Dictomedusus

## Dictomedusus civitasei

Status: LC

Timespan: R.66 - Present

Habitat: Ocean Surface, Shallow Sea

Distribution: Temperate & Under Tropical Ocean, All Temperate Seas

Niche: Pelagic Filter-Feeder

Nutritional Value:

Size: 3cm

Predecessor: Mollisitula rosea

Classification: Mollisitulae, Mollisitulea, Pallomena, Circumsaccha

Latest Mutations: Stinging cells, uncoordinated swarms

Description: When the conditions are right and Dictomedusus finds a productive location, it releases a chemical into the water which attracts other members of the species. Not only does this increase the survival of the species but it also increases the safety for the individual. And in case the swarm is not enough to deter predators, they have painful stinging cells on the end of their tentacles.

Previous Mutations: Cellular Digestion, Multicellular, Radial Symmetry, Tentacles, Gut, Colonial, Table-like Body (D), Cold Isozymes, Spreading Branches (D), Larger Polyps, Bell-Shaped Dome, Mesoglea, Nerve Net, Pink

Discovered by: StealthStyle

## Dictomedusus uteenessus

Status: NT

Timespan: R.88 - Present

Habitat: Ocean Surface, Shallow Sea

Distribution: Temperate & Under Tropical Ocean, All Temperate Seas

Niche: Pelagic Filter-Feeder

Nutritional Value: 7.9

Size: 4.5cm

Predecessor: Dictomedusus civitisei

Classification: Mollisitulae, Mollisitulea, Pallomena, Circumsaccha

Latest Mutations: Larger

Description: When the conditions are right and Dictomedusus finds a productive location, it releases a chemical into the water which attracts other members of the species. Not only does this increase the survival of the species but it also increases the safety for the individual. And in case the swarm is not enough to deter predators, they have painful stinging cells on the end of their tentacles.

Previous Mutations: Cellular Digestion, Multicellular, Radial Symmetry, Tentacles, Gut, Colonial, Cold Isozymes, Larger Polyps, Bell-Shaped Dome, Mesoglea, Nerve Net, Pink, Stinging cells, uncoordinated swarms

Discovered by: StealthStyle

## Dictomedusus marioii

Status:

Temporal Range: R.114 - Present (Novaglacian)

Habitat: Temperate Shallows, Temperate Open Ocean

Distribution: Northern Hemisphere

Niche: Pelagic Filter-Feeder

Size: 4.5cm (length)

Nutritional Worth:

Predecessor: Dictomedusus uteenessus

Classification: Mollisitulae, Mollisitulea, Pallomena, Circumsaccha

Perception: N/A

Latest Mutations: Innate Immune System

Info: This jellyfish floats across the sunny surface of the ocean, feeding on microbes. It appeared around the time of a disease epidemic, and so has evolved an innate immune system, that consists of phagocytes travelling to a distressed cell and engulfing anything identified as foreign.

Anatomy: A pink bell filled with jelly-like mesoglea houses the gut and the one opening; the mouth. Four tentacles dangle from the dome tipped with stingers and the body is coordinated by a nerve net. It has an innate immune system.

Behaviour: This species is capable of processing information gathered from sense receptors and using that to form a picture of its surroundings. It can then respond to stimuli. It can release a chemical that calls swarms of Dictomedusus.

Discovered by: StealthStyle