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Why do I get the feeling this will have hallucinogenic properties?

Given how psychedelic some of the ancestors were, I wouldn't be surprised.

Hypnodrak

QUOTE (Irinya @ Apr 29 2021, 09:51 PM)

Given how psychedelic some of the ancestors were, I wouldn't be surprised. Hypnodrak

I forgot about that actually.

The habitat should be a list of biomes

Don't forget that this species need to be in color!

Probably the easiest way to clean this up would be using GIMP, using the color selector, fine-tuning it to only the shade of blue of the background lines, and then using the eraser in a big size over it, or using the paint bucket, set to white. Then the image could be trimmed, desaturated (to make the lineart black) and then filled in with color. If the lineart was continuous and thick, the coloring could be done quickly using the paint buckets, but, if not, you could go a less convenient route and color within the lines using the paintbrush tool.

...at least, that's how I would do it, if I wanted to do it quickly. Usually, sketches submitted as part of Works-In-Progress submissions are farther along, but this is still functional.

"Sticky Spores carried by Fauna." should not have a period at the end.
I can provide more comments once this submission is more developed.

On color, iirc Mnidjm is coloring it for him.

Took suggestions into account, replaced image (still not final), and added partial taxonomy. Looking forward to further input.

It's still unclear how big the range of the Equabora would be; a tree living in the coastal waters themselves is exceptional. Are you sure it is sufficiently well-adapted to live across the Equabora's entire provisional range? Could it withstand coastal storms?

What sort of fauna spread its spores? Given its range, it would be easiest to specify "small [members of specified family or genus]" or "[genus group names] and small non-genus relatives".

QUOTE (Coolsteph @ Apr 30 2021, 10:07 PM)

It's still unclear how big the range of the Equabora would be

The range is finalized, but as a heads up, it is a Wildcard submission, so unless this is your Wildcard it can't live everywhere the equabora does.

Habitat has now been updated to only include nearby regions with Equabora in them.

Not being well acquainted with the kinds of arboreal organisms might be inhabiting the Equabora of this area, perhaps someone might be able to point me in the right direction?

Additionally, as this species has adapted to a *very* different lifestyle to its ancestors, does it make sense for this to be a basal member of a new genus perhaps?

This post has been edited by Irinya: May 4 2021, 08:03 PM

Updated again to include a few more suggestions.

- Genus changed to "Asseculanthos"
- Size reduced marginally
- Included potential spore-carrying fauna
- Described defense mechanisms against being eaten by said fauna

Things I'm considering and would gladly accept comment on:

- Salt tolerance
- Remaining attached to the branch during inclement weather

This post has been edited by Irinya: May 4 2021, 08:18 PM

Remember that the species this guy parasitizes is know called the Tlukvaequabora instead just the Equabora, so make sure you incorporate that into its descriptions

Here's the finalized image:

Mnidjm, this is oddly beautiful.