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ruber alcypero, more commonly called a red coraloid, are coraloids commonly found in caves but sometimes are found outside caves on rocks, due to their nature when they grow outside of a cave they will grow in very long string like parts holding a single fruit up high, a fruit no living thing besides clawed serpents can eat, the effects of the toxins arent entirely known due to the immoral nature of said research causing a lack of funds and subjects, they grow close to the entrances of caves allowing them to get as much sunlight as they can get, they produce around 20 bushels of their fruits in a full year,allowing for their primary consumer, clawed serpents, which gain their venom from, they have a very tough thick texture and 4 large seeds, its taste is very bitter and sour, though it is sugary, if you have any questions regarding this coraloid please dont be afraid to ask im more than happy to answer

aurantius alcypero, more commonly called an orange coraloid, are coraloids commonly found near rivers, they have softer roots compared too other coraloids due to the more mucky nature of their environment, they are one of the few coraloids farmed for more than just their fruits, since their roots are soft they can and have been used for cooking, it is also very nutrient rich due to the influence of dumunoan farmers, their fruit has a very crunchy texture and tastes like a telluric pear, they can be eaten by the terrestrial animals of dumuno but have evolved to be eaten by the aquatic animals, it has been theorized that it was formerly fed upon by a herbivorous relative of swamp scavengers, but is current fed upon by sac fish who launch themselves out of the water with their sac to get the momentum to dislodge the sonfruit from its loose "stems" which are in the part encasing it, its has around 24 seeds in a circle around the centre each seed pointing towards the middle of it, if you have any questions regarding this coral like plant please dont be afraid to ask im more than willing to answer

luteus alcypero, more commonly called a yellow coraloid, are coraloids commonly found in deserts, they are the largest flattest terrestrial alcypero having a thin layer of their fiberous photosynthetic body within a thick crystalized casing which has evolved to entrap as much water within the coraloid as it can, while their large flat body provides as much surface area to expel the heat, they also have a thick outer skin for their fruit, this touffruit has no natural consumer, however due too the intervention of dumunoan humans they have managed to thrive across the desert, though they have a distinct sour taste, they are very common in desert towns and are carried with people on journeys across the dumunoan deserts, this is due to their rich nutrients, there is a dumunoan unspoken rule of politeness to plant the seeds of the coraloid in the sand and pour out a small bit of water on it to help the less fortunate people who are lost or unprepared in the desert who could find the fruit and live another day, touffruit farming is a very difficult job for dumunoan farmers due too the extreme environment they grow in being very stressful for the body of an urn, they do live luxurious lives compared to other desert citizens however, with access to a large amount of water for farming, which they can use for whatever personal use they wish afterwards, and access to the best of their touffruit, if you have any questions regarding these coraloid please dont be afraid to ask im more than willing to answer

what kind of food would they make out of the parts of aurantius alcypero?

the aurantius alcypero is a very diverse coraloid in terms of making food, being used as the dumunoan equivilent to a tuber as well as a fruit for baking, its roots are more common for meals than the fruit, due to being able to be mashed or boiled or baked, even being used to make fries or chips in the modern age of dumuno, the fruit however is used more as a healthy snack unless youre baking, where it can be used in cakes, pies, pretty much any form of baking you could fit a fruit in, thank you for asking :D

cartusia alcypero, more commonly called a chartreuse coraloid, are coraloids commonly found in taigas, are smaller thicker than any other coraloids, and only produce a single fruit per year, beginning in spring and ending in fall, unlike most coraloids instead of just dropping it when winter comes they encase it in a colourless heat insulating crystalized shell similar to the one encasing all coraloid bodies, however this casing is rather thin but complex and is not upheld throughout the season unlike the crystalized shell they have which in most coraloids is upheld throughout their lifetime, this shell allows for the pluppfruit to be preserved throughout the winter and allows for it to be eaten in spring, therefore allowing more chartreuse coraloids to be produced, since their fruit is such a large investment and their the farthest north a coraloid ever has been, pluppfruits are full of tiny yet tough seeds which are almost completely impossible to digest, and since so many are produced within a single fruit they will effect the digestive system of their consumer, causing them too digest slower and defecate less frequently, this allows for a larger distribution of chartreuse coraloids throughout the arctic and subarctic of dumuno, this chemical reaction however is not painful to the consumer of pluppfruit and instead is just mildly bothersome, when a "clutch" of seeds is excreted by whatever animal eats it, since the fruits are so rare they are considered delicacies by the people of dumuno though most people would consider them overrated since their internal structure is considered almost identical too the abundant cheaper brusfruit, even being used as a cheaper substitute in flavourings and such, if you have any questions regarding this coral like fruit please dont be afraid to ask

viridis alcypero, more commonly called a green coraloid, are coraloids commonly found in steppes all over dumuno, unlike most alcypero this one is found in steppes throughout dumuno regardless of the environmental conditions, on dumuno they are the easiest to farm most abundantly found source of caffeine, the caffeine is found in the juice of the large hybemelons, hybemelons are the largest fruit on dumuno period, the best location to get the best hybemelons is near the Tyrants Swamp, the equatorial temperatures and hydration and nutrients that comes with the hydration allows for the plant to thrive, allowing for them to grow large and absorb sunlight and grow hybemelons a plenty, the contrast if you want the worst fruit you get ones from evzos chasm, which is high north meaning low temperatures, less hydration, little to no nutrients, meaning youll most likely get a bulb of seeds, however this has created its own business niche in the modern dumuno landscape, growing hybemelons to get the large amount of seeds in abundance with no worries about the tough rind like skin of the melons due to the nutrience lack allows for the previously almost desolate town of Zariv to become a trade empire almost necessary for mass production of hybemelons due to evzos chasm being within their borders letting them grow the seeds and sell them to the city of Karank which uses their borders which take a portion of the Tyrants Swamp given by their borders to mass produce viridis alcypero to sell large amounts of hybemelons, which have their own monopoly of their own, a popular snack for both urn and their large frugivorous pets are dried hybemelons, the drying of the melons allows for it to be smaller, going from the size of a large watermelon to more the size of a pineapple, this allows for them to be stored more easily and eaten faster, furthermore the rind is removed before the drying allowing for it to be eaten handheld easier, if you have any questions about this plant im happy to answer

coeruleus alcypero, more commonly called a turquoise coraloid, are coraloids found close to lakes, their fruits always ends up facing the closest body of water, or even ending up in the water itself, this is due to a form of thigmotropism, the reason their fruits are close to water is since their fruit, called a geliberry, is very squishy and once ripened would most likely fall off of the coraloid without the fluidity of water, and if it falls in the water or near the water then it will eventually proceed in its goal of reproduction, due to the assistance of larval sucker bites, who will suck up the jelly like insides of the geliberries, and then the seeds will eventually pass and sprout small barbs all over it with the pure intent of clinging onto an animal, whether it being an invisible mimic, or a mandiculus, as long as they eventually end up on shore, it will work, geliberries have a distinct bitterness and bland flavour, and have been juiced and used as flavouring to "dumunoan coffee" which some consider overwhelmingly sweet, the gelijuice is used to lessen the flavour of the coffee, if you have any questions regarding this organism please dont be afraid to ask, im more than willing to answer

cyaninus alcypero, more commonly known as a cyan coraloid, are coraloids found on shores, and are the only two surviving bio-luminescent organisms on dumuno, their fruit is very salty and tough and is eaten by thorned horses near beaches and also can be moved along through tides since the coraloid dislodges their fruit when it is under water, it is theorized that a nocturnal beach dwelling organism formerly seeked out their fruit and ate them, it is currently thought this organism was a fish like reptile who spent their lives in both water and land, staying in water during the day and sleeping, then coming out at night to eat the gloufruit, though this is only a theory and there is only minor fossil evidence to this fact, gloufruit have a clump of seeds in the center which are glued together by a water soluble organic sap like substance meaning when their fruit decays underwater its seeds will disperse across the shoreline, their fruits were used as lighting by the north and temperate regions on dumuno in its past, they are now farmed for their ability to help with low blood pressure and other things, their organic compounds help with such things and are used to make medicine, if you have any questions regarding this organism please dont be afraid to ask im more than happy to answer

cyanuscoeruleum alcypero, more commonly called an azure coraloid, are very rare coraloids, found exclusively on volcanic mountains, their fruits are one of the only two "nuts" of dumuno, being an edible shell with inedible extremely tough seeds, they have a large barb like extension coming out of the end of their shell which lets animals like landbound pigeons to pull the vrewnut off of the coraloid, which they will then eat, the azure coraloid population was dwindling until a unity era volcanic city named Erbainsu started developing and trading vrewnuts to the rest of dumuno, creating a supply and demand for them, being a mild flavour and unique texture giving a drive for farming azure coraloids causing a boom in their population, they are frequently used as a flour for baking on dumuno, making breads and pastries, they are also commonly salted and flavoured, they are even being genetically modified with newer technology to be able to grow in less specific conditions allowing for them to mass farmed, they have become somewhat of a necessity to modern dumunoan life, as a diverse nutritious food source, if you have any questions regarding this organism please dont be afraid to ask

caeruleus alcypero, more commonly called a blue coraloid, very commonly found in temperate forests are one of the most commonly found and commonly farmed coraloids, their fruits are what most dumunoans think of when they think of a fruit, janrepomes are very similar to telluric apples in that respect, as well as in texture, due to their commonality janrepomes are one of the cheapest fruits in dumuno, their taste bears a strong resemblance to telluric oranges with a more tart than sour taste, they are grown in rows where they face Koza as it rises, and they face Koza as it sets, these coralfarms are commonly crowded around autumn, where janrepome picking is a common tradition similar again to telluric apples, though this service is far more diverse and year round, starting in late winter and ending in early winter, though during autumn it is crowded due to an autumnal holiday on dumuno called the "Feast of Ebku", an ancient tradition where people eat a large meal midday consisting of birds, fruits, and various other foods, a very common dessert is janrepome crumble pie, similar to a telluric dutch apple pie, the spiritual purpose of the event has been lost to history, though it is theorized that in the original feast that dumunoans performed a ritual to bless their people with kind winds from the son of air, janrepomes are very nutritious and hydrating, which was lucky for early dumunoans who used it as a very common source of food when they descended from the mountains their last common ancestor with tailed apes lived on, due to their nutritional and hydrating qualities being similar to kortfruits, which was common for them to eat, if you have any questions regarding anything mentioned, please dont be afraid to ask i am more than willing to answer

purpura alcypero, more commonly called purple coraloids, are found almost exclusively in mountains, they are the rarest alcypero, being frequently thought extinct outside of farms only to be discovered once again, right now they are almost entirely isolated to farms and reserve zones, with the few bunches every now and then on other mountains, their fruits are very desired on dumuno called elvfruit, due to their sweet taste and, similar to cyaninus alcypero, their medicinal compounds and properties, they have a singular large pit that is one of the biggest reasons its going extinct in the wild, no animals in the dumunoan mountains are capable of safely consuming the pit as it passes through them, leaving them almost exclusively being eaten around the pit by the animals around them and then the pit just left on the ground, this has barely let the alcypero survive till the urn start farming them, their biggest threat is rolling geckos, who will eat their fiberous body when they come across them until the gecko is satisfied and will continue to move along to the next alcypero it finds, do to the structure of alcypero this floods them with diseases and viruses, as well as taking away a portion of one of their main sources of energy along side forcing them to use what energy they get away from reproduction and fixing themselves, potentially removing their ability to reproduce depending on where the rolling gecko eats, such as the tubustem, which is a trait in coraloids most have evolved out of, being an tube shaped extension of the coraloids main body which grows the fruit, if its damaged the fruit could also be damaged or never grow, leaving the alcypero whos tubustem is damaged potentially rendering it essentially infertile, unsurprisingly very few coraloids still retain this ancestral trait, mostly being aquatic coraloids or coraloids who hold their coraloids in specific ways, most coraloids have evolved to lack basal tubustems instead turning any extension of their body that would fit the requirements on being a tubustem and turning it into one and growing fruits, if it is damaged it will heal the best it can before producing a fruit, and if its tubustem is damaged beyond repair it would grow a new one and turn the old one into a generic regular extension to photosynthesize, this is far more efficient for reproduction and photosynthesis than the basal singular tubustem which is the only way for purpura alcypero and other basal coraloids to reproduce, if you have any questions regarding this coral like plant please dont be afraid to ask im more than willing to answer

roseus alcypero, more commonly called a magenta coraloid, are coraloids commonly found in dumunoan jungles and equatorial forests, they are very abundant and their fruit be found in most markets that sell fruits, these brusfruit are commonly used as a cheaper replacement for pluppfruit in flavourings while still being able to advertise it as pluppfruit flavoured and mark it up for the price of pluppfruit, though most urn have figured out to buy brusfruit flavoured things as theyre cheaper and taste the same, though tasting the same mild bitterness and strong sweet taste as pluppfruit their texture is what urn consider the opposite, unlike the hard texture of the pluppfruit they are more juicy and soft texture, which most urn find more appealing anyways, they are a common food for jungle monkeys, which are a very common pest for brusfruit farms, brusfruits have large pits in the middle of the fruit, they spend the entirety of spring to autumn producing as many brusfruit as they can, even willing to drop their fruit in 3 and a half weeks if it isnt eaten to avoid wasting resources on holding it on, roseus alcypero found on hills tend to be surrounded by other alcypero meaning most hills in dumunoan jungles and equatorial forests are littered with magenta coraloids whether or not many animals frequently go there, if you have any questions please dont be afraid to ask im more than willing to answer

ceresium alcypero, more commonly called a cerise coraloid, are coraloids found commonly by the southern swamps of dumuno, they are one of the few alcypero to still have the basal tubustem, their fruit is fairly undesirable to urn due to its sour bitter taste, alongside its almost completely solid texture, though it is good for adding flavour to things such as pies and drinks, they are eaten by kettle fish, gliding rays, fruit beetles, and snake bats, unlike most fruits that create deterrents to kill fruit beetles, cryantberries use them to their advantage excreting a sticky substance to keep the beetle attached and then use a symbiotic relationship with bacteria to make the beetle produce extremely large quantities of pheromones which is visible when it lands in water and snake bats can smell from a good distance away, this lets the cryantberry essentially signal out to its desired consumers, this deterrent keeps the fruit beetle from eating or laying their eggs in the cryantberry, recent studies show that the tubustem produces scents to attract fruit beetles, if you have any questions regarding this alcypero please dont be afraid to ask i am more than willing to answer

albuscanus alcypero, more commonly called a light grey coraloid, are coraloids found in fresh water in temperate climates, their fruit is extremely squishy and light, using their shallow aquatic environment to support them, the skizfruit is rarely eaten by anyone due to their slightly grainy gel like texture and bland taste, however the skin of their fruit is sour and bitter, though you will always find the odd person who enjoys it, there is current scientific debate on the seeds in skizfruit, since it isnt really apparent where or what the seed is, the current debate is between two choices, a small tough extension called a konestik which all coraloid fruits have connecting them too their tubustem, the one attached to skizfruit is less crystalized than most coraloids and this leads to a theory that their konestik is their very seed, however a more backed up theory is that the thing that makes the texture of skizfruit a little grainy, is a lot of tiny seeds which will grow into more albus alcypero once digested, this running theory is the most likely especially due to the recent studies of its flesh under microscopes, if you have any questions regarding this coral like plant please dont be afraid to ask i am more than willing to answer

albus alcypero, more commonly called a silver coraloid, are coraloids found in equatorial freshwater, they have fruit shaped somewhat like a spinning top with an extruding ring around the middle that gradually goes to the tips, selefruit tastes like a mix of telluric grapes and plums, and has a texture similar to a telluric baked potato, and have a ring of seeds going around the ring part, they are a very popular fruit for most urn and they are farmed frequently, selefruit is commonly used in sweeteners and creating granulated sugar, which can then be used to make powdered sugar and/or in baking, selefruit are also commonly added to frozen deserts, they are the third largest alcypero fruits, only seconded by chrobifruit and hybemelons, they are eaten by the same fish that eat cryantberries, they are found in rows around the centre of the Tyrant Swamp though they are found scattered throughout for the most part, and also in rivers and lakes all across the equator, mass farming aquatic coraloids is rather difficult, especially considering the conditions of the water and exposure to heat and light that these alcypero require, if you have any questions regarding this coraloid, dont be afraid to ask im more than happy to answer

candidus alcypero, more commonly called a white coraloid, are coraloids found in the tropical seas and equatorial oceans of dumuno, their chrobifruit is the second biggest fruit on all of dumuno, and tastes rather similar to a telluric carrot though its texture is more similar to gelatin enclosed by a thin skin, their seeds are 5 long tubes that extend from their konestik, and occasionally will reshape the form of the fruit depending on the position of the tubustem, the one in this image is shaped differently than the naturally ovular shape of a chrobifruit by the seed facing up, the crystaline body of the candidus alcypero contains toxic levels of sodium to ward off their common predator, land shrimp, which could damage their tubustem, and since they are an older kind of coraloid which retains their singular tubustem sprouting once they develop a fully mature body and retaining that one their whole lifespan, losing this tubustem could mean losing their chance to reproduce, so their crystaline body is filled with toxic levels of sodium, similarly to most aquatic coraloids, candidus alcyperos are one of the largest kinds of alcypero on all of dumuno, though none could compare to yellow coraloids, if you have any questions regarding this alcypero or anything about it please dont be afraid to ask im more than happy to answer

a little update plus a map of my worlds galaxy, im okay and should be finished the fungal steppe by july and i'll start posting it as soon as i can

image context, each dot is one of the planets i am doing the speculative biology for, dumuno is the red dot and ngiu◗ is the green dot, the other dots are planets we have yet to cover, also the outlines are the borders of the galactic empires, the ◗ta empire is the green outline and the kirn are the orange outline, the kirns home planet is long gone meaning doing their planet is impossible, and the two dots in the ◗ta empire has 2 other sapient species in it, though they were only spared due to the purple dot [ath] being during the beginning of their empire and the blue dot [lotred] being due to the empress finding them cute and sparing them, though being on the lowest part of the class structure of the ◗ta empire

how do you chose a name for your organisms? what language are they? because I remember a name that had a • (I think that want the symbol but it's the most similar in my keyboard) and it was my first time seeing it

honestly i barely had a system, i used to just go into google translate latin and greek type two or however many things i had plans for in the organism and then just put them together, and for a fair few until the shadow forest thats what most of them will be like, i did figure out how to do systematic names though so for the shadow forest itll be like that, and the common names is a little hard since i have a two word system with traits about them, like "flaming canid" dog like thing that can use fire, or for a more recent example "tree mouse" is a mouse like thing that spends all its time around trees, its gotten harder to do things like that, also i make conlangs basically entirely separate from their names [minus maybe a place or something], the one with the hemispheres ◖ and ◗ is a language for ngiu◗ called ewar, and then theres another one for dumuno called vivo, since i have made stories for every planet before and after i made ecosystems for them, conlangs being made up languages ofc, but yeah

feel free to ask any questions about my worlds

If the oviparent, which I understand is the organism which cares for the eggs and in some cases raises their young, has to lose whatever mating ritual the two organisms do wouldn't that make them less fit to take care of their young compared to the victor?

yeah this question has been in my inbox awhile, i had a lot of issues trying to figure out how to deal with mating selection for hermaphroditic organisms, in the end after like.. almost a literal year of trying to figure it out [i used to have all my spec evo stuff just in my computer for fun before i remembered i had an old tumblr account i could turn into a spec evo account], and i decided that half of their mating selection involves the two individuals involved deciding whether or not the other is fit enough to be worth mating in the first place, so the oviparent, though usually being the one who loses the mating ritual, is still fit due to other more visual means, hope this helps, feel free to ask more questions if youre confused