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Alpha-x9 is an alien world and you can add to its diverse ecosystem yourself! It is an amazing community project and really brings the speculative evolution community together. Consider joining!

the following description and creatures is taken from 's evolutionary tree with the exception of #11 and #24, which were made by me, and #12, which was made by
The creatures by number go from left to right, and the question mark (don't count that one when counting the creatures) represents an undiscovered group, which I am in the process of making.

1. Bone jaws: bones jaws are a group of aquatic animals that possess bony blade like jaws similar to placoderms. They absorb oxygen from special gill like holes on the side of their bodies. They can range in size from 1 feet to 25 feet and are typically found in reefs and open oceans. Most are carnivores, feeding on hard shelled prey and smaller organisms. They give birth to live young. They typically have wide bodies.

2. Filter feeders: these animals feed on detritus and plankton like creatures. The lack teeth and simply swallow whole their prey. Gill holes are also on the side of their bodies. They lay specialized eggs pouches. They can be found in any aquatic biome and they can range in size from 2 inches to 70 feet.

3. Spear teethed: a group of animals that earn their name because of their teeth. They're commonly carnivores and live in any aquatic biome. They can range in size from 4 feet to 30 feet. They typically use chromatophores to communicate with others of their species.

4. Arrow teethed: these animals possess serrated arrow shaped teeth. They primarily live in saltwater although one genus can thrive in brackish water. They lay specialized egg sacs called " medusa's heads " size range can be 8 feet to 45 feet.

Bipeds

5. Hammer beaks: these animals are known for their hammer like beaks. They're commonly omnivores or herbivores. Males of most species are massive, vibrant, and have pronounced beaks. Forearms are somewhat reduced in most species. Typically live in harems or alone. Grasslands and deserts are their main habitats. They possess theropod-esqe feet. Many species possess a dorsal fin like hump on their backs.

6. Blunt beaks: these guys are the tyrannosaurs of Alpha-X9. They're all carnivores that can range in size from 20 feet to 50 feet in length. Their forearms are vestigial and possess powerful jaws with serrated cone shaped teeth. They live in most terrestrial biomes. They live solitary lives or in mating pairs. Larger species possess osteoderms or scutes on their backs.

7. Spear beaks: these animals are typically medium sized and possess elongated jaws. Their teeth are straight and serrated. They're either nimble pack hunters or mid sized piscivores. They possess 3 toes. Each of them are black and hooked. Most only have 2 to 3 fingers. They can live in most terrestrial biomes.

8. Blade beaks: this group commonly live in forest biomes. They're somewhat basal and are primarily herbivores. They possess crest like beaks that act like weapons for self defense or hunting. Unlike other groups, their arms are long, muscular and fully functional. With some species possessing claws.

9. Arrow beaks: these animals possess arrow shaped heads. They're aerial predators. Soaring through the skies and then dive down to make a kill. They don't have a lot of teeth in their mouths. size can range from chicken sized to the size of a Quetzalcoatlus. They don't fly with powered flight, but instead use jet propulsion with two siphons to control their bouyancy. They don't have the typical theropod body posture.
10. Curved beaks: another Aerial group. These animals possess toothless beaks that curve down. They're typically piscivores that live in mating pairs. They too also fly by jet propulsion. Possessing 2 siphon like holes. They don't have the typical theropod shape.

11. The Eyeless: The Eyeless are quadruped but have no eyes: They use sensitive whiskers to feel around for food. These whiskers have grown into defensive whips in some species. Their diets range all over the spectrum: from meat to plants to dead things.

12. Hexapod

Quadropeds

13. 2 toed: these groups of animals typically live in harems or large herds. They fill the niches of grazers, browsers, and nectar drinkers. Some are light and nimble while others are massive bohemoths. They live in basically any terrestrial environment. They can be sheep sized to indricothere sized. Most of them have armored plated skin and tendrils on certain parts of their bodies; especially the face.

14. Spur toed or spurred toed: they shared a common ancestor with the two toed group. However this group possess spurs on the side of their feet that once their toe. They too also possess tendrils on certain parts of their bodies. They serve some type of purpose but details are limited.

15. 4 toed: these animals are typically omnivores or carnivores. They possess 4 to 5 toes and possess a body plan similar to earths mammalian carnivores. They live in most environments and some of them are semi aquatic.

16. Toothed xenocetaceans: the animals are similar to the dolphins and porpoises of earth. Their ancestors originally were land dwelling but gradually evolved to become aquatic. They live either alone or in huge pods and are known for their intelligence. They possess straight non serrated teeth. They give birth to live young and live in fresh and salt water ecosystems.

17. Filter feeding xenocetaceans: they're the leviathans of this planet. They suck in water with their massive mouths, consume any food, and dispel water from their blow holes.

Invertebrates

18. Worm like creatures: they're one of the most common and the most basal invertebrates on Alpha-X9. Some have segmented bodies with centipede like legs while other have prolegs. They're either spit a venomous spit when provoked or they cover themselves in a toxic mucus covering. They live in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

19-21. Quadropods: quadropods are like the Arthropods of earth. One group possess a one segment body and use a proboscis like feeding tube. Another group has a 2 segmented body consisting of a cephalothorax and abdomen and they possess mouth parts that tear up their food. The third group also has two body segments but they're aquatic.

22-23. Dodekapods: these invertebrates possess 12 legs. Most species live in hot and humid biomes and have the ability to wield bio electricity as a way to communicate with others or as a defense mechanism

Crawlers

24. These are distant relatives of the invertebrates, and probably some of the strangest life on ths planet. At first glance they appear like large insects, as they have multiple legs and a strange body plan. However the Crawlers are very different form the other invertebrates, as their lifestyles show. They begin their lives from a seed-like pod dispersed by the gargantuan female. For the males, this seed grows into a plant-like organism, and after a few weeks produces a fruiting body. After it is formed, this bulb drops to the ground. It is a male adult (shown above). The adult eats the plant that used to be its body at the larval stage to get enough nutrients for a big journey: to find a female. The females also hatch from seed-like pods, but the pod grows to be an animal-like organism, which burrows several meters into the ground. in a bizarre twist of what the males go through, the animal like organism turns into a plant-like one. This plant, akin to the pitcher plants of Earth, grows as an enormous tube that reaches to the surface, where an opening is found. The bottom of the tube is filled with deadly acid, which corrodes its meals - creatures that have fallen in. Once the male finds the female, it hops in. Being immune to the acid, the male waits in the chemical brew a few more days for 5-20 more males to join in. During this time they subsist of scraps of food that has fallen in, and even on each other: many species fight to the death. Finally the day comes and the massive female lowers a sexual organ it has been producing, and using the long tentacles males have on their face, they all (or in some cases, a single surviving male that has killed the rest) pollinate the female. Afterwards they sacrifice themselves to the female, tearing off their protective hides, and in a mass ritual of skinning themselves, and die. This provides enough nutrients for the female to produce millions of eggs, which each have about 1% chance to make it to adulthood, some lower. about a month later, a large stem grows out of the female with a massive bulb at the end. The bulb retracts when it senses wind, and millions of almost microscopic 'seeds' swarm out, carried by the wind. The young hatch in the wet season for a higher chance of survival. The cycle starts again.

Description
For the group made by

Alpha-x9 is an alien world and you can add to its diverse ecosystem yourself! It is an amazing community project and really brings the speculative evolution community together. Consider joining!

the following description and creatures is taken from 's evolutionary tree with the exception of #11 and #24, which were made by me, and #12, which was made by
The creatures by number go from left to right, and the question mark (don't count that one when counting the creatures) represents an undiscovered group, which I am in the process of making.

1. Bone jaws: bones jaws are a group of aquatic animals that possess bony blade like jaws similar to placoderms. They absorb oxygen from special gill like holes on the side of their bodies. They can range in size from 1 feet to 25 feet and are typically found in reefs and open oceans. Most are carnivores, feeding on hard shelled prey and smaller organisms. They give birth to live young. They typically have wide bodies.

2. Filter feeders: these animals feed on detritus and plankton like creatures. The lack teeth and simply swallow whole their prey. Gill holes are also on the side of their bodies. They lay specialized eggs pouches. They can be found in any aquatic biome and they can range in size from 2 inches to 70 feet.

3. Spear teethed: a group of animals that earn their name because of their teeth. They're commonly carnivores and live in any aquatic biome. They can range in size from 4 feet to 30 feet. They typically use chromatophores to communicate with others of their species.

4. Arrow teethed: these animals possess serrated arrow shaped teeth. They primarily live in saltwater although one genus can thrive in brackish water. They lay specialized egg sacs called " medusa's heads " size range can be 8 feet to 45 feet.

Bipeds

5. Hammer beaks: these animals are known for their hammer like beaks. They're commonly omnivores or herbivores. Males of most species are massive, vibrant, and have pronounced beaks. Forearms are somewhat reduced in most species. Typically live in harems or alone. Grasslands and deserts are their main habitats. They possess theropod-esqe feet. Many species possess a dorsal fin like hump on their backs.

6. Blunt beaks: these guys are the tyrannosaurs of Alpha-X9. They're all carnivores that can range in size from 20 feet to 50 feet in length. Their forearms are vestigial and possess powerful jaws with serrated cone shaped teeth. They live in most terrestrial biomes. They live solitary lives or in mating pairs. Larger species possess osteoderms or scutes on their backs.

7. Spear beaks: these animals are typically medium sized and possess elongated jaws. Their teeth are straight and serrated. They're either nimble pack hunters or mid sized piscivores. They possess 3 toes. Each of them are black and hooked. Most only have 2 to 3 fingers. They can live in most terrestrial biomes.

8. Blade beaks: this group commonly live in forest biomes. They're somewhat basal and are primarily herbivores. They possess crest like beaks that act like weapons for self defense or hunting. Unlike other groups, their arms are long, muscular and fully functional. With some species possessing claws.

9. Arrow beaks: these animals possess arrow shaped heads. They're aerial predators. Soaring through the skies and then dive down to make a kill. They don't have a lot of teeth in their mouths. size can range from chicken sized to the size of a Quetzalcoatlus. They don't fly with powered flight, but instead use jet propulsion with two siphons to control their bouyancy. They don't have the typical theropod body posture.
10. Curved beaks: another Aerial group. These animals possess toothless beaks that curve down. They're typically piscivores that live in mating pairs. They too also fly by jet propulsion. Possessing 2 siphon like holes. They don't have the typical theropod shape.

11. The Eyeless: The Eyeless are quadruped but have no eyes: They use sensitive whiskers to feel around for food. These whiskers have grown into defensive whips in some species. Their diets range all over the spectrum: from meat to plants to dead things.

12. Hexapod

Quadropeds

13. 2 toed: these groups of animals typically live in harems or large herds. They fill the niches of grazers, browsers, and nectar drinkers. Some are light and nimble while others are massive bohemoths. They live in basically any terrestrial environment. They can be sheep sized to indricothere sized. Most of them have armored plated skin and tendrils on certain parts of their bodies; especially the face.

14. Spur toed or spurred toed: they shared a common ancestor with the two toed group. However this group possess spurs on the side of their feet that once their toe. They too also possess tendrils on certain parts of their bodies. They serve some type of purpose but details are limited.

15. 4 toed: these animals are typically omnivores or carnivores. They possess 4 to 5 toes and possess a body plan similar to earths mammalian carnivores. They live in most environments and some of them are semi aquatic.

16. Toothed xenocetaceans: the animals are similar to the dolphins and porpoises of earth. Their ancestors originally were land dwelling but gradually evolved to become aquatic. They live either alone or in huge pods and are known for their intelligence. They possess straight non serrated teeth. They give birth to live young and live in fresh and salt water ecosystems.

17. Filter feeding xenocetaceans: they're the leviathans of this planet. They suck in water with their massive mouths, consume any food, and dispel water from their blow holes.

Invertebrates

18. Worm like creatures: they're one of the most common and the most basal invertebrates on Alpha-X9. Some have segmented bodies with centipede like legs while other have prolegs. They're either spit a venomous spit when provoked or they cover themselves in a toxic mucus covering. They live in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

19-21. Quadropods: quadropods are like the Arthropods of earth. One group possess a one segment body and use a proboscis like feeding tube. Another group has a 2 segmented body consisting of a cephalothorax and abdomen and they possess mouth parts that tear up their food. The third group also has two body segments but they're aquatic.

22-23. Dodekapods: these invertebrates possess 12 legs. Most species live in hot and humid biomes and have the ability to wield bio electricity as a way to communicate with others or as a defense mechanism

Crawlers

24. These are distant relatives of the invertebrates, and probably some of the strangest life on ths planet. At first glance they appear like large insects, as they have multiple legs and a strange body plan. However the Crawlers are very different form the other invertebrates, as their lifestyles show. They begin their lives from a seed-like pod dispersed by the gargantuan female. For the males, this seed grows into a plant-like organism, and after a few weeks produces a fruiting body. After it is formed, this bulb drops to the ground. It is a male adult (shown above). The adult eats the plant that used to be its body at the larval stage to get enough nutrients for a big journey: to find a female. The females also hatch from seed-like pods, but the pod grows to be an animal-like organism, which burrows several meters into the ground. in a bizarre twist of what the males go through, the animal like organism turns into a plant-like one. This plant, akin to the pitcher plants of Earth, grows as an enormous tube that reaches to the surface, where an opening is found. The bottom of the tube is filled with deadly acid, which corrodes its meals - creatures that have fallen in. Once the male finds the female, it hops in. Being immune to the acid, the male waits in the chemical brew a few more days for 5-20 more males to join in. During this time they subsist of scraps of food that has fallen in, and even on each other: many species fight to the death. Finally the day comes and the massive female lowers a sexual organ it has been producing, and using the long tentacles males have on their face, they all (or in some cases, a single surviving male that has killed the rest) pollinate the female. Afterwards they sacrifice themselves to the female, tearing off their protective hides, and in a mass ritual of skinning themselves, and die. This provides enough nutrients for the female to produce millions of eggs, which each have about 1% chance to make it to adulthood, some lower. about a month later, a large stem grows out of the female with a massive bulb at the end. The bulb retracts when it senses wind, and millions of almost microscopic 'seeds' swarm out, carried by the wind. The young hatch in the wet season for a higher chance of survival. The cycle starts again.