Species within the same class will be less affected by xenophobia and xenophilia, with the effect increasing if they share the same portrait. A sub-species is created when a pop modification template is applied to a parent species or another sub-species and is considered to be the same species for the purposes of xenophobia, xenophilia and species rights.
There are 10 different species classes, representing species with similar observable characteristics, including its morphology or physical form and structure, its developmental processes and its biochemical and physiological properties.Ī parent species is the first spawned species of its kind (a kind is defined by its species portrait and name). At galaxy generation species are divided into species class groups, parent species and sub-species.