Meo Anthropoiensis, Humane Soul

Domain: Cantia

Kingdom: Cryptoancoris

Phylum: Anima

Class: Akolouthimnimos

Order: Spiritus

Family: Cerebrovive

Subfamily: Pressora

Genus: Meo

Species: M. Anthropoiensis

Resonance: Soprano

Conservation status: Near threatened

A Vimwidderic ana-kataward asymmetrii differentiated spirit with the octiplex truncated in a quasispiral recursoid over otherlines and with genuflexual syntactics in the eukaryotic lex. Has very smooth histogram crenelations and several branes for locusality bondage with anchor frondlings in the spatial (given neuromorphic mapping tensor) where it engages to its host’s nervous tissues in the cranial and spinal nerve endings and their metaphori analogues as well as available secondary microbiota. Almost always uniquinal with no meo beyond the root.

When not spatially integrated the locusality bondage frondlings invert and smooth along the octiplex’s truncation as the rest of the quasispiral unfurls into wider contexts so the organism can perform free shifting within the usual range for Akolouthimnimos. It however has more restricted metaphori syntactic anchor complements then normal missing the Phi through Kappa compatibility clauses.

As in all Meo M. Anthropoiensis is highly valued for its hypertrophied encoder and encrypticulture. It is not the most highly optimized to encryption for its genus.

However for caloric cost and upkeep this species in particular is difficult to match in security of data transmission. It can be difficult to ensure accurate content transfer as needed for some applications without modification or extensive domestication however.

Undeveloped feral populations of M. Anthropoiensis and their hosts are vulnerable to polisivores with less developed encrypticulture synthesis ability as they are a prime source to integrate this into their metabolisms.

Protections have been enacted by some empires to conserve and protect them from such predation to allow for economically viable populations to grow for harvest.

Opposing conservation groups however argue that in these cases it is necessary and preferable to let a pathogenic population be cleaned as part of the health and sustainability of the threatened I. Sicuterrae population.

Such opposition is generally not dominant in the developed reef except when imperial protections collapse during an extinction bubble, inter-empire war or there is otherwise a disruption of infrastructure in a region. In these cases polisivore predation on feral M. Anthropoiensis populations is considered preferable to more valuable settlements being attacked or destroyed.

Endemic to only A. aeternalis and a few environments similar to these hosts this highly specialized example of the Meo genus has reached a deeply mutualistic stage of symbiosis with its host.

The utter dependence and the atrophied structures because of it are the primary classifying features to be used for identifying M. Anthropoiensis when encountered without its native host populations.

Most prominently recognizable is its reproductive encryption system is significantly smaller than other Pressora and those portions of it which can be recognized at all have been adapted into other anatomy to facilitate feeding and host integration, especially the tiling pattern of the anchor frondlings.

As a result M. Anthropoiensis have lost almost their entire independent reproductive ability and even significant portions of its own heritability are absent in favor of leveraging processes found within its host to fulfill these roles.

Secondly ALL Spiritus identifying feeding anatomy is atrophied to near total non-existence and can easily be missed when essaying the living organism. This is due to the highly developed adaptation to its preferred host derived encrypted food source which would either be toxic or otherwise indigestible to other Spirits.

The contextualization appendages used for substrate shifting and Metaphori anchoring for physical motility are still well developed as found in other Anima and can be trusted to help isolate and identify down to the Genus but are not strongly distinctive with other species of Meo and can lead to misclassification.

The sensory edge of the octiplex common to Spiritus are modified so heavily for host integration and specialized encrypted feeding that they are unrecognizable as such without extensive dissection and familiarity with the species. Easily mistaken for new anchor points.

Given all of these reduced or underdeveloped/modified features the mature specimens of M. Anthropoiensis are highly neotenous compared to other Cerebrovive. This can complicate identification with those unfamiliar with the species.

Being so close in structure to the spore or embryocant of many other Cerebrovive rather than an adult organism it is recommended to isolate out related species to avoid the similarities through lineage markers if you have reason to doubt classification or sample purity.

Of note all of these considerations are moot if a breeding population of A. aeternalis is available.

Access to its preferred host makes classification of M. Anthropoiensis trivial. In these cases there will be a very distinct and clear filtering effect from feeding, territorial exclusion and parasitic integration behaviours in the local Cantia.

The cultural role and significance of M. Anthropoiensis within its hosts varies from one sub species and local population to another.

Varying from classification as the actual basis of consciousness, identity and moral value of an individual to an insignificant source of noise in memory during development to be completely ignored.

These cultural traits tend to be transmitted through successive implantations of M. Anthropoiensis and as such contamination of cultures can be an issue if the goal is pruning a population for harvest and use in industrial applications.