Cauliteuthis

"Cauliteuthis is a Nectocaris descendant that has grown larger eyestalks to detect predators from afar and has had a mutation that caused it to grow two additional limbs at the front. This cephalopod uses these for grabbing prey and for propelling itself from any potential danger. Its head has grown larger in proportion and its torso has shrunk. Male Cauliteuthis will woo females with their fancy patterns and the most colorful ones reproduce and spread their genes to the gene pool of the next generation."

-DinoCoat

Cauliteuthis is a cephalopod that is depicted as orange in the picture and with a shorter body structure than its ancestor. Cauliteuthis uses its colorful patterns in what may be the first example of sex-related courtship in the evolution project and could possibly scare predators with it. The eyestalks look similar to a snail's, and the extra appendages may be a reference to the modern-day cephalopods that have many limbs today.

Trivia

 * Cauliteuthis evolved from Nectocaris, one of the starter creatures of the project.


 * Cauliteuthis is the last genus submitted in Gen 2.
 * Cauliteuthis evolves into Cunctateuthis in Gen 3.