Very birb

Please add the new sections to the infobox

Please add the new sections to the infobox

Please add the new sections to the infobox

Please add the new sections to the infobox

Oh nice. Approval is granted.

Thermoregulation Rules

Thermoregulation Transition

Species thermoregulation must use transition species.

Example:

Ectotherm -> Mesotherm ->Endotherm

Respiration Rules

Respiration Transition

Species respirations must use transition species.

Example:

Water-Breathing -> Both Air- and Water-Breathing -> Air-Breathing

Passive -> Semi-Active -> Active

As determined by vote on discord, two new descriptive categories have been added to the Species infobox: Respiration and Thermoregulation. Please see the thread Sagan 4 Project Rules for further elaboration on what these mean.

These will need to be added to any species submission going forward

This does bring up the point, should the ancestors diet be changed? And if so, what would the better term be?

Yeah I have species that have been in development since 2015-16 waiting for me to stop being lazy.

EDIT: looks good to me, so I’m approving it

General pages were meant originally to be pages people could go to for a general overview of commonly used terms on the project that didn't have their own pages, like Plents or Shrews. This has lead to them basically becoming taxonomy pages, since it is defining large groups of related family groups. We were also supposed to have general pages for things like the major continents and time eras, but those never materialized.

We should probably fold the taxonomy pages into these current general pages in one way or another, but how to go about that is probably something that needs to be decided on

Cochliabite (Krakowmaineus campus)

Creator: MNIDJM
Ancestor: Dry Shrubite (Krakowlimus terrius)
Habitat: Maineiac Chaparral, Maineiac Polar Scrub, Maineiac Rocky, Maineiac Volcanic, Maineiac High Grassland
Size: 45 cm Tall
Diet: Microbivore (Chitjorns, Testudiatoms, Hexpouruses, Redmosses, Orangemosses), Detritus
Respiration: Passive
Thermoregulation: Ectothermic
Reproduction: Asexual (Budding, Stolons), Sexual

The cochliabite replaced their ancestor and moved towards the schrublands of Maineiac. They are destiguished by their ancestors by their smaller size and slightly rounder shape.

They reach full size after an average of ten to fifteen years, but are capable of reproducing after about five years of growth. Their lives are comparatively short when held next to their ancestor, living on average for about fifty to sixty years. However, a mild climate, lack of predation and other contributing factors have allowed certain individual cochliabites to survive for centuries, with the oldest documented specimen reaching the age of 376.

Like their ancestors, they reproduce by releasing small clouds of fluffy reproductive material contain microscopic individuals. When they begin to exhaust the directly available nutrient they produce long stolon-like outgrowths which spread under the soil. These act in a number of functions similar to roots, and provide connections between individuals.

Don't forget to list "Creator: OviraptorFan" in the post

The arrowhead retcon is approved

RIP future MniDJM having to sort this out

The scientific name should be Electinius ssp.

Bufforpington Yeah I'm going to have to reject this for the time being. I think this is too drastic of a jump

So are we keeping the art?

QUOTE (Coolsteph @ Feb 23 2021, 02:16 AM)

It seems you forgot to draw the legs in the background.

Yes, please add all limbs.

Methanovore (Methanovori spp.)

Creator: MNIDJM
Ancestor: Methanovore (Methanovori barathrum)
Habitat: Global (Sagan 4); Full aquatic
Size: 30-40 um
Diet: Chemosynthesis (Methane)
Respiration: Anaerobic (Passive Diffusion)
Thermoregulation: Ectothermic
Reproduction: Binary Fission

The '''methanovores''' are a collection of anaerobic methanotroph species found in all of the deep sea environments of Sagan 4. Unlike their distant ancestor the [[Methanophagus]] they are free living, collecting methane from the water. They are no longer generally stationary, but are atrichous and lack any defining surface cillia. To compensate, they rely instead on gliding across the surfaces of the substrate or other objects in their ecosystem. They do so by using motor proteins on the surface of their cells to propel themselves forward in an undulating movement.

Though found in all marine environments, they are at their most diverse in benthic environments, acting in conjunction with methanotrophic and sulfate-reducing species to form the basis of the energy pyramids of their environments. They use sulfates as a driving force for the reaction, typically in the following method:
CH4 + SO42− → HCO3− + HS− + H2O
This reaction is facilitated in a mitochondria-analog referred to as a "methanochondria" which shares its shape with that of their immediate ancestor, suggesting they are the result of an endosymbiosis event between two or more methanophagus.


===Integrated specie===
* [[Methanovore]]

Finished

I like the purple. We rely a bit too much on static white backgrounds sometimes

Cool, then approved

I do feel like the habitat should list Spores Only: Atmosphere (Troposphere)