Loss of food is only determined when there is nothing left like their prey, not when the specific prey species goes extinct.

Or it simply lost toes? Losing toes is way easier than fusing or shrinking them.

The ancestor has four toes on each foot.

you put "kakonat" as the name in the template

Thermoregulation would be ectotherm

It should say the specific passive method for respiration, not oxygen

I think I made a template for shell support at one point. It's complicated for this group because it's multi-layer.

They're unlikely to meet in the air. It may be water-dependent for combination.

Support cannot just list material. It must describe the method and structure as well.

Gastroliths should be held in place, not floating free. My head hurts too much right now to try editing, I'll do it tomorrow.

The "green cells" change colors in their ancestors, like cyanobacteria. Korystals settled on red.

I've imagined that the vascular system would be made of hyphae bundled together, would that be the structure of the "roots" where present?

Both sets have to sexually reproduce independently. It can probably be simplified such that two spores, one of each species, are tied together. I remember @colddigger wrote something up about it at some point? But this is just how binucleids are.

Crystals would have mycelium, not true roots, and their "gametes" (which don't fuse like ours and instead form dikaryotic cells) should be two-part due to the two species that make up crystals, as they should be in the ancestors.

As long as they are connected and it fits the 3 types / 3 flavors rule, a large range is fine.

Can the actual creators of the species be contacted to ask them what they actually meant? That should always be done first.

From the description it sounds more like feather barbs than random tentacles now.

The ancestor's description suggests it's just like all nimbuses but building on a pile of dead ones. What you depicted is something heavier and anatomically different which would contradict the description of it weighing almost nothing.

This also does not make sense as a diversification of its ancestor, as it is biologically considerably different.

A genus group must have a minimum of 3 species depicted.

Yes, the reference is intentional.

Seashrogs and wolvershrogs are extinct in its range this gen due to mangal sauceback larvae making their nests unsustainable.

I'll make other edits. It's meant to be double the length of its ancestor, but its ancestor was measured without its tail, so this is too.

No the continental plates genus region includes the shallows according to the ecosystem page

Longjake (Megapufolong hongzongmao) (red-maned mega-shrew-dragon)
Creator: Disgustedorite
Ancestor: Longjack
Habitat: Fly Tropical Beach, Fly Tropical Coast, Hydro Tropical Beach, Hydro Tropical Coast, Hydro Tropical Mangal, Time Subtropical Beach, Time Subtropical Coast, Time Archipelago Subtropical Beaches, Time Subtropical Mangal, Oz Subtropical Beach, Oz Subtropical Coast, Oz Subtropical Mangal, Anguan Temperate Coast, Anguan Temperate Beach, Anguan Archipelago Temperate Beaches, Barlowe Temperate Mangal, Abello Temperate Beach, Abello Temperate Coast, Abello Archipelago Temperate Beaches, Ittiz Temperate Beach, Ittiz Temperate Coast, Ittiz Archipelago Temperate Beaches, Ittiz Temperate Mangal, Nergali Subtropical Beach, Nergali Subtropical Coast, Clayren Temperate Beach, Clayren Temperate Coast, Clayren Archipelago Temperate Beaches, Clayren Temperate Mangal, Maineiac Temperate Mangal, Maineiac Archipelago Temperate Beaches
Size: 6 meters long (excluding tail)
Support: Endoskeleton (Bone)
Diet: Omnivore (Marine Crystals, Flashkelps, Amphibious Flashkelp, Hairy Flashkelp, Tlukvaequabora saplings, Carnosprawl saplings, Mangrovecrystal saplings, Goldilackaruck, Coastal Goth Tree, Pelagic Puffgrass, Raft-Building Cone Puffgrass, Florisland, Orangemat, Orangemosses, Redmosses, Chainswarmers, Swarmerweed, Gut Anemoweeds, Colonial Bubblgea, Twinkiiros, Twinkorals, Marbleflora, Chambered Bobiiro, Lacrimuck, Brushrums, Digging Filterpeders, Lesser Bloisters, Scuttlers, Frabukis, Seamaw, Snapper Scuttler, Bloister, Cleaner Crastrum, Triloraker), Scavenger
Respiration: Active (Lungs)
Thermoregulation: Endotherm/Gigantotherm
Reproduction: Sexual (Male and Female, Live Birth)

The longjake split from its ancestor. It has elaborated on its ancestor’s semi-aquatic habits and now lives mostly in water. Much of its fur has been replaced with scales like those on its ancestor's underbelly, except for a mane running down its back, which is vibrant orange in males and black in females. The mane is stiff and waterproof, and it aids in swimming similar to an eel’s fin. As the tails of tamjacks are adapted to swing side-to-side, the longjake has evolved to swim primarily with a left-right undulation of its body and tail. It is a slow swimmer, preferring to walk on the sediment while searching for food. Its eyes, ears, and nostrils are placed high so that it may take a breath quickly and peer above water without exposing itself.

Unlike its ancestor, the longjake will consume both flora and fauna. It will upturn either one with its snout, uprooting rooted flora and tossing fauna from the sediment so that it may eat them entirely. It is immune to the poison of marine crystals. It will also consume floating flora and pull puffgrasses and goth trees right off their rafts. There is very little it will not eat, as its teeth can crush shells and grind wood and chitin, and its use of hindgut fermentation allows it to digest tough flora and meat at the same time. It will even scavenge from carcasses. This helps it maintain its large size in its aquatic choice of habitat.

Like its ancestor, the longjake has a saw on its tail which can severely injure any would-be attacker. A well-aimed strike can disembowel or decapitate.

Like its ancestor, the longjake lacks a functional pouch and gives live birth to fairly well-developed young capable of running soon after birth. It walks onto land to do so, but juveniles will follow their mother into the water and nurse while swimming. They are independent as soon as they are weaned. Juveniles commonly flee onto the beaches to escape from predators.

not intentionally but I'll pretend it is now

Digging Filterpeders (Balaenacaris spp.) (baleen-shrimp)
Creator: Disgustedorite
Ancestor: Krillpedes
Habitat: Continental Shelves (Shallows-Midnight), Barlowe (Intertidal and Mangal Zones), Drake (Intertidal and Mangal Zones), Fermi (Intertidal and Mangal Zones), Koseman (Intertidal and Mangal Zones), Lamarck (Intertidal and Mangal Zones), Ramul (Intertidal and Mangal Zones), Steiner (Intertidal and Mangal Zones), Vonnegut (Intertidal and Mangal Zones), Wallace (Intertidal and Mangal Zones), LadyM Ocean (Larvae), Jujubee Ocean (Larvae), Mnid Ocean (Larvae)
Size: 1-5 cm long
Support: Exoskeleton (Chitin)
Diet: Planktivore
Respiration: Passive (Porous Cuticle)
Thermoregulation: Ectotherm
Reproduction: Sexual (Spores)

Digging filterpeders split from their ancestor and diversified. Unlike their ancestors, they are not planktonic as adults. Instead, they live on the sediment and dig little burrows using their legs. They dig their burrows perpendicular to the flow of water and will sit at the entrance with their heads exposed, letting water flow through their baleen. When they sense danger with their long antennae, they quickly retreat backwards into the burrow. As in their ancestors, the scutes on their backs have nothing to do with respiration--in fact being homologous with the components of their tail fin. Rather, like a primitive arthropod, they respire through microscopic pores in their cuticle. This has always been the case at least as far back as the Segmentocauda Atrumrepo, with species that have evolved other respiratory systems doing so in order to respire better, similar to the many independent origins of gills in arthropods.

Digging filterpeders have gained sexual reproduction. They exit their burrows to spawn, and their spores meet those of others of their species to produce zygotes. These grow into free-living planktonic fetuses which live similarly to krillpedes and feed on microorganisms. Once their cuticle has developed, they settle on the seafloor and make their first burrow. They usually do not stay in the same place their whole lives; they may crawl or swim away to migrate somewhere more favorable if there is not enough food or if they are threatened by predators.

The burrows of digging filterpeders break up microbial mats and oxygenate the sediment. This makes them ecologically important, not just for food but for making the seafloor habitable to other organisms such as obligate burrowers, sediment-dwelling microbes, and rooted flora.

There are many species of digging filterpeder. The vast majority are found in shallow water along coasts or hidden in the shallows of mangrove swamps. Some species live in the intertidal zone, feeding at high tide and hiding in their burrows at low tide. Their diet is made up primarily of phytoplankton, including unicellular algae and microswarmers, so deep water species are rarer. The deepest-living species are found on the midnight zone sea floor, where they rely on marine snow for sustenance.

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So it turns out that while there are genus regions for each ocean, there is only one genus region for the entire seafloor? That doesn't seem right.

It could be as simple as floating lower and lower because there's more nutrients closer to the ground until it ceased floating at all.