Creature:Neomwa

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Scientific Classification
Domain: Eukaryota (Complex Organisms) Kingdom: Animalia (Animals) Phylum: Mollusca (Mollusks) Class: Cephalopoda (Cephalopods) Subclass: Coleoidea (Soft-Bodied Cephalopods) Superorder: Octopodiformes (Eight-Armed Cephalopods) Order: Bitentacleida (Two Tentacled Cephalopods - Two of the 8 Arms Are Tentacles) Family: Pteropteryx "Wing Fin" (Flying Squids) Genus: Placobrachius "Flat Arm" (Flat Armed Gliding Squids - 2 Arms are Flattened) Species: Unknown "???" (Neomwa) Binominal Name: Placobrachius ???

Statistics
Species Type: Cold-blooded aerial cephalopod Lifestyle: Social swarm predator Hunt/Forage Success Rate: 100% Hunt (20% success rate) Armor: Neomwa have nothing that could be considered armor; their skin is soft and weak, and easily penetrated -- much like a typical squid's. However, this is surpassed by the Neomwa's ability to breed quickly and in large numbers, allowing them to easily hunt in vicious swarms. Defenses: Weapons: Tools: Although Neomwa possess no less than four pairs of arms, one of these pairs has been turned into gnathobranchia, a type of "mouth arm", in order to make the body more streamlined, while another pair is squid-like capture tentacles. This leaves the Neomwa with two pairs of tentacle-arms, capable of simple manipulation of objects, or for wrapping around prey. Neither of these possess any adaptations to allow for further manipulation. The capture tentacles are used more for tasting the air and possible prey items with the feathery barbells along their tips, although they can still be used for catching prey. The gnathobranchia holds the rest of the tentacles inside of itself, to minimize drag. Method of Eating: Reproductive Rate: Sexual maturity is reached after 2.5 months. They reproduce only during the windy season of the Deep Swamp. Gestation: Offspring Incubation: Number of Offspring: Offspring Survival Rate (before age of maturity): Singular/Plural/Possessive: Neomwa/Neomwa/Neomwan

The Tidal Pool: The Neouii

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The Ocean: The Neomva

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The Beginning of the Gliding Squids

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The Land: The Neomwa
The Neomwa were the earliest branch-off of the original protista strain. Originally known as the Neo-Protista, these creatures have evolved into speedy cephalopods, which have succeeded in stirring chaos through the ranks of the Aurix colonies for millennia. Recently, the Neomwa evolved a thin fold between one of their pairs of tentacle-arms, which they used to glide for a very brief period of time above the waves, which set them on the path to follow the Aurix to shore. Since then, they have grown two long fins and their original gliding tentacles have receeded into their mouth-like gnathobranchium, which is formed from an shortened, thickened, and flattened pair of tentacles. This gnathobranchium is used in the Neomwa species as a means to accomplish a more streamlined body to allow for faster flight speeds. The Neomwa were entirely capable of erradicating the Aurix on more than one occasion, but chose to flee instead. Are the Neomwa smarter than previously thought? One can only make assumptions.