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Mind editing the line about reproductive organs? We try to keep direct usage of the terminology to a minimum.

Using "copulatory organ" or, more vaguely, "male reproductive organ" could work. If you must, it's recommended to use "phallus" instead: it's a little more obscure.
"Gonopodium" could work if it's modified from a limb. If it has flaps and hooks like that of some species of insects, "aedeagus" could work. You could go the tailed frog route and call it a "cloacal tail" if it's an extension of the cloaca, but that structure seems unique enough you'd have to mention tail frogs in the description.

Alight, changed.

"Tagma" is so obscure I had to look it up. I recommend providing a parenthetical explanation.
"electrochemicle" Electrochemical.
"aproximatly": Approximately.
Capitalizing all the words in the template at the top is customary.

Done.

Are you sure it’s live birth? Or is it more like ovoviviparity where the heads are simply held within the body?

QUOTE (OviraptorFan @ Dec 3 2021, 07:18 PM)

Are you sure it’s live birth? Or is it more like ovoviviparity where the heads are simply held within the body?

Do you mean the eggs are held within the body? I'm pretty sure it counts as live birth. The eggs don't have shells and while the 'placenta' is actually a separate organism (which eventually becomes its symbiont) it is providing them with their nutriants and energy instead of a yolk. The 'placenta' actually connects to the mother's Croriss rather than the mother itself, so I could see an argument that it is ovoviviparity followed by a very strange parasitic/mutualistic larval stage but I think its just as accurate to say its live birth. If people want it changed though I can.

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?

QUOTE (colddigger @ Dec 19 2021, 10:06 PM)

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?

The plan was for them to mutually exchange sperm.

Unfortunately no, I had to redraw both of them a few times so they aren't in the same scale. I made sure to keep them combineable for the Creab, which was drawn after this.

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.

QUOTE (colddigger @ Dec 19 2021, 11:45 PM)

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

Done.

Fantastic and unique set up

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

Should be pseudo

Fixed