Beardgill
The Beardgill has developed its body greatly. Its ancestors segmentation allowed for the duplication of its last body segment, resulting in it now possessing four pairs of tentacles along its body. These tentacles have been adapted to serve as both a way to assist stability during swimming, and to support itself on the seabed. The tentacles are supported by individual hydrostatic skeletons and are flexible and semi retractable. Their endoskeleton has differentiated between segments. The body segments retain their ring shape and are connected by cartilage struts running along the body to provide greater support. The head ring has changed shape to provide more dorsal protection to the brain, along with providing better attachment points for the muscles of the mouth.
Their gills have specialized into different functions. The two lateral gills have retained their respiratory function, becoming shorter to reduce drag but much denser to offset the lost size and increase their respiratory efficiency. The belly gill has developed into a set of five flexible tentacles used to assist in foraging. They will use these five belly tentacles to disturb the substrate and reveal any organisms living there, be them the mycelia of crystal flora, the rhizomes of violet flora, or burrowing organisms like Common Crestgills. Once an organism is revealed it will be caught by the Beardgill's mouth which contains the eight plated sections of its radula. These plates are sharp and angled backward, allowing the Beardgill to maintain a firm hold on squirming meals, and also to rip off chunks of material from soft floral bodies.
Beardgills live throughout the tropical and subtropical waters of eastern Wright, and has followed its food sources into the wetlands along the region.