Taxonomy Tournament: Gastropods
Strombidae. This family is made up of true conches, which have long eye-stalks and move in a leaping motion, and are used by humans as food, or their shells for decoration.
Conidae. This family is made up of cone snails, which hunt prey by launching their tooth from their mouth like a harpoon and injecting them with venom.
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WAR AND HATE ON PLANET EARTH
WELCOME TO THE PHYLUM PHIGHT
A BRACKET WHERE THE 37 KNOWN PHYLA OF ANIMALS (extant and otherwise) WILL BATTLE TO THE DEATH. ONLY ONE MAY BE CROWNED CHAMPION-- AND ASCEND TO THE STATUS OF KINGDOM (i have this power)
WHO WILL IT BE? THE CHORDATES, CONTAINING EVERY KNOWN VERTEBRATE INCLUDING YOU AND ME? I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A BIAS. MAYBE THE HUMBLE TARDIGRADES, THE INTERNET'S FAVOURITE EXTREMOPHILES? OR WILL IT BE THE PENIS WORMS? I FEEL LIKE IT'S GONNA BE THE PENIS WORMS.
TOURNAMENT STRUCTURE:
ok ditching allcaps now <3
round 0
preliminary face-off between the odd phellas. lasting one (1) week to give bitches time to mobilise
protoarticulata VS rhombozoa
2. phoronida VS vetulicolia
3. petalonamae VS xenacoelomorpha
4. porifera VS rotifera
5. platyhelminthes VS saccorhytida
round 1
all round 1 poll-batches will last one (1) day because dear god there are so many of them. there will however be a cooldown of like, a couple days or something between batches because i am but one man
batch 1 - BATCH TO THE DEATH
6. priapulida VS winner of 1
7. annelida VS chaetognatha
8. trilobozoa VS micrognathozoa
9. bryozoa VS lorcifera
batch 2 - THE BATCHENING
10. tardigrada VS winner of 2
11. brachiopoda VS gastrotricha
12. mollusca VS winner of 3
13. nematomorpha VS gnathostomulida
batch 3 - BATCHETFIELD HIGH
14. chordata VS winner of 4
15. archaecyatha VS cycliophora
16. nematoda VS nemertea
17. ctenophora VS kinohyncha
batch 4 - I HAVE RUN OUT OF BATCH PUNS
18. arthropoda VS winner of 5
19. agmata VS entoprocta
20. cnidaria VS onychophora
21. echinodermata VS hemichordata
round three wait and see!!!
this bracket doesn't require nominations, as the candidates are already set out all nicey for us by Science. how cool of them. Now we make them beat each other senseless for our sick amusement :)
HOWEVER please send asks, suggest representative species or images to make sure we see them at their best, send propaganda/fun facts youd like the filthy electorate to know before they condemn your fav to the deepest most basal pits of taxonomic superhell. lets all get to know the Beasts together. Before we make them fight to the death.
-mod riz (he/him)
ROUND 0 START: APRIL 10TH
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Phylum Round 3
Annelida: Segmented Worms. This group includes earthworms, leeches, and many classes under the umbrella of “polychaete”. This diverse phylum encompasses deposit feeders (eating dirt), detritivores, scavengers, deadly ambush predators, filter feeders, parasites, herbivores, and more. They are broadly defined by their repeating body segments and parapodia, which are nubby appendages used for both movement and breathing. Some have curved jaws for catching prey or scraping detritus off of rocks, while others have wide, elaborate, brightly colored feather-like fans for filter feeding. While able to crawl freely, a majority of marine Annelids spend most of their time in self-built tubes or burrows. Among their many important functions, they play a key role in mixing soil/sediment, breaking down decaying organic matter, and providing a key food source to countless other animals.
Cnidaria: Jellyfish, anemones, corals, box jellies, and hydroids. They have a gelatinous body with radial symmetry, a decentralized nervous system, and tentacles surrounding a simple mouth. The defining feature of this phylum are their cnidocytes, or stinging cells. There are two different body plans of the Cnidaria; an immobile “polyp” attached to a surface, or a free-living “medusa” which can swim or drift in the water column. Many polyp Cnidarians, such as corals, live in colonies. Some corals build reefs which serve as habitat for other animals. Free-living medusa Cnidarians must return to the seafloor in a polyp-like stage as a part of their life cycle.
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Taxonomy Tournament: Insects
Phasmatodea. This order is made up of insects that mimic plants. Members include stick insects and leaf-bugs
Orthoptera. This order has elongated hindlegs adapted for jumping. Members include grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids.
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WN Non-Sapient Animal Upper Bracket
["Anti-Propaganda" is NOT allowed. Please be courteous and only give reasons to vote FOR a character.]
Little Apple from MDZS
Type of Animal: donkey
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Fairy from MDZS
Type of Animal: dog
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