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Concept of a lineage of oligochaeta annelid derived that colonized a terraformed world filled of different types of fauna and flora, however the conditions of the planet's magnetic field caused the deterioration of the biosphere leaving the worms as the last land animal survivors, after hundreds of millions of years the habitable conditions returned to stable levels enough for the terrestrial organic life to exist, but limited by the constant radiation. From there emerged new ecosystems, more resistant to radiation, but in a fairly small size, being the largest terrestrial creatures no larger than 50 cm in length and dominated by different kind of flora not talled that a human leg, but still extending though thousands of square kilometers.

The Hoplopictua are probably the most earth-convergent clade that can be found in this radiated world, having convergently evolved with an arthropod/insect-like form, with a chitin exoskeleton covered with a metallic or reflective coloration which allows them to better withstand the constant radiation, several compound eyes aligned vertically around the front and divided into different segments and with different positions depending of the clade, variable body segmentation, with different number of limbs and immense variety of mouthparts and jaws.

There are Flying forms (left) which have fleshy wings derived from cilia and parts of the folds of the segments being not larger than a bee; Long detritivorous forms (Center) with small moutparts similar to feather dusters that allow them to dig into the ground, and some Predatory forms (Right) with long and sharp mouthparts.

Description
Concept of a lineage of oligochaeta annelid derived that colonized a terraformed world filled of different types of fauna and flora, however the conditions of the planet's magnetic field caused the deterioration of the biosphere leaving the worms as the last land animal survivors, after hundreds of millions of years the habitable conditions returned to stable levels enough for the terrestrial organic life to exist, but limited by the constant radiation. From there emerged new ecosystems, more resistant to radiation, but in a fairly small size, being the largest terrestrial creatures no larger than 50 cm in length and dominated by different kind of flora not talled that a human leg, but still extending though thousands of square kilometers.

The Hoplopictua are probably the most earth-convergent clade that can be found in this radiated world, having convergently evolved with an arthropod/insect-like form, with a chitin exoskeleton covered with a metallic or reflective coloration which allows them to better withstand the constant radiation, several compound eyes aligned vertically around the front and divided into different segments and with different positions depending of the clade, variable body segmentation, with different number of limbs and immense variety of mouthparts and jaws.

There are Flying forms (left) which have fleshy wings derived from cilia and parts of the folds of the segments being not larger than a bee; Long detritivorous forms (Center) with small moutparts similar to feather dusters that allow them to dig into the ground, and some Predatory forms (Right) with long and sharp mouthparts.