 * Tentacle Teeth (+1 Strength)
 * Tentacle Jaws
 * Notochord (+1 Speed)
 * Trisexual Reproduction
 * Body Nematocysts (+1 Strength)
 * Tentacle Needles (+1 Strength)
 * Walking Fins (+1 Walking Speed)

Nomenchiori echinoides
This is Chiori's species. It branched off from Legendicus vigorosus on Round 2.

Mutation History

 * Lateral Muscles (+2 Speed due to gills)
 * Grinding Teeth
 * 8 Fins (+2 Speed due to Enhanced Respiratory System)
 * Spines (+1 Strength)
 * Digestive System
 * Bloodstream
 * Gills
 * Thicker Skin (+1 Strength)
 * Enhanced Eyespots (+1 Stealth)
 * Defensive Pincers (+1 Strength)
 * Simple Brain
 * Auditory System (+1 Stealth)
 * Vertebra (+1 Strength)
 * Notochord
 * Lensed Eyes (+1 Stealth)
 * Chitinous Exoskeleton (+1 Strength)
 * Chemoreceptor
 * Intermediate Brain
 * Sexual Reproduction
 * Sharper Pincers (+1 Strength)
 * Two-Chambered Heart
 * Increased Size (Small)
 * Enhanced Respiratory System
 * Fin Legs (+1 Walking Speed)
 * Limb Bones (+1 Walking Speed)
 * Drying-Resistant Skin

Salixelysia aurata
This is willow's species. It branched off from Aclaronomenus ascendilus on Round 2.

Mutation History

 * Swim Bladder
 * Tail (+1 Speed)
 * Algae Assimilation
 * Metallic Teeth
 * One-Way Heart
 * 10 Fins (+2 Speed due to Algae Assimilation)
 * Algae Absorption
 * Enhanced Eyespots (+1 Stealth)
 * Chloroplast Assimilation
 * Simple Brain
 * Gliding Wings (+1 Flight Speed)
 * Hemocyanin
 * Lensed Eyes (+1 Stealth)
 * Ovoviviparity
 * Glass Pincers (+1 Strength)
 * Wing Muscles (+1 Swimming and Flight Speed)
 * 4 Legs
 * Black Chloroplasts
 * Hermaphroditism
 * Natural Selection Awareness (Salixelysia Nests)
 * Dual Hydrogen Bladders (+1 Flight Speed)
 * Color Vision (+1 Stealth)
 * Stored Stem Cells (+1 Strength)
 * Lateral Muscles (+1 Swimming Speed)
 * Intermediate Brain
 * Dexterous Mandibles

Salixelysia radicatus
This is a second species controlled by willow. It branched off from mainline Salixelysia on Round 9.

Mutation History

 * Swim Bladder
 * Tail (+1 Speed)
 * Algae Assimilation
 * Metallic Teeth
 * One-Way Heart
 * 10 Fins (+2 Speed due to Algae Assimilation)
 * Algae Absorption
 * Enhanced Eyespots (+1 Stealth)
 * Chloroplast Assimilation
 * Simple Brain
 * Gliding Wings (+1 Flight Speed)
 * Hemocyanin
 * Lensed Eyes (+1 Stealth)
 * Ovoviviparity
 * Glass Pincers (+1 Strength)
 * Wing Muscles (+1 Swimming and Flight Speed)
 * Pectoral Gill-Strainers
 * Hydrogen Bladder (+1 Flight Speed)
 * Fin-Leaf Bladders
 * Heart-Facilitated Size Increase (Small)
 * Gamete Genetic Reshuffling (Sexual Reproduction substitute)
 * Active Water Retention
 * Enlarged Hydrogen Bladder
 * Egg Hydrogen Bladders
 * Cellulose Exoskeleton (+1 Strength)

Iocusis myriadus
This is zenzonegaming's species. It branched off from Sequentioscriptus vasculus on Round 3.

Mutation History

 * Grinding Teeth
 * Bloodstream
 * Chemoreception
 * Gills
 * Fecundity
 * Movement Tentacles (+2 Speed due to gills)
 * Ciguatera Poisoning
 * Improved Digestive Tract
 * Simple Brain
 * Simple Heart
 * Corrosive Stomach Acids
 * Silicate Exoskeleton (+1 Strength)
 * Hooked Tentacles (+1 Strength)
 * Tailfin (+1 Speed)
 * Nostrils (+1 Stealth)
 * Venom Absorption (counters Venom)
 * Two Sexes
 * Swarming (*1.5 Strength)
 * Absorption Stings (+1 Strength)
 * Improved Muscles (+2 Speed due to cerebellum)
 * Cerebellum
 * Improved Digestive System
 * Intermediate Brain
 * Social Swarming
 * More Fecundity
 * Endoskeleton (+1 Strength)
 * Improved Armor Plating (+1 Strength)

Testificatus relictus
This is Cha's species. It evolved directly from Thrivittifera on Round 3, having descended from a relict population.

Mutation History

 * Symbiotic Camouflage
 * Elongated Mouth
 * Freshwater Adaptation
 * Cephalization
 * Hairy Tongue
 * 10 Crawling Legs (+2 Speed due to Gills)
 * Open Circulatory System
 * Book Gills
 * Chitinous Exoskeleton (+1 Strength)
 * Fecundity
 * Simple Brain
 * Mandibles
 * Compound Eyes (+1 Stealth)
 * Exoskeletal Muscles (+1 Swimming and Walking Speed)
 * Increase Size (Small)
 * Increased Clutch Size (Sexual Reproduction substitute)
 * Improved Leg Muscles (+1 Walking Speed)
 * Retractable Lower Mandibles (+1 Strength)
 * Venom Glands (+1 Strength)
 * Brackish Water Adaptation
 * Fermenting Stomach
 * 4 Kidneys

Signumeris rugosus
This is sci0927's species. It branched off from Sequentioscriptus vasculus on Round 3.

Mutation History

 * Grinding Teeth
 * Bloodstream
 * Chemoreception
 * Gills
 * Four Fins (+2 Speed due to gills)
 * Rough Skin (+1 Strength)
 * Notochord
 * Improved Digestive System
 * Enhanced Eyespots (+1 Stealth)
 * Tail (+1 Speed)
 * Simple Brain
 * Skeleton (+1 Strength)
 * Lensed Eyes (+1 Stealth)
 * Jaws
 * Omnivorism
 * Dorsal Fin (+1 Speed)
 * Color Vision (+1 Stealth)
 * Nostrils (+1 Stealth)
 * Sexual Reproduction
 * Electricity Resistance
 * Toxin Resistance (counters Polyether Toxins)
 * Serial Hermaphroditism
 * Desiccation Resistance
 * Intermediate Brain
 * Lungs
 * Limb Bones (+1 Walking Speed)

Minacia armataevigil
This is TwilightWings21's species. Formerly known as Minacia litorevenator, it branched off from mainline Minacia on Round 8. In Round 9, its name became Minacia labuntur. It assumed the name Minacia armataevigil in Round 11.

Mutation History

 * Elongation (+2 Speed due to gills)
 * Chemoreception
 * Nematocysts (+1 Strength)
 * Sharp Teeth
 * Paired Single-Chambered Hearts
 * Gills
 * Undulating Flaps (+1 Speed)
 * Venomous Tentacles (+1 Strength)
 * Thicker Skin (+1 Strength)
 * Compartmentalized Gut
 * Enhanced Eyespots (+1 Stealth)
 * Grinding Teeth
 * Nostrils (+1 Stealth)
 * Neural Ganglia
 * Low Mucus Adhesion (counters Mucus Glands)
 * Closed Cardiovascular System
 * Air Gills
 * Gliding Flaps (+1 Swimming and Flight Speed)
 * Sexual Reproduction
 * Spinal Cord (+1 Flight Speed)
 * Lateral Eyespots (+1 Stealth)
 * Lensed Eyes (+1 Stealth)
 * Lightweight Abrasive Scales (+1 Strength)
 * Skeleton (+1 Strength)
 * Wings (+1 Flight Speed)
 * Burn Resistance (counters Heat)