Editing Essari Evolution Game/Fredanian Era (section)

==Algae Evolution==

[[Image:EssariAlgaeChart.png|thumb|center|Algae Evolution]]

===Algae===
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<br />'''Algae'''
<br />Progenitor: None
<br />-> Flap Algae
<br />-> Bump Algae
<br />-> Net Algae]]
'''Generation:''' 0
<br>'''Size:''' 0.01 cm
<br>'''Temporal Range:''' Beginning of Fredanian to Present
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Simple, primitive algae which exists in abundant quantities in the water.

===Flap Algae===
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<br />'''Flap Algae'''
<br />Progenitor: Algae
<br />-> Coral Algae]]
'''Generation:''' 1
<br>'''Size:''' 0.01cm
<br>'''Temporal Range:''' Fredanian Start to Mid Fredanian
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A simple specie of algae with a greater surface area for photosynthesis.
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===Coral Algae===
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<br />'''Coral Algae'''
<br />Progenitor: Flap Algae
<br />-> Toxic Coral Algae]]
'''Generation:''' 2
<br>'''Size:''' 0.01cm
<br>'''Temporal Range:''' Early Fredanian to ---
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This species of algae developed mineralized tissues on their lower side, anchoring them to the ground in shallower sea waters.

===Toxic Coral Algae===
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<br />'''Toxic Coral Algae'''
<br />Progenitor: Coral Algae
<br />-> Poisonous Grabber Coral]]
'''Generation:''' 3
<br>'''Size:''' 0.01cm
<br>'''Temporal Range:''' Early Fredanian to F-T Extinction Event
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Certain Coral Algae begin storing waste in glands throughout their body, poisoning whatever predator decides to prey upon them.
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===Bump Algae===
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<br />'''Bump Algae'''
<br />Progenitor: Algae
<br />-> Grablgae
<br />-> Vascular Algae]]
'''Size:''' 0.01cm
<br>'''Generation:''' 1
<br>'''Temporal Range:''' Fredanian Start to Mid Fredanian
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The cells of algae would remain clumped together after dividing.

===Grabalgae===
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<br />'''Grabalgae'''
<br />Progenitor: Bump Algae
<br />-> P. Grabber Coral]]
'''Generation:''' 2-3
<br>'''Size:''' 0.01cm
<br>'''Temporal Range:''' Early Fredanian to F-T Extinction Event
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They develop sticky filaments to hang on things like rocks or creatures, which give them hight movability
<br>Overtime some develope a rizom out of the filaments that produce a new Grabalgea if the top is eaten.

===Poisonous Grabber Coral===
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<br />'''P. Grabber Coral'''
<br />Progenitor: Poisonous Coral Algae/Grabalgae
<br />-> -- ]]
<br>'''Size:''' 0.01cm
<br>'''Generations:''' 4-6
<br>'''Temporal Range:''' Early Fredanian to ---
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Grabalgae begin forming clusters on Toxic Coral Algae due to their longevity. Eventually, these clusters fully merge with the Toxic Coral Algae, forming Poisonous Grabber Coral.

===Agressive Grabber Coral===
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<br />'''A. Grabber Coral'''
<br />Progenitor: P. Grabber Coral
<br />-> A. Grabber Algae]]
'''Generation:''' 5
<br>'''Size:''' 0.01 cm
<br>'''Temporal Range:''' Mid Fredanian to F-T Extinction Event
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The Poisonous Grabber Coral develops tendrils at the bottom of its carapace, allowing slow movement along the shallows, furthermore, the tendrils develop the ability to secrete the coral's toxins.

===Aggressive Grabber Algae===
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<br />'''A. Grabber Algae'''
<br />Progenitor: A. Grabber Coral
<br />-> descendants]]
'''Generation:''' 6
<br>'''Size:''' 0.01 cm
<br>'''Temporal Range:''' Mid Fredanian to F-T Extinction Event
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Losing their carapace proves to aid in movement, therefore the next generation of algae loses their coral-like traits. 

===Shelled Grabber Coral===
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<br />'''S. Grabber Coral'''
<br />Progenitor: P. Grabber Coral
<br />-> P. Algae Stalk]]
'''Generation:''' 5-6
<br>'''Size:''' 0.01 cm
<br>'''Temporal Range:''' Early Fredanian to F-T Extinction Event
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Most Poisonous Grabber Coral however, retain their sedentary lifestyles. And their shell gradually hardens and encases their vitals, leaving only photosynthetic algae tentacles exposed. In time, they lost all but one of their tentacles, which became enlarged to compensate for photosynthetic surface.

===Poisonous Algae Stalk===
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<br />'''P. Algae Stalk'''
<br />Progenitor: S. Grabber Coral
<br />-> Rock Moss
<br />->F. Algae Stalk]]
<br>'''Size:''' 15cm(gen 7&8)/20cm(gen 9)
<br>'''Generation:''' 7-9
<br>'''Temporal Range:''' Mid Fredanian to F-T Extinction Event
<br>Due to the increased mineralization of the oceans, the Poisonous Grabber Coral grows larger, its carapace now hardening over most of the stalk. In addition, due to its growth, the very top of its stalk now penetrates the shallow waters of the seas, allowing for much more growth from the direct sunlight.
Furthermore, it loses its poisonous tentacles, only retaining its toxic glands. 
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Many Poisonous Algae Stalks begin reproducing using spores, developing a system where they are produced and dropped via the relatively safe above water algae bloom.
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Over time, they grow larger under the direct sunlight, and begin producing seeds coated in a calcified shell.

===Rock Moss===
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<br />'''Rock Moss'''
<br />Progenitor: P. Algae Stalk
<br />-> descendants]]
<br>'''Size:''' ?cm
<br>'''Generation:''' 9-11
<br>'''Temporal Range:''' Mid Fredanian to --- (gen 10). Gen 11 to F-T Extinction Event.
Quite a few stalk spores drift to shore and begin clinging to the rocky coastline, being hydrated by the tide. These algae blooms develop into simple mosses, flourishing due to a lack of competition, and direct sunlight. Over time, they become better at storing water, allowing them to grow further from the coastline. This eventually allows them to reach far inland, with the highest density of the plant being found around lakes and streams.

===Fruited Algae Stalk===
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<br />'''F. Algae Stalk'''
<br />Progenitor: P. Algae Stalk
<br />-> F. Brafimat Stalk
<br />-> Brafiland Stalk]]
<br>'''Size:''' 20cm
<br>'''Generation:''' 10
<br>'''Temporal Range:''' Mid Fredanian to F-T Extinction Event
<br>Gradually, due to a lack of necessity, the Poisonous Algae Stalks lose their poisonous traits, relying on their hard shells to protect them.
Furthermore, they start producing nutrient rich sacks to store their seeds in, encouraging predators to consume them, and aid in the spreading of the species. 
<br>Occasionally Fruited Algae Stalks will begin to grow on Braffbergs (generation ---)

===Brafiland Stalk===
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<br />'''Brafiland Stalk'''
<br />Progenitor: F. Algae Stalk]]
<br>'''Size:''' 20cm(gen 11)/25cm(gen 12)
<br>'''Generation:''' 11-12
<br>'''Temporal Range:''' Late Fredanian to F-T Extinction Event.

<br>As some brafimats adapted to washing up on land, the Fruited Algae Stalks on them did as well, becoming a sort of coastal shrub. They bear large, seed-filled fruits and have broad leaves.

===Fruited Brafimat Stalk===
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<br />'''F. Brafimat Stalk'''
<br />Progenitor: None
<br />-> descendants]]
<br>'''Size:''' 20cm(gen 11)/25cm(gen 12)
<br>'''Generation:''' 11-12
<br>'''Temporal Range:''' --- to ---(gen 11). Gen 12 to F-T Extinction Event.
<br>Brafimats and Fruited Algae Stalks begin a symbiotic relationship, colonies of brafimat coat the shell like bottoms of Fruited Algae Stalks, forming a living armor of sorts, and in exchange, Brafimats feed on the fruit that the Algae Stalks Produce.

<br>The Brafimounds and Fruited Brafimat Stalks form a symbiosis, the brafimats and brafimounds fully merging with the hard shell and exchanging energy and nutrients with the former Fruited Algae Stalk. The introduction of more nutrients, more energy, and more protection, allow the Stalk to grow even further out of the water, up to 25 Cm.

===Vascular Algae===
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<br />'''Vascular Algae'''
<br />Progenitor: Bump Algae
<br />-> Fin Algae]]
<br>'''Size:''' 0.01cm
<br>'''Generation:''' 2
<br>'''Temporal Range:''' Early Fredanian to F-T Extinction Event

<br>Some multicellular algae begin to develop vascular systems, enabling them to filter nutrients from the current and rise closer to the surface.

===Fin Algae===
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<br />'''Fin Algae'''
<br />Progenitor: Vascular Algae
<br />-> S. Fin Algae
<br />-> Fruit Algae]]
<br>'''Size:''' 1cm (3rd gen)/ 2.5 cm (4th gen.)
<br>'''Generation:''' 3-4
<br>'''Temporal Range:''' Early Fredanian to F-T Extinction Event

<br>Cellular speciation continues, as the algae's increased access to nutrients causes its functions to become more specific. Fin like structures form to help propel it along surface currents, siphoning additional food through its body to sustain its increased size.
By proliferating in the shallower seas, algae continue to grow larger, with more powerful fins. A combination of photosynthesis and filter feeding allow them to reach sizes up to 2.5cm, but their lack of sensory apparatus leaves them easy prey for predators.

===Single-Fin Algae===
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<br />'''S. Fin Algae'''
<br />Progenitor: Fin Algae]]
<br>'''Size:''' 1cm
<br>'''Generation:''' 4
<br>'''Temporal Range:''' Early Fredanian to F-T Extinction Event

<br>Algae with a single, strong fin have better agility, making them less likely to be picked off by voracious predators. They streamline, growing more active as their stores of energy allow them to become more mobile, flocking in schools that alert one another to danger via chemical signals when they are being preyed upon.

===Fruit Algae===
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<br />'''Fruit Algae'''
<br />Progenitor: Fin Algae
<br />-> Fish Algae]]
<br>'''Size:''' 1cm
<br>'''Generation:''' 5
<br>'''Temporal Range:''' Early Fredanian to ---

<br>Mingling generations (gen 3 and 4 fin algae) produce a mutant strain that stores its nutrients in an external organ. Predators begin to target this organ, often leaving the organism itself alive as a result.

===Fish Algae===
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<br />'''Fish Algae'''
<br />Progenitor: Fruit Algae
<br />->Feesh
<br />->Bony Fish Algae]]
<br>'''Size:''' 8cm
<br>'''Generation:''' 6-9
<br>'''Temporal Range:''' Mid Fredanian to F-T Extinction Event

<br>Flourishing in the rich waters surrounding the coral reefs, algae continue to mobilize, with specialized fins used to stabilize and navigate the seas. They grow more colorful as they process crystalline elements through their digestive system, and their fruit becomes poisonous.
While not full sized, they are mature enough to produce fruit at 1cm.
<br>Something about the crystalline elements that the algae filter from the water leads to increased nerve activity, prompting the development of a light-sensitive nerve near their filtering mouth. This allows them to detect movement in good lighting, making them more active during the day and more able to avoid predation. Their schools now grow to include hundreds of algae at a time, communicating through primitive chemical signals that develop in complexity. Food. Mate. Danger. They cluster in the shallow seas and coral reefs.
<br>The minerals and calcium crystalize in the fins into muscle like tissue.
<br>The muscular tissue interferes with photosynthesis, and algae begin to lose structures in their fins that once produced food. They migrate closer to shore for more sustained exposure to sunlight, increasing their intake of crystalline elements.

===Feesh===
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<br />'''Feesh'''
<br />Progenitor: Fish Algae
<br />-> L. Feesh
<br />-> S. Feesh]]
<br>'''Size:''' 8cm
<br>'''Generation:''' 10
<br>'''Temporal Range:''' Mid Fredanian to F-T Extinction Event

<br>Their eye nerve continues to develop in sensitivity, requiring many of the nutrients they once stored in fruit. Their fruit stalk shortens to reduce the pull against the current.

===Land Feesh===
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<br />'''L. Feesh'''
<br />Progenitor: None
<br />-> Grazing Feesh]]
<br>'''Size:''' 5cm(?)
<br>'''Generation:''' 11
<br>'''Temporal Range:''' Mid Fredanian to F-T Extinction Event
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Some of the feesh washed ashore in the cataclysm develop stronger musculature, becoming semi-amphibious as they migrate inland to avoid predation. Their fruit stalks convert to photosynthetic organs to sustain them on their slow and tenuous journeys out of water.

===Grazing Feesh===
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<br />'''G. Feesh'''
<br />Progenitor: L. Feesh
<br />-> F. Feesh]]
<br>'''Size:''' ? cm
<br>'''Generation:''' 12-14
<br>'''Temporal Range:'''
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Enduring longer treks across land, the Feesh begin to graze on the moss that covers much of the inland stretches, developing a more active mouth organ to digest their evolutionary cousins. The water they absorb in this way allows them to travel further and longer, reducing their need to return to the water except to reproduce. Only the larval stage retains their original fruit now, absorbing their own nutrients once they gain maturity to replace them with leaves.
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Grazing Feesh lose reliance on their former fins, developing more powerful musculature in their paddle-like limbs that allow them to move more quickly. The predation of the landed Braffs culls the weak and the slow, and Feesh become more reliant on their primitive sense of sight to survive, though it mostly detects movement.
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Vestigial stalks reduce in size, making them harder for predators to spot and allowing them to move more quickly. Their eyes develop better sensitivity, allowing them to perceive a broader range of colors and contrast.

===Footed Feesh===
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<br />'''F. Feesh'''
<br />Progenitor: G. Feesh
<br />-> descendants]]
<br>'''Size:''' 15cm
<br>'''Generation:''' 15-16
<br>'''Temporal Range:''' Late Fredanian to ---
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With the increase of competition for resources and predation, the strongest and fastest Freesh learn to amble along their more muscled limbs, trotting in packs. They begin to reproduce on land in places that are damp, still sporting fruit in their infancy that develop into photosynthetic leaves along their back to passively process sunlight into energy while they graze on moss and braffimass fruits.

They measure 15cm in length thanks to the abundant carbon dioxide and oxygen, undergoing both aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
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Their former pectoral fins, sometimes useful for interacting with their environment, begin to play an important role in the care of their young and as such gradually move to a more convenient positioning. They are useful in defending themselves against predators as well, slapping at them like a grandma who overheard you using bad language.

===Snek Feesh===
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<br />'''S. Feesh'''
<br />Progenitor: S.S. Fish Algae
<br />-> descendants]]
<br>'''Size:''' 10cm
<br>'''Generation:''' 11
<br>'''Temporal Range:''' Mid Fredanian to --
<br>Favoring musculature over their vestigial photosynthetic fins, some Feesh grow more serpentine, with longer bodies enabling them to reach 10cm in length. They begin to filter plankton and smaller organisms from the water as well, increasing the range of nutrients they have access to.

===Bony Fish Algae===
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<br />'''B. Fish Algae'''
<br />Progenitor: Fish Algae
<br />-> descendants]]
<br>'''Size:''' 8cm
<br>'''Generation:''' 10
<br>'''Temporal Range:''' Mid Fredanian to F-T Extinction Event

===Net Algae===
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<br />'''Algae'''
<br />Progenitor: Algae
<br />-> -- Algae]]
<br>'''Size:''' 0.01cm
<br>'''Generation:''' 1
<br>'''Temporal Range:''' Fredanian Start to Mid Fredanian
Net algae are very similar to their bumpy cousins, except that the cells of the coloney are bonded by string-like structures.