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Small blue creature slowly swims around large kelp growing in this part of the sea, checking its leaves with dozens of tentacles coming from hard beaked "mouth". It's a Kelp Lumpfish, highly derived echinoderm descending from sea cucumber, living in kelp forests growing in warm equatorial waters. This peaceful herbivore feeds on kelp and algae, while watching out for predators with it's 4 keen eyes. Around Lumpfish there are small, tadpole-like creatures. These are Bloody Tailpoles - unique descendants of filter-feeding tunicates, that keep pelagic larvae form in adult stage. Tailpoles have only one simple eye and no mouth, but siphon with 6 small tentacles helps them to gather nutritional particles that are left after Lumpfish dinner. Their name may sound scary, but they are peaceful and rather cowardly creatures, living in the shadow of larger herbivores, while name comes from their red pigmentation.

This is my first speculative evolution creature i'm posting here. This little guy lives in an alien world where life from earth could evolve for millions of years untouched by a man. And after 300my this lad evolved.

Description
Small blue creature slowly swims around large kelp growing in this part of the sea, checking its leaves with dozens of tentacles coming from hard beaked "mouth". It's a Kelp Lumpfish, highly derived echinoderm descending from sea cucumber, living in kelp forests growing in warm equatorial waters. This peaceful herbivore feeds on kelp and algae, while watching out for predators with it's 4 keen eyes. Around Lumpfish there are small, tadpole-like creatures. These are Bloody Tailpoles - unique descendants of filter-feeding tunicates, that keep pelagic larvae form in adult stage. Tailpoles have only one simple eye and no mouth, but siphon with 6 small tentacles helps them to gather nutritional particles that are left after Lumpfish dinner. Their name may sound scary, but they are peaceful and rather cowardly creatures, living in the shadow of larger herbivores, while name comes from their red pigmentation.

This is my first speculative evolution creature i'm posting here. This little guy lives in an alien world where life from earth could evolve for millions of years untouched by a man. And after 300my this lad evolved.