Approval Checklist:
Art:
Art Present?: Y
Art clear?: Y
Gen number?: Y
All limbs shown?: Y
Reasonably Comparable to Ancestor?: Y
Realistic additions?: Y

Name:
Binomial Taxonomic Name?: Y
Creator?: Y

Ancestor:
Listed?: Y
What changes?: Breeding behavior, head crest size, tongue morphology, hunting behavior
External?: Y
Internal?: Y
Behavioral/Mental?: Y
Are Changes Realistic?: Y
New Genus Needed?: (If yes, list why)

Habitat:
Type?: 1
Flavor?: 2??
Connected?: Y
Wildcard?: N

Size:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Within range?: Y
Exception?: Na

Support:
Same as Ancestor?: y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Na
Other?: Na

Diet:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Transition Rule?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y, Became carnivorous predators of small prey

Respiration:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Na
Other?: Na

Thermoregulation:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Na
Other?: Na

Reproduction:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Na
Other?: Na

Description:
Length?: Decent
Capitalized correctly?: Y
Replace/Split from ancestor?: Replaced in given biomes
Other?: Nice supplemental images

Opinion: Pending(why);

Corrections

"They are capable of both expanding and contracting the end of its cuticle-covered tongue"

Switching between plural and singular tense, could replace its with "the".

"as the coats are shed and the brooding period starts,"

Saying the coats doesn't seem necessary, could say their coats or just "as coats are shed".

"helping prevent future infections in their nuptial gifts from rotten food"

I don't think I understand this sentence, is it preventing infections in the tongue, or spoilage from nuptial gifts going rancid?

"movements of animals much smaller then itself"

Than

Approval Checklist:
Art:
Art Present?: y
Art clear?: Y
Gen number?: Y
All limbs shown?: Y
Reasonably Comparable to Ancestor?: Y
Realistic additions?: Y

Name:
Binomial Taxonomic Name?: Y
Creator?: Y

Ancestor:
Listed?: Y
What changes?:
External?: Y
Internal?: Y
Behavioral/Mental?: Y
Are Changes Realistic?: Y
New Genus Needed?: Y, significant body changes

Habitat:
Type?: 1
Flavor?: 3??
Connected?: Y??
Wildcard?: ...

Size:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Within range?: Y
Exception?: Na

Support:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y
Other?: Clarifying

Diet:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Transition Rule?: Na
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Changed term for feeding on symbiont

Respiration:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y
Other?: Clarifying

Thermoregulation:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y
Other?: Clarifying

Reproduction:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y
Other?: Change from spore covered to jerky covered is fairly minor

Description:
Length?: Okay
Capitalized correctly?: Y
Replace/Split from ancestor?: Split
Other?: Much of reproductive description revolves more around symbiont rather than description of strictly creab Walker reproduction method, because it is simple this is okay.

Opinion: Pending(why);



"signals produced by the creab shell’s eyes"

Unnecessary apostrophe

Approval Checklist:
Art:
Art Present?: Y
Art clear?: Y
Gen number?: Y
All limbs shown?: Y
Reasonably Comparable to Ancestor?: Y
Realistic additions?: Y

Name:
Binomial Taxonomic Name?: Y
Creator?: Y

Ancestor:
Listed?: y
What changes?: Main body divided into two pieces connected by thin filaments that pass through symbiont body, reproductive method
External?: Y
Internal?: Y
Behavioral/Mental?: Y
Are Changes Realistic?: Y
New Genus Needed?: Yes, Significant body morphology change, reproductive change

Habitat:
Type?: 1
Flavor?: 3??
Connected?: Y??
Wildcard?: ...

Size:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Within range?: N
Exception?: N

Support:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y
Other?: Clarifying

Diet:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Transition Rule?: Na
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Na

Respiration:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y
Other?: Clarifying

Thermoregulation:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y
Other?: Clarifying

Reproduction:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y
Other?: Interesting choice, I like that it facilitates spreading the complex to new areas

Description:
Length?: Okay
Capitalized correctly?: Y
Replace/Split from ancestor?: Split
Other?: Could use more description of activity of the connecting filaments.

Opinion: Pending(why);

Listed size falls outside guidelines without explanation of selective pressure or set up, alternatively external size is listed hidden total length needs to be mentioned to be within guidelines.



"These eyes produce electrochemicle signals"

Misspelling

"three codominant alleles producin six phenotypes"

Misspelling, I suggest the word resulting instead

"greater dispersal but also in creases the odds "

Misplaced space

"exact placement and size of which very between individuals. "

Vary

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autumn_leaf_color

I'm trying to find sources on the light levels of polar regions.

It may be better to find out what the dominant light is at different angles of the sun in the sky, then determine where the sun is at different times of the year for Sagan 4 regions.

Added about active times

Fantastic and unique set up

"the mother's croriss and produce a psudo-placenta. "

Should be pseudo

Approval Checklist:
Art:
Art Present?: Y
Art clear?: Y
Gen number?: Y
All limbs shown?: Y
Reasonably Comparable to Ancestor?: Y
Realistic additions?: Y

Name:
Binomial Taxonomic Name?: Y
Creator?: Y

Ancestor:
Listed?: Y
What changes?: Shrunk in size, burrowing, loss of obtaining nutrients from symbiont
External?: Y
Internal?: Y
Behavioral/Mental?: Y
Are Changes Realistic?: Y
New Genus Needed?: Y, reproductive change, symbiont relationship change

Habitat:
Type?: 1??
Flavor?: 3
Connected?: Y
Wildcard?: ...

Size:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Within range?: N
Exception?: Y, climate pressure and symbiont pressure makes sense to drive this to become smaller fast

Support:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y
Other?: Clarifying

Diet:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Transition Rule?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y, loss of symbiont food source

Respiration:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y
Other?: Clarifying

Thermoregulation:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y
Other?: clarifying

Reproduction:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y
Other?: The words used for reproduction are the same as ancestor but the method of reproduction isn't quite the same, I'm not sure how to adjust this.

Description:
Length?: decent
Capitalized correctly?: Yes
Replace/Split from ancestor?: Split
Other?: Na

Opinion: Pending(why);

There are some fixes that need to be done.


"One another, gaging the size of both their partner"

Misspelling

"when the females is preparing to fertilize the eggs"

Plural or singular female?

"developing within the egg, leaching off some of the excess reserves "

I think it's actually the other form of leaching, leeching, that is meant, but look into that.

Approval Checklist:
Art:
Art Present?: Y
Art clear?: Y
Gen number?: Y
All limbs shown?: Y
Reasonably Comparable to Ancestor?: Y
Realistic additions?: Y

Name:
Binomial Taxonomic Name?: Y
Creator?: Y

Ancestor:
Listed?: Y
What changes?: Dome shape, became deciduous pigment density shifts seasonally, antifreeze, reproductive method
External?: Y
Internal?: Y
Behavioral/Mental?: Y
Are Changes Realistic?: Y
New Genus Needed?: Yes, significant reproductive change

Habitat:
Type?: 1??
Flavor?: 3
Connected?: Yes
Wildcard?: ...

Size:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Within range?: Y
Exception?: I guess this is technically a Flora

Support:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y
Other?: Clarified cell wall

Diet:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Transition Rule?: Na
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Changed term for blood use

Respiration:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y
Other?: Clarified method

Thermoregulation:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y
Other?: Clarified method

Reproduction:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y
Other?: Interesting choice

Description:
Length?: Decent
Capitalized correctly?: Yes
Replace/Split from ancestor?: Split
Other?: The paragraphs could be spaced better, otherwise it's structure well and the voice of it is pleasant.

Opinion: Pending(why)

There are some fixes necessary:


"Period have long since passed and in its place is are brisk,"

Mishap

"complex and a handful of other otherwise-maladapted denizens"

I like this however following other with other is awkward.

"deposit a packet containing both the walker’s and the shell’s sperm"

Should the shells gametes be considered sperm? Is there a significant ova counterpart?

"With spermatocytes conjugated with their respective components’ gametes"

This is related to previous comment, I'm not sure it's clarifying enough regarding the gamete system in play.

I'm curious about the deciduous nature, it may be good to clarify why the color change occurs, example in plants it is because chlorophyll ceases production and what remains are accessory pigments and defensive pigments, when eventually fade themselves.

Approval Checklist:
Art:
Art Present?: Y
Art clear?: Y
Gen number?: Y
All limbs shown?: Y
Reasonably Comparable to Ancestor?: Y
Realistic additions?: Y

Name:
Binomial Taxonomic Name?: Y
Creator?: Y

Ancestor:
Listed?: Y
What changes?: Fusion of central segments, increased interfacing with symbiont via blood vessels and nerve bundles, reproductive method
External?: Y
Internal?: Y
Behavioral/Mental?: Y
Are Changes Realistic?: Y
New Genus Needed?: Significance body formation change and symbiont interface change in reproductive tract

Habitat:
Type?: 1
Flavor?: 3
Connected?: Yes
Wildcard?:

Size:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Within range?: Y
Exception?: Na

Support:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Clarified exoskeleton
Other?: Na

Diet:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Transition Rule?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y, loss of herbivory

Respiration:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Clarify has exchange with symbiont
Other?: Na

Thermoregulation:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y, clarifying basking
Other?: Na

Reproduction:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y, interface symbiont during embryonic development allows for blood nutrient exchange intermediary
Other?: It is interesting

Description:
Length?: Decent
Capitalized correctly?: Y
Replace/Split from ancestor?: Split
Other?: Na

Opinion: pending

Reproduction involving the symbiont acting as a placental middleman needs to be clearly explained in this description, even if it exists in symbiont description.

Approval Checklist:
Art:
Art Present?: Y
Art clear?: Y
Gen number?: Y
All limbs shown?: Y
Reasonably Comparable to Ancestor?: Y
Realistic additions?: Y

Name:
Binomial Taxonomic Name?: Y
Creator?: Y

Ancestor:
Listed?: Y
What changes?: Leaf like growths, honeycomb Chambers inside, infiltrations of symbiont act as vascular system, infiltration into symbiont reproductive tract and own reproductive method
External?: Y
Internal?: Y
Behavioral/Mental?: Y
Are Changes Realistic?: Y
New Genus Needed?: Y, reproductive change is significant

Habitat:
Type?: 1
Flavor?: 3
Connected?: Y
Wildcard?: ...

Size:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Within range?: Y
Exception?: Na

Support:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y, clarifying cell walls
Other?: Na

Diet:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Transition Rule?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Na

Respiration:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: y Clarifying source of gases
Other?: Na

Thermoregulation:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y clarifying method
Other?: Na

Reproduction:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y
Other?: Interesting method

Description:
Length?: Decent
Capitalized correctly?: Y
Replace/Split from ancestor?: Split
Other?: Na

Opinion: approved

Though I think it would be of interest to elaborate on the function of the vascular system provided by their symbiont, how they interface and what it provides.

I'm curious about the mating habits.

Do individuals mutually exchange sperm, or is there a donor and receiver despite the roles being interchangeable?

Also, is there an image of both symbionts together?

"Another set of roots extends into the uterus and the male spores bond with these concurrently with the inzcrek’s eggs being"

I am thinking it may be good to clarify that the spores are provided by the male, not that the spores themselves are male.


This is an interesting organism, I don't really know about this lineage, do I don't know if this is normal for it.

Art:
Art Present?: Y
Art clear?: Y
Gen number?: Y
All limbs shown?: Y
Reasonably Comparable to Ancestor?: Y
Realistic additions?: Y

Name:
Binomial Taxonomic Name?: Y
Creator?: Y

Ancestor:
Listed?: Y
What changes?: Longer hind legs, smaller foreclaws,, loss of toe pads, more permanent host residency, method of obtaining host, more nipples, birthing method, developed a pouch
External?: Y
Internal?: Y
Behavioral/Mental?: Y
Are Changes Realistic?: Y
New Genus Needed?: Y, done

Habitat:
Type?: 2
Flavor?: 3?
Connected?: Y
Wildcard?: ...

Size:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Within range?: N
Exception?: Y, obligate parasitism can lead to rapid size changes as it becomes a powerful selective pressure.

Support:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y
Other?: It's good that bone was added as an internal skeleton, but listing what the bones is made of would be nice

Diet:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Transition Rule?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?:na

Respiration:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Na
Other?: Na

Thermoregulation:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y
Other?: Adding host body heat is good

Reproduction:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y
Other?: Umbilical cord is interesting

Description:
Length?: Decent
Capitalized correctly?: Y
Replace/Split from ancestor?: Split
Other?:

Opinion: Approved

Fixed

"as an actively pumped circulatory system for the crorsiss. The growth of these tendrils is directed by hormonal signals from the croriss. '

A misspelling

Art:
Art Present?: Y
Art clear?: Y
Gen number?: Y
All limbs shown?: Y
Reasonably Comparable to Ancestor?: Y
Realistic additions?: Y

Name:
Binomial Taxonomic Name?: Y
Creator?: Y

Ancestor:
Listed?: Y
What changes?: Size, pigmentation, gained baleen
External?: Y
Internal?: Y
Behavioral/Mental?: N
Are Changes Realistic?: Y
New Genus Needed?: N

Habitat:
Type?:
Flavor?:
Connected?:
Wildcard?:

Size:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Within range?: Y
Exception?: Abyssal

Support:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Na
Other?: Na

Diet:
Same as Ancestor?: y
Transition Rule?: Na
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Na

Respiration:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Na
Other?: Na

Thermoregulation:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Na
Other?: Na

Reproduction:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Na
Other?: Na

Description:
Length?: Acceptable, covers it
Capitalized correctly?: Unknown
Replace/Split from ancestor?: Split
Other?: Spelling errors need work

Opinion: Pending needs working errors fixed, someone else do biomes

I would think a broader tail would allow for expansion on muscle attachments that already exist as opposed to a longer tail needing to create new attachments.

I think the image used as the main image is fine, it has all the parts and even displays the thing performing in it's environment.
One thing I would suggest is emphasizing the water break on the legs, maybe some ripple outline.

A second image, from the side would be good, purely for the purpose of better understanding body part ratios, and with it a window can be put through the shell to directly show attachment.

Art:
Art Present?: Y
Art clear?: Y
Gen number?: Y
All limbs shown?: Y
Reasonably Comparable to Ancestor?: Y
Realistic additions?: Y

Name:
Binomial Taxonomic Name?: Y
Creator?: Y

Ancestor:
Listed?: Y
What changes?: Cultivation of topship fuzzpalm, bigger nests, weaker learned construction skills, net hunting, communities of families in a nest instead of a single family, reduced tail saw,
External?: Y
Internal?: N
Behavioral/Mental?: Y
Are Changes Realistic?: Y
New Genus Needed?: No

Habitat:
Type?:
Flavor?:
Connected?:
Wildcard?:

Size:
Same as Ancestor?: y
Within range?: Y
Exception?: N

Support:
Same as Ancestor?: n
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y
Other?: Specification of internal bones, this is good but saying what the bones are could also help

Diet:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Transition Rule?: N/a
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Yes, changes are really just sources of food rather than kind of food

Respiration:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/a
Other?:

Thermoregulation:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/a
Other?:

Reproduction:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/a
Other?:

Description:
Length?: Decent
Capitalized correctly?: Y
Replace/Split from ancestor?: Split
Other?: How do new nests obtain seeds for their trees?

Opinion: Pending, someone else do the biomes

Art:
Art Present?: y
Art clear?: Y
Gen number?: Y
All limbs shown?: Y
Reasonably Comparable to Ancestor?: y
Realistic additions?: Y

Name:
Binomial Taxonomic Name?: Y
Creator?: Y

Ancestor:
Listed?: Y
What changes?: Method of blood extraction, bigger feet with pads, ballooning stomach, larger eyes, better olfactory, heat pit in nose cleft, better developed young at birth capable of eating blood
External?: Yes
Internal?: Yes
Behavioral/Mental?: Yes
Are Changes Realistic?: Yes
New Genus Needed?: Yes, several sensory developments and offspring changes

Habitat:
Type?:
Flavor?:
Connected?:
Wildcard?:

Size:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Within range?: Y
Exception?:

Support:
Same as Ancestor?: N/a
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Yes, specification of bone
Other?: Might be good to specific kind of bone

Diet:
Same as Ancestor?: Yes
Transition Rule?: N/a
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/a

Respiration:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/a
Other?:n/a

Thermoregulation:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Does It Fit Habitat?: Yes
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y
Other?: Addition of hosts body heat is good, very clarifying

Reproduction:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y
Other?: Loss of milk in reproductive approach, makes sense as offspring are born capable of drinking blood

Description:
Length?: Decent
Capitalized correctly?: Y
Replace/Split from ancestor?: Split
Other?: N

Opinion: pending, someone else do the biome stuff

Oops!
Fixed

To simplify it the main differences are

Heat responses in leaves in the form of hairs for shade and cuticle growth when drying out,
Tissues that produce terpenes that help form rain clouds,
Bark,
Height,
Method of reproduction
Arsenic in nonreproductive tissues
Seasonal leaf forms.

The biggest things I think are the bark and the method of reproduction, as everything else are fairly minor.

I don't think a transitional species is even necessary, if anything this can be a transitional species.

Given they would do the same to a dead plent, it would be a behavior or attraction to nostril holes for laying eggs, a stimulus response of flaring feathers once laying eggs;
While flaring feathers and barber feathers are not selected for in carrion preferred populations, those also have to compete with Vermees, while those populations drawn to fresher and living nostrils don't.
The flaring wouldn't be a thoughtful decision but it would result in greater success, the barbs would be selected for quickly as those without would more easily get dislodged faster, resulting in fewer eggs getting laid in the right place (stuck deep in the nostril hole).

So what I think is an expansion on the description a little bit talking about competition selective pressure from Vermees, but still a willingness for carrion when fresher sources are unavailable.

The biggest thing is actually not the adult, but the larvae.

Because it is their behavior to seek out denser lignin, and it is their behavior that would change to eat lighter cellulose alongside that lignin, which works fine. Their behavior would be the most transitional due to their current state simply boring through the tissues of the Plent to seek out bone, the next species would likely consume more soft tissue, fat reserves and skimming bone, drinking blood, and eventually eating the nephron lining of the skin and cleaning out the body into a sack best the end as a true parasitoid.

Would these perform the same behavior toward a recently dead plent?

I think size + plates would lead to them considering something else if available.

Being a second or third choice still means they will prey on it, but it's not defenseless and it wouldn't be found and eaten into extinction.

If they do decide to go the size change route that would be fine, and probably work out, but I don't think it's required.