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On the Alien Planet Eurytos, our Earthly concepts do not apply. Here, what we call “plants” and “animals” are simply different life stages of the dominant Kingdom of complex Life. Each organism in this kingdom has evolved from an ancestor that had two very distinct forms in its reproductive cycle. A “plant” and an “animal” stage. Today the complex life on Eurytos can be roughly divided into three categories. Although there is some overlap.

Phytomortphs:
Phytomorphs are the group of organisms that have specialized to become the primary producers of any given ecosystem, and they make up the vast majority of life on the planet. Their primary life stage is the “plant” stage. Their animal stages are usually quite small and numerous. They act more or less like spores for the Phytomorphs and due to their sheer abundance, fill similar niches to insects on Earth.
When two animal stages of a Phytomorph mate, they usually create one single seedlike organism, which later turns into a small “plant” or even a giant tree. These “insect-spores” also carry the microorganisms the “plant” needs in order to photosynthesize. As no multicellular organism has evolved this ability on their own on Eurytos. Once fully mature, the “plant” will produce numerous little “insect-spores” to renew the cycle again.

Zoomorphs:
Zoomorphs are the animal analog on Eurytos. They are usually larger than the Phytomorph “insect-spores” and are as a result way less numerous and abundant. Their “plant” stage is greatly reduced and functions more like an egg. Although some of these eggs sometimes still retain some primitive “plant” features. When two animal stages of Zoomorphs mate they usually create multiple seedlike organisms. However, once each of them grows up, they mostly only produce one or two Zoomorphs. K-Selection and R-Selection also occur in different species.

Intermorphs:
Intermorphs are the primitive, less specialized, in between forms of Zoomorphs and Phytomorphs. They are mostly, but not exclusively found in the sea and fill the niches of plants as well as animals in their different life stages. They usually produce many zoomorphic young as well as many phytomorphic seeds. They mostly act as generalists and early colonizers and are the second most abundant group on the planet.

Description

On the Alien Planet Eurytos, our Earthly concepts do not apply. Here, what we call “plants” and “animals” are simply different life stages of the dominant Kingdom of complex Life. Each organism in this kingdom has evolved from an ancestor that had two very distinct forms in its reproductive cycle. A “plant” and an “animal” stage. Today the complex life on Eurytos can be roughly divided into three categories. Although there is some overlap.

Phytomortphs:
Phytomorphs are the group of organisms that have specialized to become the primary producers of any given ecosystem, and they make up the vast majority of life on the planet. Their primary life stage is the “plant” stage. Their animal stages are usually quite small and numerous. They act more or less like spores for the Phytomorphs and due to their sheer abundance, fill similar niches to insects on Earth.
When two animal stages of a Phytomorph mate, they usually create one single seedlike organism, which later turns into a small “plant” or even a giant tree. These “insect-spores” also carry the microorganisms the “plant” needs in order to photosynthesize. As no multicellular organism has evolved this ability on their own on Eurytos. Once fully mature, the “plant” will produce numerous little “insect-spores” to renew the cycle again.

Zoomorphs:
Zoomorphs are the animal analog on Eurytos. They are usually larger than the Phytomorph “insect-spores” and are as a result way less numerous and abundant. Their “plant” stage is greatly reduced and functions more like an egg. Although some of these eggs sometimes still retain some primitive “plant” features. When two animal stages of Zoomorphs mate they usually create multiple seedlike organisms. However, once each of them grows up, they mostly only produce one or two Zoomorphs. K-Selection and R-Selection also occur in different species.

Intermorphs:
Intermorphs are the primitive, less specialized, in between forms of Zoomorphs and Phytomorphs. They are mostly, but not exclusively found in the sea and fill the niches of plants as well as animals in their different life stages. They usually produce many zoomorphic young as well as many phytomorphic seeds. They mostly act as generalists and early colonizers and are the second most abundant group on the planet.