Mossa

## Mossa mossa

Latest Mutations: More tentacles

Mossa mossa is a fairly large predatory jellyfish of the tropics that has many more tentacles than its predecessors, which make it more effective at capturing prey.

Status: LC

Habitat: Tropical Shallows, Tropical Upper Ocean

Niche: Predator

Size: 14cm (length)

Nutritional Worth: (23.5/10 X 14 =) 32.9NP

Food / Oxygen Requirement: 16NP / 30NP

Abilities: None.

Perception: None.

Intelligence / Behaviour: None.

External Features: A blue bell filled with jelly-like mesoglea houses the gut with carnivorous digestive bacteria and the one opening; the mouth. At one point on the bell is found rhopalia, which house receptors to sense light, vibrations and odours. Eight fairly long, barbed tentacles dangle from the dome and the body is coordinated by a nerve net.

Internal Features:

Locomotion Type: None. (Movement Energy: 0NP)

Reproduction: Sexual, Ovuliparity (External Fertilisation). 1,000 eggs. Hermaphroditism.

Castes/Phases: Larvae.

Physical Stats: Attack = 1, Support = 0.5, UV Resistance = Weak, Filtration = 1.

Systemic Stats: Digestion = 1 (Meat), Coordination = 0.5.

External Features: It is made up of a blue (3NP, +Weak UV Resistance) bell-shaped body that eight, fairly long, barbed tentacles (8NP, +1 Attack, +1 Filtration). Rhopalia (3NP, +0.5 Light, +1 Vibration Sensing, +1 Smell) are on the dome.

Internal Features: A layer of mesoglea (6NP, +0.5 Support) supports the body. Have u-shaped guts with carnivorous digestive enzymes (4NP, +1 Digestion). A nerve net coordinates the body (9NP, +0.5 Coordination).

Temporal Range: R.163 - Present (Nocturnus Stage of the Oliverian)

Distribution: Cosmopolitan

Lifespan: 1 year

Predecessor: Regemsitula major

Classification: Regemsitulae, Mollisitulea, Pallomena, Circumsaccha

Discoverer: StealthStyle

## Mossa major

Latest Mutations: Bigger

This is a massive jellyfish of the tropical ocean. It has barbs on its tentacles but no cnidocytes. There are also rhopalia on its transparent body.

Status: Unlisted

Habitat: Tropical Ocean

Niche: Predatory

Size: 28cm (diameter)

Nutritional Need: 77 x 28/100 = 21.6NP

Food / Oxygen Requirement: 3.4 x 0.25 = 5.4NP per round (Needs to intake 5.4/0.6 = 9NP per round)/ 3.4NP

Characteristics: Adjustable Buoyancy. Cutaneous Respiration. Liquid Excretion. Low Pressure Tolerance. Osmoconformer (Quite High Salinity). Permeable Skin. Stationary Respiration. Solid Excretion.

Perception: Chemoreception 1 (senses chemicals 1m from mouths). Smell 1 (senses smells 1m from mouth), Vibration Sensing 1.

Stats: Buoyancy 1. Coordination 1. Digestion 1 (100% Meat, Digests 60%). Immunity 2. Filtration 2 (4/4 = 1x3 = 2.5NP). Osmoconformer (Quite High Salinity). Respiration 1. Stamina 1.

Intelligence / Behaviour: Stimulus Response. Tiredness = rest. Hunger hormones = move around. Pain = move around. Adult = Release mating hormones. Mating hormones = move. Mating hormones + own species chemicals = reproduce. Move signal = suspension. ??? = move towards, close tentacles over it.

External Features: The skin of the jelly-filled dome is transparent. Barbed cirri surround the mouth and have chemoreceptors and rhopalia.

Internal Features: A nerve net rings the body and a incomplete digestive system leads from the mouth. It has gonads.

Reproduction: Sexual Reproduction. External Fertilisation. 1,000 eggs per spawning.

Castes/Phases: Hermaphroditism.

Locomotion: Active (20NP). Suspension.

External Features: Skin (3NP, +1 Immunity, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Cutaneous Respiration, +Permeable Skin, +Stationary Respiration). Jelly-Filled Dome (3NP, +1 Buoyancy, +Adjustable Buoyancy, +Suspension). Barbed Cirri (7NP, +1 Filtration, +1 Sharpness). Chemoreceptors (2NP, +1 Chemoreception). Rhopalia (3NP, +1 Vibration Sensing, +1 Smell, +Directional Light Sensing). Mouth (0NP, +1 Filtration).

Internal Features: Piezolytes (5NP, +Low Pressure Tolerance). Nerve Net (10NP, +1 Coordination, +Stimulus Response). Incomplete Digestive System (15NP, +1 Meat Digestion, +1 Veg Protein Digestion, +1 Immunity, +Liquid Excretion, +Solid Excretion). Gonads (14NP, +Sexual Reproduction, +Hermaphroditism, +External Fertilisation).

Temporal Range: R. 211 - Present (Agentian Stage of the Oliverian)

Distribution: Cosmopolitan

Lifespan: 1 year

Predecessor: Mossa mossa

Classification:

Discoverer: StealthStyle

## Mossa transparentus

Latest Mutations: Transparent, Bigger, Longer Tentacles

This is a medium-sized jellyfish that floats through the tropical ocean, filtering the water with it's long, barbed tentacles, waiting to snag some prey and drag it to it's mouth.

Status: Unlisted

Habitat: Tropical Ocean

Niche: Predator

Diet: Any fresh meat it can get

Size: 21cm (diameter)

Nutritional Need: 78 x 21/100 = 16.4NP

Food / Oxygen Requirement: 16.4 x 0.25 = 4.1NP per round (Needs to intake 4.2/0.6 = 6.8NP per round)/ 16.4NP

Abilities: Exothermic. Liquid Excretion. Low Pressure Tolerance. Osmoconformer (High Salinity). Permeable Skin. Solid Excretion.

Perception: Smell 1 (senses odour 1m from mouths).

Stats: Buoyancy 1 (Adjustable). Coordination 1. Digestion 1 (100% Meat, Digest 60%). Immunity 2. Filtration 2 (10/4 = 2.5x2.5 = 6.3NP). Reach 1. Respiration 1 (Cutaneous Respiration, Stationary Respiration). Stamina 1. UV Resistance 2.

Intelligence / Behaviour: 1. Hungry > Search for food. 2. Food > Grab with tentacles. 3. Tired > Rest. 4. Pain > Swim Away. 5. Maturity > Release gametes.

External Features: There is a transparent hydrostatic bell which has a mouth below it and eight long, barbed tentacles dangling below. Odour receptors are placed around the bell in rhopalia.

Internal Features: Each cell contains piezolytes and there are only two layers of the body. A nerve net encircles the body but gonads are found beneath the bell as a pair of white rings. The mouth leads to an incomplete digestive system.

Reproduction: Sexual Reproduction. External Fertilisation. 1,000 eggs per spawning.

Castes/Phases: None.

Locomotion: Active (20NP). Pulses with bell.

External Features: Skin (3NP, +1 Immunity, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Cutaneous Respiration, +Permeable Skin, +Stationary Respiration). Medium Pigmentation (2NP, +2 UV Resistance). Jelly-Filled Dome (3NP, +1 Buoyancy, +Adjustable Buoyancy, +Suspension). Mouth (0NP, +1 Filtration). Long Cirri (7NP, +1 Filtration, +2 Reach). Odour Receptors (2NP, +1 Smell)

Internal Features: Piezolytes (5NP, +Low Pressure Tolerance). Nerve Net (10NP, +1 Coordination, +Stimulus Response). Incomplete Digestive System (15NP, +1 Meat Digestion, +1 Veg Protein Digestion, +1 Immunity, +Liquid Excretion, +Solid Excretion). Gonads (14NP, +Sexual Reproduction, +External Fertilisation).

Temporal Range: R. 225 - Present (Atrobocean Stage of the Oliverian)

Distribution: Cosmopolitan

Lifespan: 1 year

Predecessor: Mossa mossa

Classification: Mollisitulinae (sf), Mollisitulidae (f)

Discoverer: StealthStyle

## Mossa atroboceanus

Latest Mutations: Improve Smell, Longer Life

This is a medium-sized jellyfish that floats through the tropical ocean, filtering the water with it's long, barbed tentacles, waiting to snag some prey and drag it to it's mouth. It has a better sense of smell and lives for longer.

Status: Unlisted

Habitat: Tropical Ocean

Niche: Predator

Diet: Any fresh meat it can get.

Size: 28cm (diameter)

Nutritional Need: 78 x 28/100 = 21.8NP

Food / Oxygen Requirement: 21.8 x 0.25 = 5.5NP per round (Needs to intake 5.5/0.6 = 9.2NP per round)/ 21.8NP

Abilities: Exothermic. Liquid Excretion. Low Pressure Tolerance. Osmoconformer (High Salinity). Permeable Skin. Solid Excretion.

Perception: Smell 2 (senses odour 5m from mouths).

Stats: Buoyancy 1 (Adjustable). Coordination 1. Digestion 1 (100% Meat, Digest 60%). Immunity 2. Filtration 2 (10/4 = 2.5x2.5 = 6.3NP). Reach 1. Respiration 1 (Cutaneous Respiration, Stationary Respiration). Stamina 1. UV Resistance 2.

Intelligence / Behaviour: 1. Hungry > Search for food. 2. Food > Grab with tentacles. 3. Tired > Rest. 4. Pain > Swim Away. 5. Maturity > Release gametes.

External Features: There is a blue hydrostatic bell which has a mouth below it and eight long, barbed tentacles dangling below. Odour receptors are placed around the bell in rhopalia.

Internal Features: Each cell contains piezolytes and there are only two layers of the body. A nerve net encircles the body but gonads are found beneath the bell as a pair of white rings. The mouth leads to an incomplete digestive system.

Reproduction: Sexual Reproduction. External Fertilisation. 1,000 eggs per spawning.

Castes/Phases: None.

Locomotion: Active (20NP). Pulses with bell.

External Features: Skin (3NP, +1 Immunity, +1 Respiration, +1 Stamina, +Cutaneous Respiration, +Permeable Skin, +Stationary Respiration). Medium Pigmentation (2NP, +2 UV Resistance). Jelly-Filled Dome (3NP, +1 Buoyancy, +Adjustable Buoyancy, +Suspension). Mouth (0NP, +1 Filtration). Long Cirri (7NP, +1 Filtration, +2 Reach). Odour Receptors (2NP, +2 Smell)

Internal Features: Piezolytes (5NP, +Low Pressure Tolerance). Nerve Net (10NP, +1 Coordination, +Stimulus Response). Incomplete Digestive System (15NP, +1 Meat Digestion, +1 Veg Protein Digestion, +1 Immunity, +Liquid Excretion, +Solid Excretion). Gonads (14NP, +Sexual Reproduction, +External Fertilisation).

Temporal Range: R. 239 - Present (Atrobocean Stage of the Oliverian)

Distribution: Cosmopolitan

Lifespan: 18 months = life span x 1.5

Predecessor: Mossa major

Classification: Mollisitulinae (sf), Mollisitulidae (f)

Discoverer: StealthStyle