Quadherba

Biology
The Quadherba have a physiology of an animal but hold many common characteristics with that of a plant. Thus is in the Sub-Kingdom Chloranimalia. The species is only found in one place, around their home system of Ters on the worlds of Sibon and Khaosim. They comprise the entirety of the population of the CSK in addition to other unaffiliated communities on Sibon.

The Quadherba has a carbon/aqua biochemistry.

Physiology
The Chloranimal's physiology is based around a central torso with a trunk like exoskeleton.

This torso serves to store most of the lifeforms water. The sides are covered in spots filled with chloroplast and the whole torso is thickly covered in thorns and dry chemicals. Cells in the torso exoskeleton alternate between walled cells and unwalled cells.

The center of its nervous system lay in the bottom front quarter with three front looking eyes, each specialized for a specific spectrum. It has a hard sharp structure connected to a hallow tube used for sucking sap from vegetation it also has a mechanism allowing it to suck and filter water. The Quadherba serve to cross pollinate many of the plants on the world. And a downward eye working with a straw like mouth help clear parasites that would otherwise plague many plant species.

Quedherbae main enemies are animals that can get through the exterior of Quadherba young, piercing and drinking the contents of the bowls that grow them immune to its toxins. They have very few natural predators however small trees that they use to sap unique minerals from have developed defenses against Quadherba. Their chief science is practical chemistry, though they didn’t understand much of it yet, even at this early stage they had created many complex and advanced chemical and biological compounds.

Physical play is uncommon in many species on Sibon. As this primarily provides a better edge in a world where, traditional high toned muscular bodies, would just lose to much water. So except among the insects, the difference between predator and prey, is not who is bigger, faster, and stronger, but is who has better chemical manipulation and surgical precision.

Articulation
A Quadherba has a specialized organ attached to the lung used to communicate vocally, this organ creates a series of high pitched whistle sounds through an opening called the "Horn". The horn has four pairs of "Locks" that can open and shut to create extra variation in the whistle, this is called the "locking". When all four locks are opened any articulation is called a "scream". Each Quadherbas has their own distinct voice and locking.

Reproduction
Quadherba are formed with two tail like appendages, Each appendage can either be a pistil (female) or stamen (male) and the genetics in each tail will differ, this results in three sexes male, female, and both. Sexual reproduction achieved by temporarily fusing tails is by far the most common kind but asexual reproduction is possible. Quadherba seedlings result in the pistil, this eventually becomes a hollow sphere with the young Quadherba inside. It is buried and watered regularly, The bowl contains many poisons and toxins to dissuade most predators.

A Quadherba takes fifteen years to fully grow and matures sexually by the age of four.