Welcome to the depths of the sea, far beyond the reach of sunlight. Here ye shall feast upon the dead.

Name	Carrion	Leaves	Grass	Seeds	Detritus	Coconuts	Algae	Lichen
Benthic	10	0	0	0	1000	0	0	0

72 species were submitted to the Benthic.

Generations 0-25

We start with a population crash, as usual. After that, the populations almost look like they stabilize. Less than half of our species have gone extinct.

Goes Extinct in Generation	Species
6	Salpophore
6	Tasty
7	Marine Snow Worm
7	benthic bottom feeder
8	Scavenger
9	Isopoid
9	Detritus Eater Eater
10	Scavenger Shrimp
10	Rubble on Double
10	Sea Zombie
11	Fangliphore
11	Grumpy Jellyfish
11	Doomed
11	Happy Hunter
11	A new hope
12	Krill1
12	Sp0r3
12	Cnidophore
12	Cephalophore
12	Not Picky
13	Detritus Eater Eater Eater
14	Sea Snail
14	Hermit Crab
14	Space Horse
14	BeauOmni3
14	aBa-CG751
15	Flounder
16	Microbet
16	Slowmo
17	aBa-D273
18	Hund
18	Glyptoderm
18	Squid Kid
19	Anglerfish
19	Toxic Squid
20	Torpedo Jelly
23	Willi
24	cg-riverfish

Here are our populations at generation 25.

Population	Species
170	Barnacle
158	Deepwater Devourer
124	The Infinite Depths
114	FOERDI 1,6,4,3,D
98	Flutz
88	DetriusSpeedTank
66	Spanish Beard
55	BeauOmni1
50	Silli
46	FOERDI 1,0,10,1,D
45	aBa-D262
43	Tilli
40	FOERDI 0,0,0,10,D
39	FOERDI 1,3,7,3,D
35	Pilli
34	Blood Shark
33	FOERDI 1,10,0,1,D
32	Xilli
30	Chilli
29	omastar
27	Elephantfish
27	Abyssal eel
24	Billi
19	Kraken2
17	Space Fiddler
15	Giant Squid
10	The Tideless Depths
5	FOERDI 1,9,1,1,D
5	Soonbegon
2	gonnabiteit
2	Deap Sea Tortoise
2	Flesh-Eating Clam1
1	Killi
1	Tachyphore

As you might guess, the Barnicle is an invincible Detritus eater and the Deepwater Devourer is a carnivore. However, the Deepwater Devourer is not an apex predator. It has only 3 Attack and 6 speed. (It also has Antivenom and the ability to consume Detritus.)

Generations 25-100

Barnicles dominate.

Goes Extinct in Generation	Species
6	Salpophore
6	Tasty
7	Marine Snow Worm
7	benthic bottom feeder
8	Scavenger
9	Isopoid
9	Detritus Eater Eater
10	Scavenger Shrimp
10	Rubble on Double
10	Sea Zombie
11	Fangliphore
11	Grumpy Jellyfish
11	Doomed
11	Happy Hunter
11	A new hope
12	Krill1
12	Sp0r3
12	Cnidophore
12	Cephalophore
12	Not Picky
13	Detritus Eater Eater Eater
14	Sea Snail
14	Hermit Crab
14	Space Horse
14	BeauOmni3
14	aBa-CG751
15	Flounder
16	Microbet
16	Slowmo
17	aBa-D273
18	Hund
18	Glyptoderm
18	Squid Kid
19	Anglerfish
19	Toxic Squid
20	Torpedo Jelly
23	Willi
24	cg-riverfish
28	gonnabiteit
29	Killi
33	Tachyphore
35	Giant Squid
40	Space Fiddler
40	Xilli
40	Pilli
40	FOERDI 1,9,1,1,D
43	Flesh-Eating Clam1
44	Soonbegon
47	Deap Sea Tortoise
63	omastar
63	aBa-D262
65	FOERDI 1,3,7,3,D
66	Kraken2
68	BeauOmni1
73	Elephantfish
75	Billi
78	Flutz
82	FOERDI 1,6,4,3,D
83	Blood Shark
83	Silli
89	The Tideless Depths

Generations 100-1000

Most of our species die out leaving only Barnicles, Spanish Beards and Tillis.

You can't see it in the above graph but a few Soonbegons trickle in to compete for Detritus.

The Barnicle and Spanish Beard are identicle invincible detritivores. The Tilli occupies a slightly different niche by foraging for Carrion too.

Goes Extinct in Generation	Species
125	FOERDI 1,10,0,1,D
152	DetriusSpeedTank
170	FOERDI 0,0,0,10,D
183	Abyssal eel
203	FOERDI 1,0,10,1,D
230	The Infinite Depths
232	Deepwater Devourer
257	Chilli

Winners

Name	Venom?	Armor	Speed	Forage?	Creator	Social Media
Barnacle	Antivenom only	10	0	Detritus	Guy Srinivasan
Spanish Beard	Antivenom only	10	0	Detritus	VJ	None
Tilli	Antivenom only	10	0	Carrion;Detritus	Milli	None
Soonbegon	Venom + Antivenom	0	10	Detritus	Martin Randall	LinkedIn

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Generations 0-25

Generations 25-100

Generations 100-1000

Winners