The Depths of Typhon

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The entire family starting with Pulvisfolium is now known as Chemosanguidae. Parvumcrepusculum ventivenator: Common name: Ventcrawls Description:Ventcrawls are a predatory descendent of the Smokevine. It is much more reliant on predation and scavenging for for its energy. It also has active and dormant cycles, and typically its body changes to accommodate. During dormant cycles It rests on the sea floor and devotes much more energy for chemosynthesis, while during active cycles it hunts for prey. They are around a meter in diameter, and typically has more sets of armed appendages than its predecessors, which always comes in even numbers. it has a significantly expanded nervous system to control all of its appendages better, as it is more active. it also has part of the circulatory system that has developed in Magnavitis, though it is not as extensive. it reproduces as Smokevines do, through division along the middle. it can detect chemical hues to find resources and track prey. Magnavitis Pyrrhusidae: Common name: Vent Behemoths Magnavitis is a more sedentary descendant of the Smokevine, and it spend much more of its utilizing chemosynthesis. It has developed a complex circulatory system that is essentially an extension of the previously extant valve system found in Smokevines. It has developed more efficient chemosynthesis cells to make the most of its resources. It is three meters in diameter, and to support its size it has a basic skeletal system based in its center that is made of a Iron-nickel alloy. it creates this alloy by taking in Iron and Nickel(which are quite common near hydrothermal vents) and transporting them via ion transporting proteins in a special part of its circulatory system. It then uses metal binding proteins to bind Iron and Nickel into an alloy used for its skeleton, most of which is most focused in its feet. It buries its feet into the sea floor during its long dormant cycles. it migrate once every two years, typically north. When this happens it uses its more power feet("which are modified appendages) to crawl along the sea floor. It has specialized waste expelling valves and specialized bioluminescent appendages to let the Yamsaraf know its location. They reproduce not by the common way but by growing splitting a smaller version of itself on top of its body that has as many appendages as the original. This reproduction is commonly synchronized with natural event such as resource abundance, seasonal changes and volcanic eruptions that stir up surrounding waters and open new niches. Yamsaraf Hannoni Common Name: Ventfloats Ventfloats are a descendent of Smokefloats, and they are symbiotic with Magnavitis. They reproduce both asexually and sexually, and typically all the Yamsaraf around a Magnavitis are related. When a Magnavitis reproduces some of the Ventfloatswill follow the new Magnavitis while most stay. They are symbiotic with Magnavitis. Ventfloats absorb organic waste from the Magnavitis and excess nutrients, converting them into usable forms through symbiotic bacteria in its specialized stomach chamber. In return, it provides the host with additional nutrients and helps detoxify harmful substances. They will also alert the Magnavitis of and harass potential predators(especially for smaller Magnavitis.) They are fiercely territorial and they will attempt to spar with intruding Ventcrawls using the spine on their tails. they are around 15 to 20 centimeters long and each Magnavitis has around six to ten Ventfloats. Appuezibu primoensis Common name: Rockcrawlers Description:Rockcrawlers are small (around 3 centimeters in length) chemotrophic organisms that reside in the hydrothermal vents of the North sea. They are related to Typhon's plants, though they can move using fibrous protein strands that act as muscles. They spend most of their life near volcanic vents where they proceed with chemosynthesis, though they can move. They usually are found in colonies and reproduce asexually