Pensaspidus jellyfishmonii Detailed Species Stats

Distribution: Southern Hemisphere

Niche: Predator

Diet: Smaller Predators

Size: 7.5cm

Nutritional Worth: (69.5/10 X 7.5 =) 52.1NP

Food Need: 23.5NP

Oxygen Need: 46.9NP

Pressure Tolerance Range: Low

UV Tolerance Range: Low - Strong

Salinity Tolerance Range: Quite High Salinity

Extra Requirements: None

Perception: Has blurry vision without depth perception to the side but binocular blurry vision to the front, and can sense chemicals up to tens of metres away.

Mobility: Can paddle with fins, boosts with hyponome, can control buoyancy

Phases: Planktonic up to 27%, then Nektonic

Castes: None

Reproduction: Sexual, Ovuliparity (External Fertilisation)

Egg: 0.075mm, up to 10 produced (69.5 x 0.075 = 5.2, 52.1/5.2 = 10)

### **Stats & Abilities**

Speed: 3

Stamina: 1 (2 in cold or lower)

Agility: 1

Attack: 1

Defence: 1

Strength: 1

Support: 0.5

Filtration: 0 (7.5/3 x 0 = 0NP)

Digestion: 1 = 10% off food need, can digest flesh

Coordination: 1

Intelligence: 1 = Can interpret signals from surroundings and reason

Immune System: 1

Respiration: 1 = 10% off oxygen need

Chemoreception: 2 = Can sense chemicals tens of metres away

Sight: 1 = Has blurry vision

Extras: Metabolic Reactions Run in Freezing, Has a bitter taste

### **Features**

Gonads  = (2NP, Sexual Reproduction) Houses and dispenses male and female germ cells.

Thin Skin Layer = (0.5NP, +0.5 Respiration, +0.5 Immune System) The thin layer of skin prevents pathogens from entering at any point of the body and is also thin enough to allow cutaneous respiration and to absorb water.

Mouth = (+1 Filtration) This is an opening at one end of the body that ingests material from outside the body.

Intestine = (2NP, +0.5 Digestion) The nutrients of ingested material is absorbed into the cells of the body in the straight gut that connects the mouth with the anus at the other end.

Nerves = (5NP, +1 Coordination) Nerve cells cross the body, delivering electrical impulses. They are structured as two spinal cords running along the dorsal flank of the body with smaller nerves branching off.

Ganglion = (3NP, +1 Intelligence) The ganglion is a bundle of special nerves that interpret signals from the nervous system and send out a response.

Chemical Sac = (1.5NP, +0.5 Immune System, +Bitter Taste) Siphoning some bad substances from the gut, this sac creates a foul chemical that makes a very bad taste.

Chemoreceptors II = (1NP, +2 Chemoreceptors) These are receptor cells that can detect the presence of chemicals in water and send the information to the nervous system.

Proboscis = (1NP) A simple protuberance at the head of the body.
Hydrostatic Fins = (3NP, +1 Speed, +1 Agility) Hydrostatic muscles support oval fins, placed vertically. It can be paddled and moved by the inducement of water. By providing more surface area for thrusting against water, this increases speed and agility.

Mandibles = (4NP, +1 Attack, Cancels Filtration) Extended from the exoskeleton are a pair of pincer-like mandibles made of chitin, good for grabbing and for cutting sliced skin.

Stomach = (2NP, +0.5 Digestion, Can Digest Flesh) Midway along the gut is a chamber, which is the stomach. The stomach houses microbes that digest flesh.

Open Circulatory System = (7.5NP, +1 Stamina /+2 Stamina in cold or lower) Tubular vessels create a circulatory system around the body, carrying substances, crucially oxygen, via the blood to cells around the body. Substances are pumped into hemacoels and slowly diffuse into organs. The vessels are muscular and pump blood via peristaltic pumping. The blood contains hemocyanin, making it a blue colour.

Anti-Freeze Proteins = (0.5NP, +Freezing Temperature Tolerance) Proteins released into the bloodstream bind to water particles and prevent them from freezing.

Lysosomes = (0.5NP, +Freezing Temperature Tolerance) These are special metabolic enzymes that are activated when it becomes too cold for normal metabolic enzymes.

Hyponome = (3NP, +1 Speed) A muscular siphon at the rear can pull water in and then release it, propelling the body.

Muscles B = (5NP, +1 Strength, +1 Speed, +0.5 Support) These are soft tissues that contain protein filaments that allow them to contract, creating force and movement. There is an efficient system of muscles along the body.
Pinhole Eyes = (12NP, +1 Sight) Photoreceptors at the bottom of a pit detect light deflected through a narrow gap. The retina transmits this information to the nervous system. It has a pinhole eye on either side of the head and two on the front.

Exoskeleton = (8NP, +1 Defence, -1 Speed) Made of tough chitin, there is a partial exoskeleton forming a kind of heavy shield on the back. It prevents cutaneous respiration.

Spiracles = (+0.5 Respiration) Pores called spiracles allow air into the body. These spiracles are on the exoskeleton shield.

Tail Fins = (3.5NP, +1 Speed) Around the tail is a fan-shaped extension of the exoskeleton, except it is flexible enough to be moved up and down by muscle. By providing more surface area for thrusting against water, this increases speed.

Swim Bladder = (3NP, Can Control Buoyancy, Cannot Survive High Pressure) In the middle of the body, but disconnected from the gut, is a sac that contains gas. The density of this gas can be changed by gases in the circulatory system and this adjusts buoyancy.

Skin Pigments = (1NP, Protection from strong UV light) Chromatophores in the skin produce blue pigments.